Bond University’s dean of health sciences and medicine, Professor Chris Del Mar, has been presented with the Rose-Hunt Medal by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) for outstanding commitment to Australian general practice. The medal is named after ...
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New CEO for UniSA’s commercialisation arm
UniSA has appointed Graham Smith to the role of CEO of ITEK, the university’s commercialisation company. Smith’s most recent position was chief executive of the Katolyst Group, an organisation specialising in improving the development and commercialisation capabilities of New Zealand ...
More »Curtin appoints director for energy research centre
Curtin University has appointed Professor Chun-Zhu Li as the director of its new Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Science and Engineering. He obtained his PhD in chemical engineering in 1993 from Imperial College London. After postdoctoral research in Imperial College ...
More »Astrophysicist honoured for excellence
Physicist and nuclear energy advocate, conjoint Associate Professor Colin Keay, has received the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Award for Outstanding Service to Physics in Australia. Only five of these awards have been presented in the past 12 years. The ...
More »Ballot decision stymies industrial action at VU, Deakin
Last week’s decision by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission – which denied the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) permission to conduct a ballot of Victoria University staff – will also prevent the union from disrupting end-of-year exams at VU and ...
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