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ConvocationSecond ordinary meeting

Convocation welcomes all graduates and other members of Convocationto the Second Ordinary Meeting Friday, 12 September 2014at 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start at the Banquet Hall, University Club of WA

Guest Speaker: Professor Peter Klinken CitWA, Chief Scientist of Western Australiawill be speaking on “Science and Industries of the Future”

AgendaThe Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation to be held at 6:00pm onFriday, 12 September 2014 in the Banquet Hall of The University Club of Western Australia

1. Minutes of the First Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 21 March 2014

2. Amendments and motion of acceptance of minutes

3. Business arising from the minutes

4. Correspondence

5. Vice-Chancellor’s Report

6. Guild President’s Report

7. Warden’s Report

8. Convocation Officer’s Report

9. Audit Report

10. Other Business

Guest SpeakerProfessor Peter Klinken CitWA, Chief Scientist of Western Australiawill be speaking on“Science and Industries of the Future”

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MinutesFirst Ordinary Meeting Minutes21 March 2014

The following members of Convocation asked that their apologies be recorded:Hugo Acosta Martinez, Anita Adhitya, Sonia Aguirre, Hatem Al-Khazraji, Brian Allen, Lynn Allen, Michael Allenby, Jessie Allen-Williams, Catherine Allgrove, Kathryn Ambrose, Dorothy Anderson, Lawrence Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Appleton, Anne Appleton, Pooya Arjomandnia, Francis Arndt, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, Adrian Arundell, Jennifer Atherton, Emily Atkins, Laurie Axford, Suzanne Baker, Jessica Banaszak, Damira Banaszak, Michael Barber, Gerard Barblett, Cynthia Barrett, Michael Bartosiak, La Estie Bav, Ralph Beckwith, Rickie Beehre, Jennifer Benn, Dorothy Bennett, Haia Ber, John Bethell, Brian Betts, Suzanne Biddles, John Biggs, Roger Blackett, Jenefer Blackwell, Peter Blake, Lynda Blum, William Blumer, June Boddy, Ronald Bodycoat, Maureen Boland, Jacopo Bonomi, Kira Boorn, Elyse Bourgault Du Coudray, Cameron Bowe, Lesley Bowerman, David Bradley, Neil Brick, Alan Brien, Errol Broome, Ivan Brown, Douglas Brown, Marian Brzezinski, Melville Bungey, Felicity Bunt, Peter Burke, Troy Buswell, Jason Butler, Helen Buttfield, John Byrne, Desmond Cain, Lyneve Cannon, Katherine Carlin, John Carrigg, Edna Carruthers, Anne Carter, Clifford Casey, John Casey, Philippa Catchpole, Sonia Cattley, Robert Cavanagh, Anthony Cawley, Florence Cawley, Tara Celenza, Debahuti Chaliha, Eileen Chan, Karyn Chan, Betty Chan, Tshung Hui Chang, John Chapman, Audrey Char Sit Yee, Steven Chau, Melissa Chau, Melanie Cheah, Wai Mun Cheang, Angela Chew, Pan Chiang, Yumi Cho, Tat Meng Chow, Robert Chown, Nicholas Christodoulou, Hui Chua, Anna Ciffolilli, Curtis Clark, Francis Clarke, David Clarke, Debra Clements, Mark Clifton, Douglas Clyde, Andrew Cole, Dorothy Collin, John Collingridge, Michael Collins, Simone Collins, Geoffrey Combes, Ryan Constantine, Gregory Cook, Diane Cook, Dennise Cooper, Symone Cope, Terence Cosgrove, Dolores Costello, Margaret Cox, Terence Craig, Alan Cransberg, Neil Creagh, Maree Crouch, Fiona-Marie Crowe, Joanne Cruickshank, Cathryn Curtin, Penelope Cuthbert, Matthew Dalrymple, Glenice Davey, Dean Davidson, Neal Davis, Timothy Dawe, Sunouk Dawson, Reginald Dawson, John Day, John Deacon, Darryl Deacon, John Dean, Ronald Dean, Ashok Desai, James Devenish, Michael Devine, Mollie Dinham, Vina Djoko, Joanna Donaldson, Adriana Douglas, James Doyle, David Dun, Paul Duncan, Josephine Dundas, Blake Dunkeld, Bryan Dwyer, Timothy Dymond, Margaret Eadie, Roderick Eagleton, Linda Earl, Peter Eastlake, Trevor Eastwood, Karla Ebron, Honi Edmondson, Kathleen Edwards, Peter Edwards, Tareq El-Batanouny,

The First Ordinary Meeting of Convocation was held on Friday 21st March 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in University Club of Western Australia.

The meeting was attended by the following graduates and guests:

Roslyn Adamson, Ashley Aitken, Phillip Allen, James Anderson, Irwin Barrett-Lennard, Gabor Bedo, Aileen Bennett, Danielle Berry, Ro Birrell, Warwick Boardman, Astrid Boggs, Susan Boyd, Robert Bredemeyer, Jean Brodie-Hall, Richard Cairnes, Lesley Cala, Maria Calabro, Colin Campbell-Fraser, David Carlson, Mark Carroll, Kok-Foo Chang, Terrence Cheong, Helena Coleman, Mary Conroy, Roderick Cooper, Patrick Cornish, Judith Cresp, Keith Croker, Devon Cuneo, Margaret Norma Curnow, Simon Dawkins, Ema Denby, Christopher Denby, Jocelyn Everett, James Everett, Grazyna Faux, Mark Fielding, Marie Finucane, Enzelia Fogliani, Chantelle Gaskell, Margaret Giles, Clifford Gillam, Jane Green, Allan Green, Anne Gunson, James Gunson, Christopher Harkness, Graham Harmsworth, Richard Harper, Maria Harries, Bruce Hartley, Ian Hasleby, Patricia Hatch, Bruce Haynes, Judith Heath, Frank Hedges, Arthur Hiemstra, Wendy Hillier, Mohammadreza Honarmand, Maureen Humpage, Kenneth Ilett, Robert Johnson, Paul Johnson, Joanne Jones, Heather Kelly, Warren Kerr, Kevin Kerr, Lorelei Kerr, William Khor, Susan King, Hanna Kleyn, Hwee Ping Koh, Julia Kovesi, Terrence Larder, Louisa Lawrance, Eric Lawson, Jill Lawson, Geoffrey Leach, Bethany Lord, Neville Loudon, Quang Ly, Richard Lyon, Robert MacMath, Simon Marshall, Gene Matthews, Terence McCall, Paul McCann, Douglas McGhie, Douglas McInnes, Roslyn Melville-Buck, John Melville-Jones, Barbara Miller, Nikolaos Millios, Sandra Murphy, Brian Mutzig, Patricia Mwiragua, Jillian Orford, James O’Shea, James Paparo, Jennifer Parsons, Juanita Perez, Fran Pesich, Anne Pickett, Joan Pope, Judith Powell, Deidre Powell, Marilyn Prestage, John Quealy, Shaun Ridley, Heather Rogers, Nigel Rogers, Jennifer Sales, John Sanusi, Richard Schiefler, Jacqueline Scurlock, Philip Shields, Ping Si, Hilary Silbert, Mary Skidmore, Kevin Smith, Brian Sova, Ric Stern, Jonathan Strauss, Catherine Tang, Tracy Taylor, Brett Tidy, Brenda Tournier, Davide Vettorel, Robert Viskovich, Sheila Walker, Anne Willox, Georgina Wilson, Caroline Winwood, Madeline Theng Wah Wu, Pierre Yang, Allen Yeow and Barbara York Main.

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Johanne Eldridge, Antony Elliott, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis, Frieda Evans, Ben Evans, Gerty Ewen, Vivien Eyre, Merrin Fabre, Robyn Farmer, Richard Farrar, Felicity Farrelly, Ian Fergus, Ronald Ferguson, Ross Field, Carlo Fini, Michael Firth, Christopher Fisher, Edgar Fitzpatrick, Beryl Flecker, Margaret Floyd, Patricia Foley, Michalie Foley, Eugene Foo, Richard Frith, Elizabeth Frith, Suzanne Galloway, Ivars Galvans, John Galvin, George Galvin, Susanna Gan, Albert Gan Ooi Hong, Michaele Gardiner, Roy Gardner, Jo Gatland, Rohan Gengatharen, Nicolas Gerrard, Joanne Ghirardi, Dante Giacomin, Trevor Gibson, Terry Gilbert, Lynton Giles, Rhona Giles, Dion Giles, Moshe Gilovitz, Maureen Glancy, Brian Goddard, Mayford Godfrey, John Godfrey, Kevin Goh, Barbara Good, Beth Gordon, Christopher Gorham, Andrew Graebner, Christian Grainger, Melanie Granger, Carmen Grant, Alan Green, Neville Green, David Greenhill, Geoffrey Grewar, Kyle Griffiths, William Griffiths, Claire Grose, Anthea Guazzelli, Catharine Gunson, Larissa Guzzomi, Stephen Hale, Isobel Hall, Patricia Hall, Valma Halvorsen, Frank Hamersley, Helen Hankey, Brenton Hantke, Joyce Hardy, John Harriott, Max Harris, Yvonne Harrison, Stephen Hastings, Susan Hatcher, Charity Haynes, Michelle Heah, Kathryn Heaton, Pauline Heaton, Glenn Hemsley, Thomas Henderson, Ricardo Herrera Ayala, Azad Hessamodini, Murray Hill, Joan Hiller, Valerie Hinwood, Marcus Hitch, John Hobday, Jennifer Hole, Robert Holloway, Janet Holmes à Court, Emmanuel Hondros, Margaret Hooton, Peter Hopper, Diana Hopper, Sheena House, Hugh Houston, Bette Howell, Waldemar Hube, Robert Hughes, Zoe Hyde, Peter Hyman, Catherine Iddison, Malala Iseli, Anne Ismail, Ungku Ismail, Helene Jaccomard, Melanie James, Ian Janes, Douglas Janney, Andrea Jansen Van Rensburg, Gregory Jarosch, Dharmasoka Jayasuriya, Daneill Jenkin, Doris Johnson, Patricia Jones, Janice Jones, Lorna Jones, Darrell Jones, Toby Jones, Cheyne Jowett, Patrick Joyce, Waveney Kaeding, Peter Kalmund, Jeeva Kanesarajah, Alex Kaye, Elliott Kaye, Kate Keeves, Robert Kelliher, William Kelliher, Roger Kelly, Desmond Kelly, George Kelsall, Jim Kemp, Joseph Keszi, Man Keung, Shaleesa Keye, Harry Kilminster, Lynn Kirkham, Matthew Knuiman, Joseph Kong, Milton Krause, Natalie Krawczyk, Mable Lam, Christopher Lancucki, Rona Landquist, Timothy Lane, Jennifer Larner, Roger Lavell, Roselyn Layt, Kay Lee, Ernest Lee, Tian Yam Leong, Alexandra Leonzini, Maria Levissianos, Robert Liddell, Very Lim, Theam Lim, Sonia Lindsay, Mark Lindsay, Yinong Liu, Freda Livingston, Amy London, Owen Loneragan, Andrew Lu, Nicola Lucano, Allan Lum, Susan Lyne, James Lyon III, Roderick Macdougall, Marion MacDougall, Gerard MacGill, Amos Machlin, Alannah MacTiernan, Helen Maddocks, Hazel Maddocks, Maxwell Maesepp, Alexandru Maftei, Thomas Maher, Elzbieta Malita, John Malone, Roy Manchester, Kia Manouchehri, Alistair Marchesi, Claire Maree, Clive Mariano, Anthony Marrion, Salvatore Martella, Hayley Martin, Glenda Martinick, John Marum, Joyce Matson, Suzanne May, Roger May, Stanley

