Yearly Archives: 2016
Biodiversity research not happening where it’s needed most
Research in conservation and biodiversity is occurring more in countries that need it the least, a study has concluded. The international research team behind "Conservation Research is not Happening Where it is Most Needed", measured the global distribution of academic ...
More »Lack of metric leaves uni teaching undervalued: expert
The lack of an effective metric for teaching quality is what has led to the profession being undervalued at universities, a chemistry professor in the Adelaide Education Academy has said. One of the new participants in the recently launched University ...
More »Strictly speaking | Patch
Patches have been put to many purposes over the centuries of the word’s use, so that they may “repair, strengthen, protect, or decorate” a surface (Oxford English Dictionary online). In the 17th and 18th centuries, they could be a form ...
More »UC announces VC from Canada
The vice-chancellor of Canada’s top-ranked university, Professor H. Deep Saini, has been announced as the successor to the outgoing University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor, Stephen Parker. Saini is now at the helm of the University of Toronto. He will take up ...
More »Go8 picks chair of innovation
The Go8 has unveiled businessman and entrepreneur Simon McKeon as inaugural chair of its industry and innovation board. The Go8 said the board was a “key plank of the Go8’s Innovation 2016 agenda”. Go8 chair and USYD vice-chancellor Michael Spence ...
More »New design czar for UTS
UTS has announced landscape architect professor Elizabeth Mossop will be the next dean of its Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. Mossop, who was most recently professor of landscape architecture and director of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture ...
More »New Education and Training Secretary
Education leaders have welcomed the appointment of Dr Michele Bruniges as the new secretary of the Department of Education and Training. Bruniges, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the education sector has led the NSW Department of Education ...
More »Nakata re-joins JCU
James Cook University has appointed Professor Martin Nakata pro vice-chancellor of its Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre. Nakata will take up the position in early May. He was the first Torres Strait Islander in Australia to graduate with ...
More »Deakin invests new chancellor
Deakin University has officially invested governance, finance, accounting and business strategy expert John Stanhope as its new chancellor. Stanhope, who has been on the university’s council since 2012, has been serving as deputy chair of Deakin’s investment committee, as well ...
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