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Fuelling medical research
Getting federal funding for medical research is becoming harder. Aileen Macalintal reports. Medical research, no matter how promising it is, can go nowhere without sufficient funds. As the agency responsible for government funding of research, the Australian Research Council (ARC) More..
Universities Australia’s next leader
Professor Sandra Harding, vice-chancellor and president of James Cook University, will take over as Universities Australia’s next chair, after University of Melbourne’s professor Glyn Davis. “Not only has professor Harding exhibited exceptional leadership qualities and knowledge of the sector, her More..
Weller heads to ACU
Dr Stephen Weller is joining the Australian Catholic University as chief operating officer and deputy vice-chancellor (administration). Weller joins ACU from James Cook University where he is deputy vice-chancellor (university services) and head of the Cairns campus. He has been More..
Inaugural professors of design
RMIT University has appointed two scholars from The Netherlands and England as its first professors of design. Professor Gerda Gemser (above) from Delft University is professor of design, business, and Professor Sarah Pink from Loughborough University is professor of design, More..
UQ e-research post
Professor David Abramson has been appointed director of the University of Queensland’s new research computing centre. Abramson has held a number of leadership roles in education and research over the past 30 years, having been a program leader at CSIRO; More..
Flinders environment chair
Professor Craig Simmons, director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders University has been appointed to the university’s inaugural Schultz Chair in the Environment. The position, the first endowed chair at Flinders, was made possible through More..
Leading economist for ANU
The Australian National University has appointed leading financial and economic expert Professor Jennifer Corbett as pro vice-chancellor (research and research training). Acting vice-chancellor Professor Margaret Harding said Corbett’s expertise has been sought by some of the world’s foremost economic institutions, More..
UNSW China strategy head
The former CEO of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Laurie Pearcey, has taken up the inaugural role of director of China strategy and development at the University of NSW. Pearcey will hold a joint position as director of the More..
WA Chief Justice joins Curtin
The Chief Justice of Western Australia, Wayne Martin, has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the advisory board of Curtin University’s Law School. The Legal Practice Board of WA approved the four-year Bachelor of Laws degree proposal in September. More..
Monash engineering dean
International structural engineering expert Professor Frieder Seible has been appointed as dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University. Seible makes the move to Monash from the University of California. “Professor Seible brings to Monash an impressive record of More..
UWA rock art chair
A leading expert in indigenous archaeology has been appointed as the inaugural Kimberley Foundation Ian Potter chair in Rock Art at the University of Western Australia. Professor Peter Veth, a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the More..
Head for Gympie Hub
Business management and marketing academic, Graham Young, who has an extensive business development background in the information technology industry is set to lead the University of the Sunshine Coast’s new $5.5 million Gympie Learning Hub. Young has been at the More..