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UNISA ADDS ONCOLOGY EXPERT
Professor Eva Bezak, one of Australia’ s leading researchers in radiation oncology, has been appointed to University of South Australia’ s division of health sciences.
Bezak was recruited under the university’ s 100 Professors Scheme, which aims to boost UniSA’ s research and education outcomes in several key areas. Bezak says she is excited about the move, and will take up her position professor of medical radiation in August.
She was previously a chief physicist at Royal Adelaide Hospital, and is an affiliate professor at the University of Adelaide. She has also previously contributed to UniSA’ s medical radiation program.
UTAS NAMES INTERIM UNDERWOOD CENTRE CHIEF
Professor Elaine
Stratford has been appointed as interim director for the University of Tasmania’ s Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment.
This centre is designed to evaluate approaches to boosting the state’ s educational outcomes, and works in partnership with the Tasmanian Government, local businesses and the community. UTAS acting vice-chancellor professor Mike Calford says Stratford is an outstanding candidate for the interim role.“ We are delighted Elaine has accepted the challenge and look forward to her work getting the centre further established and building on its momentum,” Calford says.
CSU STUDENT ELECTED NAPSA PRESIDENT
A Charles Sturt University pharmacy student has been elected to head the National Australia
Pharmacy Students Association.
Eleanna Ballis, who is studying a bachelor of pharmacy degree at CSU’ s Wagga Wagga campus, was elected president of the peak body at NAPSA’ s annual general meeting in Sydney.
Throughout the next 12 months, the final year student will lead the organisation’ s executive, and Ballis says being elected to the position is a huge responsibility.
“ I will continue to advocate for pharmacy students, and guide and co-ordinate the board and committee chairs to ensure the visions of NAPSA are achieved,” Ballis says.
ANU PROF JOINS ECONOMICS SOCIETY
Professor Rabee
Tourky, director of the Australian National University’ s Research School of Economics and Trevor Swan chair, has been named a fellow in the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.
The society is one of the largest and most active international groups for the promotion of theoretical economics. Tourky is only one of four fellows in Australia.
Professor Shirley Leitch, dean of ANU’ s College of Business and Economics, says the university is delighted with the appointment and calls Tourky one of Australia’ s best theoretical economists.
TOURISM GIANT JOINS GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
Paul Donovan, a prominent Gold Coast tourism figure, has been recruited as an adjunct professor at Griffith University’ s Institute for Tourism.
Donovan is the executive general manager of business development and marketing for Queensland airports, and was also the chief executive of Gold Coast airports for almost a decade. He says he wants to bring his industry knowledge to the classroom.
“ I am keen to share my insights with bright young minds in the classroom while also collaborating closely with some of the country’ s leading tourism academics,” Donovan says.
CURTIN PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOL PICKS CHIEF
Professor Rachel
Huxley has been appointed Curtin University’ s new head of the School of Public Health. Huxley joins Curtin after her appointment as chair of epidemiology at the University of Queensland. Professor Michael Berndt, Curtin pro-vice chancellor of health sciences, says Huxley is coming in at an exciting time.
“ She is joining at [ when many capital projects are underway, as well as ] the commencement of Western Australia’ s next medical school,” Berndt says.
Huxley commenced her role at the beginning of this month and says she is looking forward to working her new position.
STRICTLY SPEAKING | BOOKANEER
Bookaneer looks like a modern coinage – a word invented to make reading more attractive to small children by associating it with pirates. Indeed, an episode of the popular TV show for young learners, Sesame Street, has Elmo joining the“ bookaneers”. But the term’ s origins are much older, as revealed by Matthew Pearl in explanatory notes to his recently published novel, The Last Bookaneer. It was first used in 1837 by the poet Thomas Hood, in one of several letters he wrote to the magazine The Athenaeum on the subject of literary theft. His bookaneers took advantage of the lack of international copyright agreements to publish unauthorised editions of popular works, particularly in America. Charles Dickens was a victim of their activities, and satirised them in Martin Chuzzlewit. The word has long since fallen out of currency, but was revived with a new sense in an article on book theft in South Africa in The Conversation( 29 / 6 / 2015). Here it refers to people shoplifting books that were previously banned, such as the works of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, in a spirit of political activism. Like their punmates, the bloodthirsty buccaneers who terrorised the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries, bookaneers might well become rehabilitated as swashbuckling heroes.
Written by Adam Smith, convenor of the editing and electronic publishing program at Macquarie University.
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