Mayhew, Rose McAleer, Tobias McAllister, Peter McCrann, Malcolm McCusker, Michael McGuire, Sharon McKerrow, Jan McMillan, Ian McNaughton, Margaret McPhee, Claire McTernan, Shirley McWhirter, Janice Meade, Rebecca Meakin, Rebecca Meegan-Lowe, Graham Melrose, Christopher Merrick, Colette Meyerkort, Kim Mezger, Kenneth Michael, Ann Minister, Laurence Mitchell, Patricia Moffett, Michael Molton, Pino Monaco, Royden Monteiro, Donald Moore, Kathleen Moore, Michele Moore, Ian Morison, Peter Morris, Charmaine Myers, Kyle Nesa, Malcolm Newman, Jansen Ng, Joshua Ng, Kenneth Ng, Mark Ninyett, Patricia Nixon, Pauline Norman, Hugh Norman, Patricia Nottle, Robert Nunn, Kerry O’Connell, Richard O’Donnell, Chow-Loo Ong, Eng-Chuan Ong, Annette Ong, Daniel Ow, Graham Owen, Judith Owen, Charles Oxnard, Stirling Parks, Trevor Parry, Ian Passmore, Cyrus Patell, Kim Paterson, Judith Paxman, Raymond Pelham Thorman, Dinelka Perera, Neville Permezel, Lloyd Perron, Zhukov Pervan, Robin Phillips, Peter Phillips, Rita Phillips, Paula Phillips, Raymond Piesse, Daniel Pillar, Ronald Pitt, Geoffrey Playford, Raymond Pontague, Ian Porter, Susette Pow, Christina Pranata, Daryl Pranata, Leonie Prime, Kezia Purich, Douglas Purser, Leslie Pyke, Daphne Pyke, Jennifer Quartermaine, Claire Quenby, Patrick Quilty, Elizabeth Quinn, Dan Quirante, Noele Radford, Colin Rainbird, Donalda Ramsden, Kaye Regan, Desmond Reid, Gay Reid, Graciela Rhodes, Trevor Ridgwell, Maria Ritchie, Jeanette Robertson, Suzanne Robertson, John Robins, Joan Robins, Anthony Robinson, Jamie Robinson, Charles Robinson, Graeme Roe, Ellen Roe, Helen Rogan, Gwyneth Rothols, Robin Routley, Barry Rowland, Gesa Ruge, Sacha Ruoss, Eversley Ruth, Ann Ryan, Timothy Safe, Barry Saker, Soroush Salimi, Zarin Taj Salter-Beyzaie, Peter Samuel, Balram Sangar, Cempaka Sarubin, Susan Saunders, Richard Scarff, Denisse Scasserra, Michael Schaper, Eugene Schlusser, John Scotney, Raymond Scudds, Pamela Seaman, Jennifer Searcy, Margaret Seares, Roger Seares, Leah Segal, John Seotis, Geoffrey Sharman, Steven Shenton, William Sheridan, Stuart Silbert, Gabriella Silipo, Catherine Simcock, Viti Simmons, Peter Smith, Philip Smith, Peter Smith, Toni Smythe, Coralie Solomon, Julio Soria, Peter Soumanis, Felix Spittell, Julie Staer, Gerrit Stafford, Kendrah Stanfield, Christopher Stansbury, Robin Stellamanns, Richard Stern, Glenys Stevenson, Sandra Stevenson, Jennifer Stewart, Janice Stewart, Arran Stewart, Beverley Stott, Janette Stuart, Paulus Sui, Denise Sullivan, Murray Swain, John Swift, Elizabeth Swinton, Melissa Symonds, Ferziene Talati, Ai Tan, Mark Tang, Frank Tanner, John Taplin, Raymond Tauss, Roger Taylor, Ross Taylor, Michael Teare-Williams, Ken Teoh, Diana Teplyj, Emma Thompson, Grant Thompson, Roger Thompson, Wally Thompson, Raymond Thompson, Sophie Thompson, Emily Thomson, John Thorpe, Neville Threlfall, Alan Tough, Paul Townsend, Pauline Tremlett, Fiona Tremlett, Lisa Trevena-Williams, Alan True, Jill True, Charles Tucak, Gyula Turchanyi, Matthew

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Tuson, Richard Twomey, Chumith Ukwattage Don Siriwardana, John Urquhart, Paul Vajda, Gysbert van der Westhuizen, Pritesh Varsani, Carolyn Visser, Eva Vlahov, Margaret von Perger, Fabienne Vonarburg, Petar Vujovic, Grantley Waddell, Brendan Waddell, Ian Waite, Christopher Wake, Kerry Wark, Walter Waterhouse, Adrian Watson, Barbara Watson, Tatjana Watson, Shirley Watt, Meryl Watts, Geoffrey Webster, Maxwell Weedon, Jason Wells, Lisa White, Kevin White, Maurice White, Daniel White, Geoffrey White, David Wilcox, Phyllis Wilkin, Lauren Williams, Brenton Williams, Kenneth Williams, Angus Willoughby, Anne-Louise Willoughby, Rodney Willox, Roslyn Wilson, Jane Wilson, Robyn Wilson, Gary Wilson, Stephen Wilson, Peter Wittkuhn, Hannah Wolfe, Joyce Wong, Stephen Wong, Mong Yan Wong, Peter Wood, Edit Wood, Matthew Woodall, Virginia Wright, Jeannette Wyber, Jacqueline Yap, Yiing Yeu, Pooncalalon Yoganathan, Pui-Mun Yong, Maureen Young and Elena Zuvela.

Ms Juanita PerezConvocation Officer as Secretary

1. WelcomeThe Chair of the First Ordinary Meeting, Warden of Convocation, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, welcomed the guest speaker, Winthrop Professor, the Honourable Carmen Lawrence; Professor Paul Johnson, the Vice-Chancellor; Mr Paul McCann AM, the Deputy Warden of Convocation; Ms Brenda Tournier; the Associate Director for Alumni Relations and Community Engagement; Ms Jenn Parsons, UWA’s new Alumni Engagement Manager; members of the Council of Convocation; members of Senate; and Convocation members and guests.

2. ApologiesThe Warden noted apologies from the Governor, His Excellency Malcolm McCusker AC; the Chancellor, Dr Michael Chaney AO; and Former Chancellor and Governor Dr Ken Michael AC and over 500 other members of Convocation. The Guild President Tom Henderson was a late apology for the meeting.

The Warden declared the meeting open at 6:07pm.

3. Minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting 2013

The motion to accept the minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 20th September 2013 was proposed by Dr Fran Pesich and seconded by Mr Paul McCann AM. The motion was carried.

A copy of the minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting 2013 appeared at Attachment A of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet.

At the Second Ordinary Meeting last year, a query was raised regarding the number of ACROD bays on campus. While the meeting was recorded, we were unable to ascertain the name of the member who put forward the question.

The Warden has followed up on the information requested and can now provide information on all of the 38 ACROD bays on the campus and the 26 bays located off-campus. The Warden invited anyone who was interested in this information to contact him after the meeting.

There was no other business arising from the minutes.

4. CorrespondenceThe Warden reported that he received excellent response from members of Convocation to his letter late last year seeking email addresses. The purpose of seeking email addresses was to enable communication with members in a more cost-effective manner, and the opportunity to introduce electronic voting in the future.


In that letter, the Warden promised that all members whose responses were received before 31 December 2013, would go into a draw for a new iPad Air. At the last Convocation Council meeting held 5th March 2014, the Warden drew the winning entry. The Warden announced that the winner of the draw is the Reverend Jessie Allen-Williams of Augusta.

The Warden encouraged those in attendance at the meeting to advise the Office of Convocation of their latest address details so that they can be kept informed of alumni activities and the latest information from the University.

5. Election ResultsIn 2013, the Convocation Council, on advice from the Statutes Committee, took a decision to outsource the conduct of Convocation elections to the WA Electoral Commission. The reasons for this decision were:

ÌÌ To utilise the specialist expertise of the WA Electoral Commission in organising elections

ÌÌ To reduce costs as the WA Electoral Commission was able to conduct the election more cost-effectively

ÌÌ To free-up resources in the Office of Convocation who would otherwise be engaged in conducting the elections.

