ON THE MOVE
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JCU ELECTS
FORMER
AMBASSADOR
CHANCELLOR
James Cook
University has
appointed
Bill Tweddell
chancellor for five years beginning on
March 26.
For the past four decades, Tweddell
has pursued a career in Australia’s
diplomatic service.
He serves as Australia’s ambassador to
the Philippines and has previously served
as ambassador to Vietnam, deputy high
commissioner to the UK and India
and high commissioner to Sri Lanka
and the Maldives.
“I am honoured and humbled to be elected
chancellor and I am acutely conscious of the
big shoes I am to fill,” he said.
UC NAMES
VETERAN EXEC
VP GLOBAL
STRICTLY SPEAKING | CIS-
The University of
Canberra welcomes
experienced executive
Rongyu Li as new
vice-president global.
He has more than 15 years of experience
in international higher education, including
the execution of internationalisation
strategies, overseeing international offices,
language centres, pathway providers,
transnational education programs and
academic partnerships.
UC vice-chancellor professor Stephen
Parker says: “Li’s extensive international
and business experience will further
advance the University of Canberra’s global
engagement and international student
recruitment strategy.”
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UNSW SELECTS
NEW PVC
EDUCATION
UNSW adds professor
Geoff Crisp as the new
pro vice-chancellor
education. As part
of his new role,
beginning in February, Crisp will implement
educational components of the UNSW
2025 Strategy.
“I am excited by the opportunity to work
with colleagues at UNSW to implement
the strategic vision of ensuring UNSW
is a research and teaching intensive
institution and a global leader of change
and innovation,” Crisp says. “My passion
is to enhance the student experience and
graduate outcomes. It is a privilege to be
able to join the university and work on
its ambitious journey to be a world-class
institution in both research and teaching.”
PVC STUDENTS
AT UTAS
RETIRES
Professor Sue
Kilpatrick, pro
vice-chancellor
students, has retired
after working 30 years
with the University of Tasmania.
Kilpatrick led a variety of access and
outreach programs, oversaw the success
of pathways to the university from schools
and led the operation of the Aboriginal
support through the Riawunna Centre and
the English Language Centre.
She taught at the Department of
Management, became deputy of the
Business School and School of Secondary
and Post-Compulsory Education, and a
senior lecturer and program director for the
bachelor of adult and vocational education.
NEUROSCIENTIST
FROM UoN JOINS
COLLEGE OF
EXPERTS
University of
Newcastle associate
professor Frini
Karayanidis has been
inducted into the Australian Research
Centre’s (ARC) College of Experts, a role
offered only to researchers of exemplary
standing within the international
academic community.
Karayanidis, a cognitive neuroscientist, is
delighted about her new appointment. “The
ARC plays a vital role in setting the research
agenda and research standards,” she says.
“I’m very excited and humbled to be part of
this process. The expertise gained through
my collaborative work with developmental,
cognitive and clinical scientists will inform
my new role.”
BCA CHIEF NAMED
UTS CHANCELLOR
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