VET NATIONAL TEACHING &
LEARNING CONFERENCE 2024

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Feren Yen

Learning & Teaching Specialist | Trauma Aware Education

Feren Yen has worked in the VET industry since 2015. She is a lifelong learner and over the years has worked for a variety of higher education providers in a range of roles including trainer assessor, lecturer, coordinator and education designer. Currently, she is the Director of the Australian Trauma Education Centre and a Senior Learning and Teaching Specialist at RMIT University.

In 2017, Feren completed a Fellowship with the International Specialised Skills Institute on the topic of engaging and supporting disadvantaged students in adult. As of 2023, she is completing an Ed.D with a focus on trauma-aware education for adult learners and was also recently awarded Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy (Indigenous Knowledge).

Outside of higher education, she runs mentoring programs as a Trauma Center – Trauma Sensitive Yoga Trainer in Australasia. Reach out to connect on LinkedIn or connect to grab a chai.

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