Rate My Professor Julie Weaver

Dr Julie Weaver serves as the Senior Research and Policy Analyst within the Academic Division of the University of Otago. She joined the Academic Divisional office in February 2023, where she provides strategic research and policy advice and analysis to support the University’s strategic objectives. Prior to this role, Dr Weaver held a variety of academic and professional roles at the University of Otago. In 2013, she served as Programme Manager for New Zealand's first Master of Dietetics programme, overseeing the graduation of the initial cohort of students. Programme Manager Dr Julie Weaver noted that the students who graduated were a transition group who entered the programme before it became a taught masters. Subsequently, she led the Student Development Group, contributing to initiatives including a new approach for student advice in 2019, aimed at equipping students to succeed at Otago and beyond, and major improvements to the eVision Change of Course process in 2021, which she described as empowering students and the biggest upgrade to eVision to date.