Poet Evelyn Araluen Corr (Uni Melbourne) wins the Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize.
Craig Emerson joins the National Competition Council, of which subjects he knows quite a bit. Dr Emerson is a former Commonwealth minister in the education, trade (at one point at the same time) and competition policy portfolios.
Melinda Hodkiewicz (UWA) becomes a Fellow of the Prognostics Health Management Society.
As of April, Camilla Rowland will be CEO of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. She moves from Palliative Care Australia.
Sports and exercise medicine physiotherapist Ebonie Rio becomes professor of research at the Victorian Institute of Sport. It is a joint appointment with La Trobe U.
Andrew T Smith announces he is now director of Uni Southern Queensland’s iLaunch, (“ we strive to build Australia’s sovereign space capability”).
Nic Smith is in-coming VC of Uni Auckland, moving north after a brief service as VC of Victoria U, in Wellington. Yes, that Nic Smith, QUT’s provost 2020-2022
The university teacher of the year is Roma Forbes (Uni Queensland). Awards for excellence go to, Rocco Cavaleri (Western Sydney U), Samuel Cunningham (QUT), Claire Hansen (ANU), Oliver Jones (RMIT). Jason Lodge (Uni Queensland), Lynda Shevellar (Uni Queensland), Michelle Spencer (RMIT).
The career achievement award goes to Geoffrey Crisp (Uni Adelaide. Elle White (Uni Melbourne) receives the Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Education