ÌÌ To encourage greater participation in the electoral process, as anecdotal evidence suggested that many members of Convocation often did not realise that they had received voting papers when the voting papers were enclosed in the first edition of the Uniview magazine each year.

The Warden reported that under these new arrangements, the postal ballot conducted during February and March this year has successfully addressed each of these issues.

For the elections just concluded, a participation rate of 5.68% with over 4,260 votes being cast was achieved; this is an increase of 342.5% over the previous year’s elections.

This result is significantly above the participation rate of 4.0% achieved in similar elections by the Universities of Melbourne and Adelaide, and compares favourably with the top performer, the University of Sydney which held elections for five vacant positions on their Senate during 2013 and achieved a response rate of 6.3%.

The Warden thanked everyone who participated in the election this year, and for responding to his various communications to demonstrate their interest in UWA by completing and returning their postal vote.

Declaration of the results of the election of three members of Senate by Convocation

By the close of nominations on 12th December 2013, 15 nominations were received for the election of three members of Senate by Convocation.

The three candidates who were formally declared by the Chancellor as duly elected to be members of Senate for a four year term were:

ÌÌ Ms Hilary Ann SilbertÌÌ Mr Simon Lee DawkinsÌÌ Mr Quang Ly

The Warden congratulated these three Senators on their election.

On behalf of the University, the Warden expressed his thanks to all fifteen candidates who indicated their willingness to serve as a member of the UWA Senate by allowing their nominations to go forward for this election.

Declaration of election results for the Warden and Deputy Warden of ConvocationThe WA Electoral Commission has advised that Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM has been re-elected unopposed as Warden of Convocation, and Mr Paul McCann AM has been re-elected unopposed as Deputy Warden of Convocation. Both will serve for a term of one year until March 2015.

Elections for Convocation Council There were 10 nominations received by the close of nominations on 12th December 2013.

The Warden reported that normally there were elections for seven positions each year, but due to the resignation of one Council member due to ill health late last year, there were 8 positions up for election this year.

The Warden formally declared the following graduates elected to the Council of Convocation were:

ÌÌ Felicity Farrelly 3-year termÌÌ Jonathon Strauss 3-year termÌÌ James Paparo 3-year termÌÌ Cliff Gillam 3-year termÌÌ Colin Campbell Fraser 3-year termÌÌ Pauline Tremlett 3-year termÌÌ Clinical Professor Lesley Cala 3-year termÌÌ Pierre Yang 1-year term

The Warden congratulated the elected Council Members.

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The Vice Chancellor is devoting a lot of his time this year to developing a process in ensuring the University operates efficiently and effectively.

ModernisationThe Vice Chancellor stated a need for the University to modernise. The Vice Chancellor reported that he recognised that many visitors now come to the University via its website. Many students and others, who transact with the University, whether it is to enrol in courses, or to make payments and the like, wish to carry these out electronically. Because the world is changing, the University must modernise its internal operations. The Vice Chancellor expressed that it is the desire of the University to be a University that meets the needs of all of the University’s community.

Research PerformanceThe University will focus heavily on its research performance. The Federal Government has announced that it will be conducting another national audit of research excellence called ERA (Excellence for Research in Australia). This will be the third such survey conducted since 2010. The Vice Chancellor commented that this audit is important so that the University can demonstrate that UWA Researchers are performing at the highest level. He said that it is also important because he believes an increase in the amount of research funding will follow the very highest research ranking in the future.

Educational ActivitiesEducational activities are still developing. At the beginning of 2012, the University introduced the new undergraduate curriculum. This year, the majority of the first cohort of the 2012 intake of new students to this new curriculum, is now in their third and final year of studies.

The Vice Chancellor was delighted to say that he has received an analysis of student feedback on their learning experience at the end of the second semester last year. In all cases across the University, students’ evaluation of their learning experience has increased. The Vice Chancellor stated that he is very pleased that this transition into the new courses was well received by the students.

He indicated that the big task this year is to ensure that by February 2015, the University has an appropriate array of Masters Courses available for those students who wish to continue their studies. The University has converted a lot of their professional courses, such as Law, Medicine, Architecture and Engineering from being specialist bachelor courses into Masters Courses. The Vice Chancellor believes that the transition from undergraduate courses to graduate courses will shift the University from currently having 82% undergraduate students, to having 60% undergraduate students and approximately 40% students in Masters

Special ThanksThe Warden paid tribute to two members of the Convocation Council who completed their term this week but did not seek re-election.

On behalf of the Convocation Council, Warden thanked Mr Terrence Cheong and Dr Fran Pesich for their service.

Dr Fran Pesich has undertaken the onerous role of Treasurer for the past term of Council. The Warden made special mention of all the hard work Dr Pesich did in uncovering the mysteries of the Convocation accounting system.

The Warden added that Convocation is now in a far better position to tackle future challenges due to Dr Pesich’s diligent documentation of the financial systems.

The Warden gave a round of thanks to Dr Pesich and Mr Cheong for their service to Convocation.

6. Vice-Chancellor’s ReportThe Warden invited Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Johnson, to present his report.

A copy of the text of the Vice-Chancellor’s report appeared at Attachment B of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet.

In his address the Vice-Chancellor highlighted the following items that relate to his written report.

Strategic PlanThe Vice Chancellor reported that the UWA Executive Team has been working on a new Strategic Plan. This Plan will be submitted to the UWA Senate for approval in the near future. This Plan will then be rolled out across the University and the entire University community including Convocation over the next several weeks.

This Strategic Plan will cover the period of 2014-2020. In this Plan the VC identified three (3) key areas of focus for the University: education, research, and community & engagement.

Operational ExcellenceThe Strategic Plan also identified a principle of operational excellence which needs to apply to all areas of the University’s internal operations in order to support the University’s education, research, and community & engagement missions.

The Vice Chancellor emphasized operational excellence because not only is it the University’s ambition to be recognised as one of the world’s top 50 university in education and research by 2050, but also to be recognised as one of the top universities in terms of internal operation.


which was overwhelmingly made up of a book appreciation of financial assets, mainly equities. The stock market performed very well in 2013. The Vice Chancellor reported that the University has to ‘mark to market’ at the end of the year and report this as University income. However, he indicated that this is not real income, it is just a paper-based improvement on the asset value of the University’s shares; it is not income that the University can freely spend at its discretion.

The second type of income result, the underlying income, is derived from income received from running the University’s core operations less the cost of running these operations. In 2013, the University spent $8 million more that it received. The Vice Chancellor emphasised that the University, from now on, must operate within its means and focus on revenue.

At the conclusion of his verbal report, the Warden advised that the Vice Chancellor was available to answer any questions. The following queries and answers were addressed.

a) Where does the world ranking of the University come from?

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CWCU). The ranking from ARWU is entirely quantitative with very explicit criteria and essentially is based on the volume and quality of research publication, including fairly heavy weighting towards publications in the leading science journals of science and nature. There is a weighting for Nobel Prize winners, winners of Fields Medals and so on.

UWA was ranked 96 in 2012 and 91 in 2013. Within the subdivisions of the rankings, the University was ranked 26th in the world for Life and Agricultural Sciences, the highest ranking in Australia.

b) How does the Vice Chancellor believe that the Education Futures initiatives will develop and adapt the educational offerings for mature age students in general and in terms of technology? The base for mature age students are growing and their dynamics are different from those of high school leavers and undergraduate students.

The Vice Chancellor agreed that the requirements of mature age students are very different from those of undergraduate students. One of the things the University in now actively looking at are in the ways in which the University structure can deliver academic programs. The University will be putting a lot of work into Masters programs this year and in future years. It is the Vice Chancellor’s expectation

degrees and students undertaking Higher Degrees by Research by 2020.

The Vice Chancellor pointed out that one consequence of this transition to having more graduate students in the University, is that the University will continue to grow. The VC anticipates that the number of undergraduate students will be roughly stabilised, but the University will see quite a growth of the number of graduate students, so that by 2020, the University would expect to have roughly 23% - 25% more students than we have now, with a great majority of the student load being at graduate level.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Community and EngagementThe Vice Chancellor indicated that a new executive position has been created of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Community & Engagement. This position was recently advertised in the newspaper. The purpose for the creation of this position is to have strategic leadership within the Executive for the three key areas of Education, Research and for Community and Engagement.

The following areas of the University will be managed by the new Community and Engagement Office:

ÌÌ Development and Alumni RelationsÌÌ Marketing and CommunicationsÌÌ Cultural PrecinctÌÌ UWA ExtensionÌÌ UWA PublishingÌÌ Perth International Arts Festival

This is an area of the University that employs several hundred staff, with a budget of over $50 million. The Vice Chancellor stated that this is a large part of the University; therefore he believes there is a need for a coherent, strategic leadership.

University FinancesThe University’s 2013 accounts, which had been signed off by the Office of the Auditor General, will be tabled at WA Parliament next week. The Vice Chancellor revealed that in 2013, the University’s reported operating surplus was $125 million on a turnover of $986 million. While this may appear to be an excellent outcome, he indicated that the underlying operating surplus was -$8 million.

The Vice Chancellor explained how these two results are derived. There are two lines of income. In the first type of income, the Operating Income, the University must report every dollar that the University receives, including non-cash items, such as the revaluation of assets. For example, in 2012 the University had a large block of $20 million in income, which was in fact, not disposable income; this income was in the form of the value of gifts of art. This year, the University has $91 million of investment income,

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As the Guild President was unable to be present, the Warden invited any questions related to his report that could be taken on notice.

A question was raised regarding the Guild President’s opinion in general, about Education Advocacy – and his thoughts on the neutrality and the level of comfort students feel, that they are on the same playing field to initiate advocacy if required?

8. Warden’s ReportThe Warden, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, spoke to his report. A copy of the Warden’s Report appeared at Attachment D of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet.

In addition to his report, the Warden highlighted the following issues that were being addressed by the Council of Convocation.

