Robson to chair WUN

UWA vice-chancellor Professor Alan Robson has been appointed chair of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) board. WUN is a partnership of 16 research-focused universities in Europe, North America, China, New Zealand and Australia. Robson is also chair of the Group of Eight research universities and deputy chair of Universities Australia. He is an internationally recognised expert in mineral nutrition of plants and soil fertility and has been UWA’s VC since 2004. He has also been involved in academic reviews in Denmark, India and Canada.