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Australian National University’s Dr Elizabeth Beckmann has been awarded a fellowship in recognition of her work improving the quality of university teaching. The Australian National Teaching Fellowship is awarded by the Office for Learning and Teaching. As its recipient, Beckmann ...

These fish names originate from one and the same word, according to the earliest Southern Hemisphere records published in Morris’s Dictionary of Austral English (1898). At the entry for trevally,Morris gives the alternative spellings trevalli, trevalla and travale,and suggests they ...

A former Western Australia chief scientist has been appointed ambassador of Murdoch University’s science and research. Vice-chancellor of Murdoch, Richard Higgott, announced professor Lyn Beazley as the Sir Walter Murdoch Distinguished Professor of Science. The aim of the role is ...

The University of Western Australia has appointed a deputy vice-chancellor community and engagement. Professor Kent Anderson, who speaks Japanese, will lead engagement with the wider community. He has been a visiting professor at Waseda, Nagoya, Kyushu, Doshisha, Ritsumeikan and Chuo universities ...

Swinburne University of Technology has a new chancellor in Graham Goldsmith. Goldsmith will take over from Bill Scales – who served for nine years on Swinburne’s council – this month. “I am committed to the university’s vision to be a ...

Charles Sturt University has appointed the inaugural head of its virtual campus, with the aim of creating a stronger sense of community for students studying online. The head of CSU’s School of Information Sciences, associate professor Philip Hider, will be head ...

The Go8 has appointed Vicki Thomson executive director. Thomson previously led the Australian Technology Network of universities for a decade and is a member of the Australia China Council Board and the New Colombo Plan Reference Group. Go8 chair professor ...

Professor Helen Chenery will commence as executive dean of health sciences and medicine faculty at Bond University in September. Chenery was previously deputy executive dean academic at the University of Queensland’s faculty of health. Most recently, she was professor and director ...

The University of Western Australia has confirmed it rejected a request from a controversial Muslim activist and writer to hold a public lecture on its campus due to “risk assessment advice”. Earlier this week, the university’s Muslim Students Association (MSA) ...

New financial modelling appears to add weight to arguments for proposed alternatives to the government’s plans for real interest rates on student HECS-HELP loans. The modelling was released this week by the Go8 as part of an ongoing series of ...