Centenary CelebrationsLast year on 4th March 2013, the Convocation Council celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the formation of Convocation. This year, the Council will also be celebrating a centenary event of great significance to Convocation, the 100th Anniversary of the first graduate from UWA.

On 29th July 1914, in a graduation ceremony conducted in the ballroom of Government House, Edward Sydney Simpson was the first person to receive a degree from the University of Western Australia, when he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geology with First Class Honours.

The Warden stated that for a mineral-rich State, he was the “first graduate from central casting” given that during his career he was the Chief Chemist to the WA Mines Department and later Government Mineralogist & Analyst, as well as writing over 100 scientific papers and books including the publication “A Key to Mineral Groups Species & Varieties” and the reference tome “Minerals of Western Australia”.

In addition, he took on an extensive number of voluntary leadership roles, including his appointment as a member of the UWA Senate.

Based on the excellent research undertaken by Jenny Bevan from UWA’s School of Earth and Environment, we now know all about his remarkable contribution to Western Australia in the fields of geology and mineralogy.

On 29th July 2014, the Convocation Council looks forward to celebrating the centenary of his graduation as the first of the 100,000 graduates that have now followed in his footsteps.

Convocation Council’s Strategic PlanOver the past year, a Council Working Group has been hard at work developing a Strategic Plan to ensure that

that undergraduate courses will continue to be delivered primarily on a face-to-face basis, on campus, over two semesters, with long, languid vacations between two semesters because that is what undergraduates expect.

At the Masters level, students are more mature, and prefer to undertake their courses in a more concentrated way. The University faces some constraints in terms of how programs are delivered, as there is a regulatory body called the Australian Qualifications Framework Committee (AQFC), which determines how much content is in any degree program at any level, and how it can be delivered.

The Vice Chancellor assumes those students taking Masters Courses, would like to complete these courses fairly quickly. Students taking Masters program full-time may want to do this in a very condense way; those taking the course part-time, typically want to do it to fit in with their work, and therefore will want to have access to their study material online and study at their own time. One of the most effective ways of delivering these programs would be to do them in block mode.

c) How do we measure the success of our teaching? The Vice Chancellor responded that one of the ways he measures success is the extent to which graduates are able to get the jobs that they want that are well paid. UWA graduates have a very high rate of employment in the labour market at good salaries.

The Vice-Chancellor added that there are many challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of the education program. Another way of measuring is by conducting surveys asking our students to provide their reflective evaluation of their teaching and learning experience. However, there is no way to compare such data between universities.

Nationally, there is a survey called the Course Experience Questionnaire which is a survey undertaken of graduates within 6 months of graduation. For many years, the UWA obtained very good results in this survey, except in 2012 where the results were lower than past years.

7. Guild President’s ReportThe Guild President, Mr Tom Henderson was not able to attend the meeting. A copy of the text of the Guild President’s Report appears at Attachment C of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet.


Convenor of the Statues Committee, Deputy Warden Paul McCann AM for his leadership of this initiative.

Scholarships, Prizes and AwardsThe Warden stated that one key way in which Convocation addresses its “Promotion of Excellence” role is through the allocation of prizes and awards to promote academic excellence. Each year Convocation provides fifty prizes and awards, and is keen to increase both the number and the financial quantum of these awards.

Over the past twelve months he indicated that a considerable amount of work has been undertaken by the Awards Committee to realign these prizes and awards with the new UWA course structure

The Warden stated that due to the excellent work undertaken by Clinical Professor Lesley Cala in her role as Convenor of the Awards Committee, the Convocation Council has also made substantial progress in increasing the number of prizes and awards, and in receiving increased funding for some of these awards. For example with the generosity of Professor Bryant Stokes AM RFD KSJ, for the next five years, the Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence will be funded at the increased amount of $5,000 per year.

50th Reunion LuncheonSince the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation has arranged another very successful 50th Reunion luncheon for all the graduates of UWA who graduated during 1963. Planning is now underway for this year’s 50th Reunion for the graduates of 1964, which will be held on 31 May at the University Club.

For each of these events, a souvenir booklet is produced containing the biographies for each of the graduates of the reunion year. Given the considerable time and effort that is required to prepare for these reunions of the entire university, the Warden thanked Pauline Tremlett, Joan Pope and the Outreach Committee chaired by Tracy Taylor for all their good work on these events.

Communications CommitteeSince the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation Council has approved the creation of a new Communications Committee to ensure the timely distribution of information to members of Convocation and to coordinate how each item should be best be conveyed – either through email news bulletins, by post, in Uniview, on the Convocation website or via LinkedIn or Twitter.

Given the increased engagement that is being achieved through this improved coordination of communication, the Warden commended Arthur Hiemstra and his Committee for their enthusiasm and dedication to this task.

the role and activities of Convocation dovetails with that of the University overall, and specifically with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

Late last year, the timing of this task was modified to align with the University’s program for a major review of its Strategic Plan, which as indicated by the Vice Chancellor is to be finalised in the next two months. The Council looks forward to distributing its new Strategic Plan at that time.

Discussion Paper for SenateAnother initiative that ties in with this work is a Discussion Paper for Senate that the Warden is preparing on behalf of Convocation Council, examining the potential we have to improve the way in which our University engages with our graduates and alumni.

This is being developed in concert with the Office of Development & Alumni Relations and is currently a work in progress. The Warden looks forward to reporting on this at the Second Ordinary Meeting for 2014.

ElectionsOne of the responsibilities of the Convocation Council is to conduct periodical elections for four members of the Senate and for the members of Convocation Council.

During 2013, the current Convocation Council took a decision to outsource the conduct of future elections to the WA Electoral Commission. The Warden was pleased to advise that under these new arrangements, the postal ballot conducted during February and March this year had been a success. As a result, later this year, Convocation Council will consider a recommendation to continue these outsourcing arrangements.

Electronic Voting Another initiative which Convocation Council is keen to pursue is the introduction of electronic voting for Convocation and Senate elections. The Council believes that this initiative would result in greater online interaction with the members of Convocation, an increased participation rate, a more timely response (especially for overseas members), whilst reducing the overall cost per vote.

However, before this can occur, significant changes will be required to relevant UWA Statutes. He indicated that the Convocation Statutes Committee is currently liaising with the University’s General Counsel regarding the specific amendments required. Once this is determined, a submission will need to be prepared for consideration by the Senate on whether these amendments should proceed in isolation or in conjunction with other amendments required to the University Statutes. The Warden commended the

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As a result of these discussions, work is now progressing on a number of potential initiatives towards improving engagement with UWA’s graduate community.

The Warden then introduced Ms Brenda Tournier, and asked her to say a few words about her role and the initiatives being undertaken to improve engagement with UWA alumni.

Ms Tournier reported that she had the good fortune to meet and talk with UWA alumni volunteers at the Graduation ceremonies held recently. One of the volunteers was a young Business School graduate who now works for BHP Billiton Group. She spoke of how UWA changed her life and her time here as a student. It was clear that what meant the most to her were not the classes, but the people – the professors, the staff, the other students and the alumni who walked her path with her and who are there still, today.

Ms Tournier stated that Alumni Relations is about people and relationships and encouraging a stronger community.

She indicated that in October 2013 UWA launched a $400 million campaign, with the catch phrase ‘create the future’. This campaign is vital to providing the funds to enable UWA to become a top 50 university world-wide by 2050. This is important because through innovative, world-class teaching, student experience, research and alumni engagement, UWA has the potential to make a momentous difference. to Perth, Western Australia, and the world.

Reaching the upper echelon of universities and having a global impact doesn’t happen without phenomenal effort. It will require support from the community to achieve this goal.

9. Convocation Officer’s reportThe Convocation Officer’s report appears as Attachment E of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet. The Warden invited those attending the meeting to review the list of Convocation members whose whereabouts have become unknown since the Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation on 20th September 2013 and to notify the Convocation Officer if contact details were known to them.

10. Other businessPresentation to Terry LarderThe Warden invited Mr Larder to the podium to be presented with a Convocation medallion and a certificate in recognition of his service and commemorating his contribution to Convocation.

For a number of years, Terry has been the organiser for numerous alumni events, and from time to time he has written pieces for the Uniview magazine.

Honours CommitteeAt the last Ordinary Meeting, the Warden mentioned that during 2013, the Convocation Council established an Honours Committee to take on the responsibility for nominating and preparing the submissions required for those members of the University community worthy of recognition to be considered by the Australian Honours Secretariat in Canberra.

The Warden reminded those present at the meeting to take the first step by nominating those who they believe should be considered for an Order of Australia. To ensure confidentiality, he asked all to provide him with suggestions by emailing them directly to him at [email protected] .

Membership CommitteeAnother initiative of the current Council has been to establish a Membership Committee to fully consider the implications of each membership category.

Dr Susan King and the Membership Committee have taken on the challenge of addressing these issues and a multitude of others and it is expected that these improved arrangements will be considered by the Council of Convocation later this year.

UWA Sports & Recreation Association In seeking to achieve greater engagement with our alumni, Convocation Council has for many years recognised the important role that UWA sporting clubs play in encouraging graduates to have an on-going connection with the University.

The Warden indicated that as part of its “Promotion of Excellence” role, Convocation already funds the Sports Star of the Year Award and two Sports Scholarships

Over the last six months representatives of Convocation Council have met with representatives of the UWA Sports & Recreation Association in order to enhance the working relationship between both bodies. An invitation has also been extended for the UWA Sports & Recreation Association to attend Convocation Council meetings in order to improve communication and to foster joint initiatives for the benefit of the graduate community.

Collaboration with the Office of Development and Alumni RelationsThe Warden reported that over the past six months, substantial progress has been made in improving collaboration with the Office of Development & Alumni Relations through regular meetings with the Associate Director, Alumni & Community Relations, Ms Brenda Tournier.


There being no further business, the Warden declared the meeting closed at 7.18 pm and introduced the guest speaker for the evening, Winthrop Professor, the Honourable Carmen Lawrence, to speak on the topic “An avalanche of change: Will universities as we know them survive the onslaught?”

The Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2014 will be held at 6:00 pm on Friday 12th September 2014, at the University Club of WA.

At those times when Rita Clarke, editor of the Convocation pages in Uniview, was not available to prepare the material for Uniview, Terry willingly gave his assistance to the extent of writing and editing material and laying out the pages.

Terry was always present at Ordinary meetings, where he helped to welcome graduates, a great many of whom he knew by name. He often acted as Convocation’s official photographer – all in his own time. Terry is always on the lookout for information that can help Convocation keep abreast of what is going on and keep its records up to date.

The Warden also presented Mr Larder one of the first copies of the new publication “Personalities and Places on the Crawley Campus”.

“Personalities and Places on the Crawley Campus”He indicated that “Personalities and Places on the Crawley Campus” is a book put together by Dr Joan Pope OAM, Wendy Birman and architect Ronald Bodycoat AM that outlines the history of the people whose names are on objects and locations on the Crawley Campus. For each personality, the authors provide a brief vignette, a photograph of the person and a photograph of the named place.

He indicated that the booklet will be launched at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Tuesday 13th May at 5:00 pm. Everyone present was invited to join the UWA Historical Society and the authors to celebrate a unique publication for the University.

50th Anniversary of the Reid Library Dr Joan Pope advised that 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Reid Library, the New Fortune Theatre and the Arts Building. Dr Pope invited everyone present to help commemorate this event by sending in any memorabilia they might have of this era for display in the Reid Library.

Graduate CoursesA query was raised by an attendee regarding whether a closer look could be had at the nexus between Higher Degree by Research (HDR) courses and Masters courses. The Warden took the query on notice.

Concluding Remarks The Warden thanked all for attending the First Ordinary Meeting. The Warden also thanked Tracy Taylor, the Convenor of our Outreach Committee as well as Juanita Perez and Christopher Gorham in the Convocation Office for all their efforts in organising the First Ordinary Meeting for 2014.

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Firstly, I welcome the deregulation agenda which will allow universities rather than government to set their own fees. I believe greater autonomy will help universities better compete in a globally competitive market by enabling us to enhance our student experience, conduct more high-impact research, and attract the best academics from around the world. However, I believe the government needs to rethink particular elements of the reform package, particularly changes to the way universities are funded for teaching and research as well as how students repay their higher education loans, including the interest rate at which they repay.

The change that has generated the most attention centres on allowing universities to set their own fees. Currently all Australian universities operate in a partially deregulated market. The introduction of the demand- driven system by the previous Labor Government meant restrictions on the number of students each university could enrol were lifted, but the government still told us what we could charge for our courses. This should not be the role of government.

The University of Western Australia has for some time, along with other Australian universities, been calling for these restrictions to be removed to allow universities to determine their own destiny without the heavy shackles of government interference.

It is for those reasons that I believe this aspect of the reform package proposed by the government is essential to the long term sustainability of the Australian higher education sector and our ability to continue to be among some of the best institutions in the world.

I understand that many people are concerned that this could be the green light for universities to substantially increase their fees to the detriment of those with limited financial means. I do not believe this will be the case. Instead, I suspect some courses will increase in price, some will the stay the same, and others will cost less as universities decide how they will compete based on quality and price, and the emergence of new players in the market.

What is certain is that the reforms will pass unchanged through the House of Representatives where the government has a majority. But it could be some time before we know the outcome of the political horse-trading in the Senate, and this level of uncertainty is unhelpful

Strategic issues

Federal Budget Reforms to Higher EducationThe Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 was introduced to Parliament on 28 August and in the coming weeks and months our federal politicians will decide on the future of higher education in this country. The Parliament will be asked to vote on what I believe are the most sweeping reforms ever to be proposed for higher education in this country, which include allowing universities to set their own fees, charging students real interest on their loans, substantially reducing the level of taxpayer contribution to each student, and ushering in a new era of increased competition. The changes are extensive and highly technical, so much so that it has taken many higher education professionals, including myself, some time to absorb what’s being proposed and deciphering what it means for universities and our students.

Since the May budget there has been extensive political and media commentary and speculation about the budget measures, including claims they will herald the arrival of the $100,000 university degree. Such speculation is alarmist and unhelpful. While it is pleasing on one hand that there appears to be a strong level of support for universities based on the level of community interest in the changes, it also creates the risk that the debate will be skewed by populism, politics and short-termism.

Vice-Chancellor’s report to Convocation12 September 2014

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as we endeavour to plan for the future and position our universities for this new emerging competitive market. Until we know the detail of the changes and what will be passed by Parliament, we are unable to make important decisions on price. Over the coming months, it is looking increasingly likely that 8 crossbench Senators will determine the fate of these reforms, and as a result, the future of higher education in this country. Most have less than three months Parliamentary experience, a limited knowledge of the large and complex businesses that are Australian universities and the challenges and opportunities we as a sector face. Only half the crossbenchers have studied at university.

Therefore, it is important the sector actively engages in the political process. To help the Senators in their deliberations and parliamentary debate on the matter, I have encouraged them to visit their local university to learn more about the workings of a university, including the funding structures, the teaching and research initiatives, the community outreach programs, and most importantly to sit down with the leadership team to talk about the details of the government’s reform agenda.

Changes are required to prevent Australia being left behind in the ever-intensifying competitive global higher education environment. At the same time the sector has seen a steady decline in per student funding by successive governments. Australia ranks 25th out of 30 OECD countries for public investment in tertiary education, Australia publicly invests just 0.76 per cent of GDP in tertiary education, and Australia is investing 32 per cent less than the OECD average in tertiary education.

While there are many options available to policy makers, the philosophy that underpins them are relatively simple. Either the taxpayer is prepared to invest more in tertiary education and research or universities are given the autonomy to find new sources of revenue.

Local Government AmalgamationsThe University welcomes Cabinet’s decision to push ahead with local government reform, which includes the extension of the City of Perth’s boundary west to include all of UWA’s Crawley campus and a residential area between the University and QEII Hospital. UWA currently straddles three local government administrative areas - Perth, Nedlands and Subiaco – with one boundary dissecting the campus at Winthrop Hall and another isolating the main Crawley campus from the University’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts. The University is a very large organisation with a $1 billion annual turnover and 3500 staff split between three local government authorities. This split adds unnecessary time delays and unnecessary expense to get the simplest things done around parking, waste management, public transport and planning. A move to bring the entire campus into the City of Perth will be

enormously beneficial in UWA’s role as a key international focus point in Western Australia to take education and science to the rest of the world.

Teaching And Research Performance

UWA improves in the Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesIn just 12 months, The University of Western Australia has climbed three places in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, to be placed at 88th in the world. The result, announced Friday 15 August by the respected Centre for World-Class Universities at China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, confirms UWA as one of the nation’s – and the world’s – best tertiary education institutions. Only three other Australian universities have been included in the 2014 rankings: Melbourne University (ranked at 44), Australian National University (74) and Queensland (85). UWA is the only university in WA to make the elite top-100 list. Our climb from 91st in the world to 88th in one year confirms that the University’s strategies of attracting the most talented staff from around the globe, and increasing the numbers of publications in prestigious journals are working. This is important for us and I have thanked every member of staff for their contribution to this great achievement.

UWA Awarded “Five Stars Plus” rating in QS Stars University RankingsI am also pleased to announce that, as a result of substantial effort and creative thinking by Planning Services and staff of the International Centre to gather and submit the required data, the University has achieved a Five Stars Plus rating in the QS Stars University Ratings. Only ten universities worldwide have achieved this rating, which takes into account a range of factors, such as internationalisation, innovation and engagement, as well as research, teaching and facilities. Universities must be awarded Five Stars in all categories and a total score of at least 900 out of a possible 1000 to achieve Five Stars Plus status. UWA did especially well in research, internationalisation, and innovation. The Five Stars Plus universities include MIT and Ohio State in the US, ANU, Monash, UNSW and UQ in Australia as well as University of Auckland, Universite de Montreal and Seoul National University. This achievement is an endorsement of the work of the entire University community, and I anticipate that it will be a useful addition to our international marketing and positioning arsenal, both at the university and faculty level.

Good Universities GuideIn the same week as the University improved its AWRU ranking, it was reported in the local media that UWA received the lowest rating of 1 star for teaching quality in the


Hobson’s Australian Good Universities Guide (GUG). It also showed that we were assessed exceptionally well in student starting salaries and student-staff ratios, but suffice to say, we are seeking to reconcile these two ratings. This one star for teaching is a concern to us in our pursuit to be a world class university in terms of the student experience, and to address some of these teaching concerns, we are pushing forward with the Education Futures project.

Education FuturesThe Education Futures Project, UWA’s ambitious new vision for the future of teaching and learning, was launched on 13 May by Project Director and Dean of the Faculty of Education, Winthrop Professor Helen Wildy. The Education Futures Vision is the first stage of the University’s response to the changing nature of students, technology and workplace expectations. The vision spells out seven key statements designed to build on practices already in place and encourage new initiatives in Transformative Teaching; Evidence-Based Teaching; Experiential Learning; Integrated Research Experiences; Optimised Resources; Vibrant Campus Environment; and Global Citizenship and Leadership.

Activities

Open DayUWA came alive on Sunday 10 August as we welcomed large crowds attending presentations, displays and activities across campus. An attendance of between 18,000-20,000 people was estimated, which is a fantastic result in a competitive admissions year with a half-cohort of graduating school students. It was great to encounter so many future students, their families and the wider community enjoying the wonderful atmosphere on campus. I have thanked all of the staff and student volunteers who gave their time to the event and the many staff who worked tirelessly towards making the day happen.

Graduations Update2516 graduands attended the Autumn Graduation Ceremonies with 1282 in Absentia. 2985 bachelor degrees were conferred and 99 PhDs. This season included the first visually-impaired graduate from UWA, Ms Claire McGlew, who graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education. It also included UWA’s first two Doctors in Clinical Podiatry. A new Graduation Team successfully organised and coordinated the delivery of the 2014 ceremonies and I commend their efforts. Following an extensive tender process, the University appointed Phillips and Father in January as the new preferred supplier of Academic Regalia for the next 4 years. Phillips and Father offer UWA graduands an online ordering system and the convenience of picking up and returning academic regalia on campus. The provision of photographic and framing services under

the current contract will expire at the end of 2014 and the tender process will commence shortly. 2111 students have nominated mid 2014 as their completion period and are likely to be eligible to graduate in September 2014.

