The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (at Curtin U) announces its 2025 Equity Fellows, Kelly Linden (Charles Sturt U), Darlene McLennan (Uni Tasmania) and its First Nations Fellows, John Doolah (Uni Melbourne) and Lauren Tynan (Macquarie U).
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2024 elected Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics are, * Daoyi Dong (ANU) *Joanne Etheridge (Monash U) * Yuerui Lu (ANU) * Andy Martin (Uni Melbourne) * Harry M Quiney (Uni Melbourne) * Soumitra Satapathi (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) * Michael Tobar (Uni WA) * Muhammad Usman (CSIRO) * Zongyou Yin (ANU)
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Australian Sociological Association 2024 award winners include, * Sylvia Ang (Monash U), Raewyn Connell Prize for best book * Laetitia Coles (Uni Queensland), “sociology in action” * Fran Collyer (Uni Wollongong), distinguished service * Sara James (La Trobe U), best paper * Rebecca Olson (Uni Queensland), teaching * Hannah Petocz (Monash U), PG impact * Brad West (Uni SA), contribution
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Hurriyet Babacan takes charge of CQU’s Regional Workforce Development Research Cluster.
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Jason Kovacic (Victor Chang Cardiac RI) is president elect of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes
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Lucy Marshall is the first-ever DVC Community and Leadership at Uni Sydney. She moves from dean of science and engineering at Macquarie U. Her new role is to “create a collegial workplace culture that enables everyone to flourish.”
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Inaugural regional education commissioner Fiona Nash has a new two-year term. Jason Clare’s announcement mentions she is a former minister for regional development, but not that it was in the Turnbull Government.
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Tim Nelson (Griffith U) will lead a Commonwealth Government review of the National Electricity Market.
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Cheryl Northey becomes managing director of community radio station 2SER, jointly owned by Macquarie U and UTS.
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UWA VC Research Award winners for 2024 include,
senior researcher: Sergey Shabala (Biological Sciences)
mid-career: Elisabete Lima da Cunha (Physics, Maths, Computing) and Ashleigh Lin (Population and Global Health)
early career: Albert Pessarrodona (Biological Sciences)
Indigenous research partnerships: Allison Lullfitz and team (UWA Albany)
Indigenous-led research: Charmaine Green and team (Allied Health)
Research mentorship: Timothy Barnett (Biomedical Sciences) and Michael Tobar (Physics, Mathematics, Computing)
Research impact: Daniel Fatovich and team (Medical School)
Research support: Kate Croker and team (University Library) and Gareth Nealon (CMCA Nuclear Magnetic Resonance platform)
Research technical support: Alka Saxena (Medical School), Andrew Van de ven and team (College Services)
HDR supervision: Elaine Chapman (Education), Ho Ching Iu (Engineering)
