The Australian Academy of the Humanities announces its 2025 fellows and corresponding/honorary fellows. Mark Allon (Uni Sydney), Tomoko Aoyama (Uni Queensland), Debbie Bargallie (Griffith U), Elleke Boehmer (Uni Oxford), Jennifer Biddle (UNSW), Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews (Western Sydney U), Matthew Crawford (Australian Catholic U), Caillan Davenport (ANU), Katie Ellis (Curtin U), Rachel Fensham (Uni Melbourne), Alice Gaby (Monash U), Debjani Ganguly (Australian Catholic U), Martin Gibbs (Uni New England), Natalie Harkin (Flinders U), Ian Hesketh (Uni Queensland), Terri Janke, Anna Johnston (Uni Queensland), Cheryl Kickett-Tucker (Curtin U), Meredith Lake, Mark Ledbury (Uni Sydney), Ramon Laboto (Swinburne U), Susan Luckman (Uni SA), Christopher Roy Marshall (Uni Melbourne), Tasman Pietsch (UTS), Philip Piper (ANU), Gaye Sculthorpe (Deakin U), Katerina Teaiwa (ANU), Paul Turnbull (Uni Tasmania), Andrekos Varnava (Flinders U).
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The Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching announce their 2025 awards. Academic Development: Marie Foreman, Marlene Page (CQU) and Deborah Thomas, Seb Dianati (Southern Queensland U). Peer Choice: Olga Kozar (Macquarie U). CAULT joint award with Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia: Judith Marychurch (Uni Melbourne) and Kelley Burton (Uni Sunshine Coast).
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New fellows are announced by the Forrest Research Foundation, (“ to create a world-leading collaborative centre of research and scholarship in Western Australia.”) Rhiannon Boseley brain chemistry (Curtin U), Arnan Chokshi, astrophysics and aerospace (Curtin U), Nishita Narwal, microplastics in soil (Uni WA), Josef Richmond, plants in extreme environments (UWA)
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Australian Catholic University has appointed four staff to new roles named after the nation’s first saint. Sandy Middleton, Herbert W. Marsh, Richard M. Ryan and John Hawley have been named as the inaugural MacKillop Distinguished Professors.
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Agriculture Minister Julie Collins announces the National Food Council, which includes, Christopher Downs (Uni Queensland), Andrew Henderson (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Elizabeth Jackson (Curtin U), Leisa McCarthy (Menzies School of Health Research)
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Leanne Redman starts in February as academic director of Uni Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre. The Australian ex pat is now at Louisiana State U.
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David Turvey joins the (still Interim) ATEC as ED. Directly relevant experience includes the former National Skills Commission and the present Jobs and Skills Australia. He replaces Danielle Donegan, who moves to DoE as FAS, Student Outcomes.