Perth FestivalThe 2014 Perth International Arts Festival, broke all box office records and provided a month’s worth of extraordinary memories. Events in this year’s Festival took a gross box office income of more than $6 million with around 200,000 tickets sold and 500,000 attendances. 38,500 people attended the Perth Writers Festival and the Lotterywest Festival Films and visual arts program continues into April. Perth International Arts Festival was founded in 1953 by The University of Western Australia. It is the longest running international arts festival in Australia and Western Australia’s premier cultural event. The Festival has developed a worldwide reputation for excellence in its international program, the presentation of new works and the highest quality artistic experiences for its audience. Festival Director Jonathon Holloway has been remarkable in leading the artistic formulation and delivery of the 2014 program and the University is proud to be associated with his success. We look forward to the 2015 Festival with eager expectation.

In the Zone Business ForumIn the Zone 2014: A New Narrative of Prosperity and Power was held on 1 May at the University Club, marking five years of regional dialogue between leaders and influential thinkers facilitated by the UWA. The forum revealed optimism about relationships in the Indo-Pacific Asia zone over the next two decades, despite potential for inter-country competiveness, issues around resource access and changes in countries’ military strength. The stand-out session was moderated by Professor Stephen Walt, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, in a high-level discussion about the relationship between economic powerhouses the United States and China in the region. Participants included Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Peter Varghese; Professor Brahma Chellaney, from the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi; Japan’s former Deputy Foreign Minister, Hitoshi Tanaka, and Director of the Perth USAsia Centre, Gordon Flake. The Hon. Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister, hosted a diplomatic delegation of 80 Canberra-based heads of diplomatic missions to the opening session of the In the Zone Business Forum, which also included a day trip to the Pilbara with visits to BHP-Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside and an Indigenous rock art site. Their attendance is part of a wider visit to Western Australia designed to expose the diplomatic corps to WA trade and investment opportunities, as well as WA’s regional diversity and rich produce. This prestigious forum was a triumph for the University and was made so successful by the hard work of Director of the Energy and Minerals Institute, Tim Shanahan, and In the Zone Director, Shaheen Hughes.

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Woodside/UWA Partnership in MyanmarWoodside and UWA have formed a partnership to support the developing nation of Myanmar, formerly Burma, as the country restores its education system. The Woodside Myanmar Postgraduate Scholarship will provide an opportunity for a Myanmar national to complete a postgraduate degree in an area relevant to public health at UWA. The Myanmar scholarship as a significant three-way partnership that will help build an educational legacy for the people of Myanmar.

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Officially Opened by Prime MinisterWestern Australia’s premier adult medical research institute, the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, has officially opened its doors. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott launched the state-of-the-art research facility on 11 March, along with the Premier and Governor of Western Australia. This marks a major milestone for medical research in Western Australia, as it brings together laboratory-based and clinical researchers from several organisations, all under the umbrella of UWA. The high spec 10 storey building within the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre is home to leading researchers from The University of Western Australia and other affiliates from the former Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR). The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research stands out as our State’s leading adult medical research institute, investigating the genetic and environmental causes of a range of diseases. The Institute will be led by Winthrop Professor Peter Leedman and the University is privileged to be a major partner.

Indian Ocean Marine Research CentreFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Curtin MLA, The Hon. Julie Bishop, unveiled a foundation stone to mark the start of work on the site of the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre on 30 May. This $62 million development will create a world-class facility that will position the State - and the nation - as the leading oceans research Centre within the Indo-Pacific region. The new centre - expected to be completed by mid-2016 - is being built as part of collaboration between UWA, CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). It has been made possible by a $34 million grant from the Australian Government as part of the Education Investment Fund, and contributions from the three organisations. Located on the western side of UWA’s Crawley campus, it will be complemented by a seawater facility at Watermans Bay which is currently undergoing an $11 million refurbishment, funded by UWA, CSIRO and the State Government, through the Department of Fisheries.

Research

Future FellowsFour researchers from The University of Western Australia will receive more than $3 million from the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship scheme to fund a diverse range of projects - from the origin of life on Earth and a history of Soviet war experiences to the future of crops in a phosphorus-scarce world, and 3D optical microscopy expected to facilitate unprecedented insights into the structure of tissue. The four new UWA Future Fellows, whose projects will be funded over four years, are:

Associate Professor Megan Ryan, of the School of Plant Biology, who will investigate how plants adapt to fluctuations in phosphorus. Phosphorus is commonly used on farmland to ensure high yields, however rock phosphate reserves are declining and leaching of phosphorus from farmlands into native vegetation and water bodies causes significant environmental degradation. As a result, more phosphorus-efficient farming systems are urgently required.

Dr Peter Munro, an Australian Postdoctoral fellow with the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA), will enable 3D optical microscopy to image deeper within tissue, ultimately aiding research fields such as neurobiology.

History Professor Mark Edele, of the School of Humanities, will undertake a project which aims to write a history of Soviet war experiences and chart the varieties of wartime experiences on Soviet-held territories between the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia in 1937 and the end of the counter-insurgency in the western borderlands by 1950.

Assistant Professor David Wacey, of the School of Earth and Environment and the CMCA, will commence a project which aims to provide new insights into the origin of life on Earth, life’s diversification through the Precambrian, and the co-evolution of life and early Earth environments. This project will be discipline-leading in that it would take the study of early life to the sub-micrometre and hence sub-cellular level.

Mid-Career Research Award Outstanding researcher, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, has won the Endocrine Society of Australia’s Mid-Career Research Award. The award is the latest in a series of honours for Associate Professor Pfleger who heads the Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology Laboratory at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. This is certainly an outstanding scientist with a fantastic future ahead of him. Associate Professor Pfleger’s innovative work has focused on G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), proteins on the surface of our cells that respond to many


Anna Nowak, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, aiming to predict whether a mesothelioma patient would respond to radiotherapy and avoid treating some patients unnecessarily; and another for Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, to explore new genome-based therapies for advanced breast cancer patients, who face limited treatment options.

International Animal Care AccreditationThe Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) has awarded UWA full accreditation. This is a first for Australia and the 39th country in the world (900+ institutions) and one of 134 accredited units in Pacific Rim. This recognition is testament to the dedication and commitment of the staff in ACS, who strive to provide the highest standard of animal care for the University.

Highly Cited ResearchersSix researchers from UWA have been recognised as some of the most influential scientific minds in the world.

Winthrop Professor Harvey Millar and Professor Ian Small, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Winthrop Professor Carlos Duarte, Director of UWA’s Oceans Institute, and Australian Laureate Fellow Professor Richard Hobbs, Winthrop Professor Christine Foyer, and Adjunct Professor Mark Chase, all from UWA’s School of Plant Biology, have been included in the prestigious Thomson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited Researchers list.

Their inclusion reflects the significance, quality and impact of the many scientific publications they have published in collaboration with other scientists and students from the University.

Microscope in a NeedleUWA has again earned a place in the finals of the 2014 WA Innovator of the Year awards with the world’s smallest microscope – which can fit into a needle and is capable of detecting cancer cells often missed by surgeons. The microscope in a needle, which may be used during operations to remove breast cancer tumours, was developed by a team from UWA’s Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, in collaboration with clinicians from Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and with support from Cancer Council WA and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 5 November.

different stimuli from light and taste to neurotransmitters. Associate Professor Pfleger has made significant contributions to understanding GPCRs that control multiple facets of the endocrine system, his most recent work focusing on the implications for chronic kidney disorders. The Mid-Career Research Award was presented following his award lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia in Melbourne on 26 August.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Biology launchedOn 1 August, Senator Chris Back, on behalf of the Federal Minister for Education, opened the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Biology. The decision to base the Centre at UWA recognises our strong record of innovation in plant science over the past decade which has focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms that underpin how plants use and convert energy inside their cells. During this time, the University has attracted 55 postdoctoral and independent research fellows from around Australia and overseas to undertake research in this field at UWA, joining an already strong team of Australian researchers. This clearly demonstrates the importance of critical mass in research, both as a driver of excellence and as leading light on the international stage.

FutureHealth WAMore than $1.85m in funding has been awarded to 22 medical researchers at The University of Western Australia, as part of the State Government’s bid to improve the national competitiveness of WA researchers in attracting national medical and health research grants. The Minister for Health awarded over $1.85m in funding to 22 UWA medical researchers, as part of the State Government’s bid to improve the national competitiveness of WA researchers in attracting national medical and health research grants. The FutureHealth WA initiative has been established to help Western Australian researchers access a greater share of national research funding and enhance the State’s health and medical research capability. UWA was successful in gaining $885,000 in project grant funding for 16 “near-miss” applicants for the 2013 round of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). A further six researchers were awarded $300,000 in total for “near miss” NHMRC Early Career and Career Development Fellowships. UWA affiliate, the Telethon Kids Institute, will receive eight “near miss” project support awards, three “near miss’ fellowship awards and Health Database Support for the Raine Study and Developmental Pathways Project.

Cancer Council GrantsMore than $2.5 million of the total $3.2 million available was allocated to researchers at UWA and its affiliates the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Telethon Kids Institute, Lung Institute of WA and Lions Eye Institute. Projects funded include that led by Professor

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to Western Australia and particularly this university. Our engagement with the wider community locally, nationally and internationally is already in sharp focus with activities such as the Perth International Arts Festival and the In The Zone conference. Professor Anderson will commence on 1 October 2014.

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation)Professor Gilly Salmon has been appointed to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation) and will commence at UWA on 1 October. Professor Salmon has come to UWA from Swinburne University where she held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning Transformations) since 2012. In this role, she was responsible for strategy and implementation of learning, assessment, teaching and digital technologies. This included the development and implementation of the Learning and Teaching Strategy and the Learning Innovation Strategy as well as key management of strategic partnerships. Professor Salmon researches and publishes widely on the themes of innovation and change in Higher Education and the exploitation of new technologies of all kinds in the service of learning. This newly created role, under the direction of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), will provide academic leadership to support and further develop education strategies and teaching and learning policy within the University.

Dean of LawFollowing an extensive international search, Winthrop Professor Erika Techera has been appointed as Dean of Law. Professor Techera has been acting as interim Dean of Law for the past 15 months, having overseen the successful introduction of the Law School’s Juris Doctor (JD) program, developed new postgraduate programs, recruited high quality research active staff and enhanced research across a range of areas. Before joining UWA in 2012, Professor Techera was Director of the Centre for International & Environmental Law at Macquarie University and also served as Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Futures. She also practiced as a barrister in New South Wales. Her area of research is international and comparative environmental law with a particular focus on marine environmental law and heritage law and policy.

Chief Information OfficerMs Assine George has been appointed to the position of Chief Information Officer. This role, under the direction of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), is a key strategic leadership role within the University. The role is pivotal in UWA achieving its goal of greater international recognition which will not be reached without the information resources, services, systems and infrastructure which support, stimulate and innovate education, research and community engagement. Ms George has worked across Australia and Asia in executive leadership roles

People And Resources

WA’s next Governor, Kerry Sanderson AOAnother of UWA’s extraordinary graduates, former Fremantle Ports chief Kerry Sanderson AO, is to be the next Governor of Western Australia, and I believe this is an outstanding choice. An economics and science graduate of the University, Mrs Sanderson was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2005. She exemplifies the University’s principle of service to the community. In addition to being widely respected for her business acumen, Mrs Sanderson is well known for her commitment to championing industry, research and the community. She was the Agent General for Western Australia in London from 2008 to 2012 and actively promoted and facilitated support for Australia’s successful bid for the Square Kilometre Array Project. For 17 years from 1991 Mrs Sanderson was Chief Executive Officer of Fremantle Ports, Western Australia’s major general cargo port. Under her leadership, trade through Fremantle Ports grew substantially, and the organisation was acknowledged for its excellence under the Australian Business Excellence Framework, receiving a rare Gold Award, the People Award and the Excellence Award in 2007. Mrs Sanderson was named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2004 Queen’s Birthday Honour list for service to the development and management of the port and maritime industries in Australia, and to public sector governance in the areas of finance and transport. She was the inaugural inductee to the Lloyds List Shipping and Transport Hall of Fame, and received an award from Australian Institute of Export in 2008. In 1996, she was named Telstra WA Business Woman of the Year. Mrs Sanderson is currently the Independent Chairman of the State Emergency Management Committee and holds several non-executive director positions in the commercial sector as well as roles in the community and not-for-profit sector. Mrs Sanderson will take over on October 20 from the Honourable Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC, also a UWA graduate.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement)Professor Kent Anderson has been appointed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement) and will lead UWA’s engagement with the wider community to reinforce the University’s commitment to excellence. Professor Anderson has an eclectic background – he grew up in Alaska and speaks Japanese. He studied in Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom, specialising in Law, Politics, Economics, and Asian Studies. Before academia, Professor Anderson was a commercial lawyer in Hawaii and an airline executive in marketing. His most recent roles have been Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of Adelaide and Professor of Law in the Adelaide Law School. Professor Anderson brings with him a strong expertise in the Indo-Pacific zone, a region so important


Australian of the Year awards. Winthrop Professor Siddique won the Professions Award for excellence resulting in major social, scientific or economic impact at a state, national or international level. He was deservedly recognised as an international leader in crop science, dryland agriculture and food production systems, and as an agent of change for Australian farming techniques. Professor Siddique’s research and collaboration with others has helped Australia become one of the major grain legume exporting nations in the world. Timothy Lefroy (21) from Moora, won the Youth Award for excellence in commitment to citizenship; mentoring; leadership and artistic pursuits resulting in a positive impact on the lives of others at a state, national or international level. Mr Lefroy has achieved strong academic results while also demonstrating leadership in his community through roles in Youth Parliament and the WA Electoral Commission. He is an accomplished athlete and Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Crawley. For his Honour’s thesis, Timothy is researching the viability of family farming in WA and the advantages of alternative business structures. The University is proud of staff and students of the calibre of Siddique and Tim and I have congratulated them on behalf of the entire UWA community.

Queen’s Birthday Honours Several graduates and staff received honours at the Queens Birthday Honours List:.

ÌÌ Dr Megan Clark, AC (BSc 1981; HonDSc 2006): For eminent service to scientific research and development through fostering innovation, to science administration through strategic leadership roles, and to the development of public policy for technological sciences.

ÌÌ Mr Frank Cooper, AO (BCom 1977): For distinguished service to the community through leadership and financial management roles with cultural, medical research, sporting, child health, and educational organisations.

ÌÌ Professor Barry Ninham, AO (BSc 1957; MSc 1959; HDSc 2010): For distinguished service to physical sciences through landmark theoretical and practical advances in colloids and surfaces, and as an academic, educator and mentor.

ÌÌ Professor Terence Nolan, AO (BMedSc 1974; MB BS 1977): For distinguished service to medicine as a leader in the field of epidemiology and population health, to policy development and advisory roles in immunisation, and to education.

ÌÌ Professor Alan Rosen, AO (MB BS 1971): For distinguished service to medicine in the field of mental health as a psychiatrist and clinician, to national health service reform, and to professional organisations.

ÌÌ Dr Carl Vine, AO (HonDMus 2010): For distinguished service to the performing arts as a composer, conductor, academic and artistic director, and to the support and mentoring of emerging performers.

with organisations including The Benevolent Society, New York Life Insurance (Hong Kong) and the Commonwealth Bank. She has held responsibilities for technology strategy and governance, development of high performing teams, delivery of business solutions and several organisation-wide transformations. She joined UWA on 1 September and will lead the Information Services team in collaborations with the University community to deliver innovative solutions for our education, research, community engagement and operational needs.

Director, Marketing and CommunicationsKaren Carriero commenced as Director of the Marketing & Communications division at the beginning of June. Ms Carriero was Curtin University’s Chief Marketing Officer with responsibility for web and digital marketing, brand and campaigns, marketing analytics, publishing and future student services. Prior to joining Curtin, Karen has held senior roles responsible for the areas of brand strategy, marketing operations, public affairs, product development, digital marketing and sales functions within organisations such as Tourism WA, RAC of WA, Commonwealth Bank and Bankwest. Karen joins the University to take an active role in shaping UWA’s new brand strategy, improving our marketing and sales capabilities and strengthening our external reputation.

Chief Scientist of Western AustraliaProfessor Peter Klinken has been appointed the new Chief Scientist of Western Australia, the third UWA researcher to be appointed to the role. Professor Klinken is highly regarded for advancing the understanding of genes involved in leukaemia, cancer and anaemia, and his many research achievements include the discovery of a gene that supresses the growth of tumours. He played a key role in establishing the State’s premier adult medical research institute, the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (previously the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research) in 1998. Under his stewardship, the institute attracted world-class national and international researchers to the State and made many acclaimed medical discoveries. Professor Klinken also spearheaded the development of two new state-of-the-art medical research facilities, Perkins North in Nedlands (QEII Medical Centre) and Perkins South in Murdoch (Fiona Stanley Hospital). Outgoing Chief Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley AO, served in the position for seven years (2006 to 2013) and oversaw tremendous growth in citizen science. She has been recognised for this enthusiastic and passionate advocacy for science and science education with an induction into the WA Science Hall of Fame.

West Australian of the Year AwardsDirector of the UWA Institute for Agriculture, Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique AM, and student, Timothy Lefroy have been named winners in the 2014 West

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ÌÌ Associate Professor Nadia Badawi, AM (PhD 1998): For significant service to paediatrics and neo-natal intensive care medicine as a clinician and researcher, and to the promotion of research into cerebral palsy.

ÌÌ Mr Frank Conroy, AM (BCom 1974): For service to Australian society through business.

ÌÌ Dr Margaret Henderson, AM (BA 1966; PhD 1981): For significant service to the community through the preservation and documentation for Western Australian history, and to public health.

ÌÌ Winthrop Professor Bill Louden, AM (BA 1976): For significant service to higher education in Western Australia as a leader in teacher education and sector reform.

ÌÌ Mr Gregory Martin, AM (BCom 1973; BE 1969): For significant service to transport, particularly through the development of policy and industry reform, and through executive roles in transport policy, planning, road infrastructure and network management.

ÌÌ Mr Murray Meaton, AM (BSc (Agrig) 1971; BEc 1980): For significant service to the energy and resources sector in Western Australia, particularly through the administration of mining royalties, and to the community of Melville.

ÌÌ Mr Rodney Mollett, AM: For significant service to the built environment and the architecture profession through contributions to professional bodies, and to the community of North Beach.

ÌÌ Professor Harry Phillips, AM (BA 1973): For significant service to education, particularly in the fields of politics and civics.

ÌÌ Mr Michael Poole, AM (BSc 1965): For significant service to environmental science as a leader, researcher and adviser to government.

ÌÌ Winthrop Professor Samina Yasmeen, AM: For significant service to international relations as an academic, adviser and social welfare advocate.

ÌÌ Dr Alastair MacKendrick, OAM: For service to medicine, and to community health in rural and remote areas.

ÌÌ Dr Peter McInnes, OAM (Deceased 1 Feb 2014): For service to primary industry.

ÌÌ Mr Ian Cowie, PSM (BA (Hons) 1983): For outstanding public service, particularly to the City of Gosnells.

The UWA community congratulates all recipients on an honour richly deserved.

Premier’s Science AwardsUWA’s strength in science was recognised as staff won major categories in the 2014 Premier’s Science Awards. Professor Ian Small was named the WA Scientist of the Year, the University’s Centre for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) won the Chevron Science Engagement Initiative of the Year, and Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Professor Small’s win was followed by a Federal Government announcement that he has been awarded a 2014 Australian Laureate Fellowship

for his ongoing work at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology, where he is a Chief Investigator.

I was extremely pleased that Emeritus Professor Robson was inducted into the WA Science Hall of Fame. My predecessor is one of Australia’s leading science education figures and agricultural scientists. His early research on the mineral nutrition of plants and soil fertility contributed to the prosperity of farming communities and the continued success of the State’s lucrative grains industry. He counts his impact of graduate students and their contributions to science and agriculture as one of his greatest achievements. He has received many accolades, including the Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, the Fiona Stanley Medal and his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Leading Alumni AwardsThe Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics recognised the contributions of two leading alumni at its recent Inaugural Alumni Achievement Awards. Dr Harold Clough AO OBE was recognised for his commitment to industry, community and education with the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Malone, who set up iiNet in his parent’s backyard and developed it to be Australia’s second-largest internet service provider, received the Changemaker: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award. Dr Clough and Mr Malone embodied the Faculty’s vision to empower people to change the world. These are graduates who have, and continue to, inspire and motivate members of their communities to innovate.

MH17It was with deep sadness that I placed a commemorative wreath on 22 July on the steps of Winthrop Hall, in memory of those who lost their lives in the tragic downing of MH17. Two of our incoming international students were among those who lost their lives. Twenty year olds, Richard Mayne, from Leeds University and Ben Pocock from Loughborough University were due to commence a study abroad program at UWA this semester. A university alumnus, Nick Norris, was travelling on flight MH17 with his three grandchildren. He was an Arts and Education graduate of UWA and a successful Perth businessman. The University community was shocked and sorrowed by the tragic loss of life and staff and students were encouraged to use counselling services available if required.

Lung Institute of WAWinthrop Professor Geoff Laurent has commenced as the Director of the Lung Institute of WA, taking over from inaugural director Winthrop Professor Philip Thompson, who founded the Institute 15 years ago. The Institute supports high quality research into the treatment and management of lung diseases such as asthma, chronic


New Colombo Plan Pilot ProgramTwo high-achieving science students from UWA have been awarded prestigious scholarships under the Federal Government’s New Colombo Plan Pilot Program – a program that aims to improve knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia. As part of their scholarship, Eliot Courtney and Anton Lucanus will spend a semester abroad in an Indo Pacific country of their choice – Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong or Japan – where they will study the local language as well as participate in an internship or mentorship opportunity in their host country. The New Colombo Plan has two key elements: a mobility program that supports Australian undergraduates to undertake study or internship/mentorship in the Indo Pacific region; and the scholarship program, which is the award Eliot and Anton received. Earlier this year, UWA was successful in receiving mobility grants for Singapore and Hong Kong as part of the New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.

UWA at the Commonwealth GamesThe University of Western Australia had one student and two graduates representing Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow. Jessica Pengelly, aged 23, of Innaloo, is a third-year student in sports science and exercise health and finished 7th in the womens final of the 400m individual medley.

WA Premiers Book AwardsSeeking Wisdom: a centenary history of The University of Western Australia written by Winthrop Professor Jenny Gregory has been shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards, with the ceremony to be held in September.

University Hall Architecture AwardUniversity Hall has won the Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing at the Australian Institute of Architects 2014 WA Architecture Awards. Designed by HASSELL and constructed by Probuild, University Hall is UWA’s largest residential hall and provides accommodation for more than 750 students. The completion of University Hall last year transformed the previous 250 room ‘Currie Hall’ into a 750 room residential college. Among some of the features of University Hall are new buildings that create a series of cloistered courtyards, a striking visual entrance of colonnades, a range of sustainability initiatives incorporated into the design and cloisters to complement other historic buildings across the campus. The landscape architecture further integrates the hall with the surrounding campus environment and extends the “university in a park” theme. University Hall underscores the growing international reputation of UWA, and will proudly play a part in the University’s goal to reach the world’s top 50 universities by 2050.

bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Professor Laurent will hold his new position concurrently with the directorship of the Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine. In this dual role he will be able to promote stronger collaborative research, and enhance the University’s success in winning competitive research funding. Prior to his appointment at UWA in June 2012, Professor Laurent was the director of the Centre for Respiratory Research and head of the Department of Internal Medicine at University College London. He will continue as an Honorary Fellow at UCL while at UWA.

Excellence of Research Award in AgeingWinthrop Professor Osvaldo Almeida has been recognised for excellence in research with a prestigious Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Senior Research Award. The annual award was established in 1978 and recognises excellence in research in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. In its 35-year history, this is only the second time a Western Australian has received the award. Professor Almeida delivered the keynote address: “A systematic approach to prevent depression in later life”.

World Leading PhysicistsTwo internationally acclaimed physicists from The University of Western Australia whose technology has been extensively used by the defence sector have won a prestigious national award. Winthrop Professor Eugene Ivanov and Winthrop Professor Michael Tobar, leaders of the Frequency Standards and Quantum Metrology Research group at UWA, were recently presented with a Science and Technology Award at The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Clunies Ross Awards Dinner held at Perth Convention Centre. The hi-tech company Poseidon Scientific Instruments (PSI) supported Professor Tobar and Professor Ivanov’s research projects over a long period, with the help of eight collaborative research grants totalling $5 million from the Australian Research Council.

Philip Mead appointed Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard UniversityWinthrop Professor Philip Mead has been appointed to the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University. W/Prof Mead is a distinguished scholar of Australian literary and cultural history, as well as Chair in Australian Literature at The University of Western Australia. He will join the ranks of other eminent Australians that have held the prized position, including Gough Whitlam, Dame Leonie Kramer, Manning Clark, Geoffrey Blainey and Mick Dodson.

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Ambassador to the United States, The Honorable Kim Beazley AC to share his views on the current state of US-Australia relations. Ambassador Beazley’s is the first in a series of presentations to be hosted by the Centre, which aims to become a leading policy think tank on the Australia-Asia-US strategic and economic relationship, a teaching and research centre, and a conduit for a deeper understanding in Australia of US business, culture, history, politics and foreign policy. The second lunch the Centre hosted on 25 March was for the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs.

Centre for SafetyThe Centre for Safety, an initiative originating from a $1m investment within the UWA-Rio Tinto Education Partnership, was launched at a function hosted by the Energy and Minerals Institute on 31 March. The Centre is led by Winthrop Professor Mark Griffin, an organisational psychologist who has extensive experience working throughout Australia, Europe and the USA investigating areas such as safety, well-being, organisational health, culture and leadership. The Centre for Safety will enhance all aspects of safety innovation by strengthening the network of safety expertise across biomechanics, business, engineering, health, psychology and sports science. The breadth of research spans safety leadership, dynamic safety capability, employee well-being, fatigue management, mental health and environmental management, through to automation and remote monitoring, resilience and process engineering, sustainable practice, and social impact.

National Resource Sciences Precinct (NRSP)The National Resource Sciences Precinct (NRSP), launched on 8 April by the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for Industry, and the Hon Bill Marmion MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum, is a collaboration initiated by three Foundation Partners (UWA, Curtin University and CSIRO) to strengthen, build, diversify and promote current and future strength in resource sciences in Australia. The Foundation Partners have strong international links with both research providers and industry that will form the basis for enhancing the NRSP as a truly global research entity. The NRSP has been successful in attracting grants worth around $20M over the next 3 years and committed activity from the partners (including the grants) of around $50M. There is an active pipeline of prospects being pursued including some energy and geoscience projects as well as range of Joint Appointments with the CSIRO.

UWA Childcare Centre wins National AwardUWA’s Early Learning Centre is the first child care centre in the State to be awarded a national “excellent rating”. WA Minister for Community Services Tony Simpson presented the Centre with a trophy. Services awarded the ‘excellent’ rating must demonstrate exceptional education and care,

CASE Award for UWA Centenary CelebrationsUWA’s Centenary celebrations have been recognised with a prestigious Grand Gold award as part of the Circle of Excellence awards program from CASE, the international Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The CASE Circle of Excellence awards support international tertiary advancement teams to gain recognition, benchmark excellence, strengthen on-campus credibility and help build the advancement community. The Grand Gold award acknowledges UWA’s year of celebrations, including the flagship event LUMINOUSnight, Centenary Alumni Weekend, and UWA Gives Back, culminating with the launch of the New Century Campaign. CASE offer Grand Gold awards rarely, and each member of the UWA community should be proud to receive this outstanding award, particularly Dr Sue Boyd and the Senate leadership team for their tireless work on the Centenary and forethought in preparing the campaign over a decade ago. The University has made tremendous progress since the New Century Campaign launch last October, having raised $210 million in support of enquiring minds; cutting-edge research to create a better future; new research and teaching and learning facilities.

Uthman Badar LectureOn 18 August I was informed that a Guild Club, the UWA Muslim Student Association, had invited controversial Muslim activist, Uthman Badar, to speak at a lecture under the title, “Gaza in Crisis”. This event had not been sanctioned or supported by the University. I issued a statement to the West Australian newspaper stating that the University’s position on all visitors to campus is that they are required to adhere to the University’s Code of Ethics and Conduct. The University is committed to the principles of tolerance, equity and the appreciation of diversity and invited Mr Badar to give an explicit, written public assurance that he is opposed to the cowardly and barbaric act of so-called “honour killings” in all contexts. The following morning, the Association cancelled the lecture and I thanked their representative for taking decisive and appropriate action.

Perth USAsia Centre Former Federal Government Minister Stephen Smith has joined the board of the Perth USAsia Centre. Stephen’s vast experience as the Australian Minster for Defence and before that, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be of great benefit to the Perth USAsia Centre’s ambition of becoming a leading policy resource for the people of Western Australia, Australia and the region. Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and former Education Minister, Dr Liz Constable, and Mayor of the City of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi, have also joined the board.

On 4 March, the Perth USAsia Centre hosted one of Australia’s most outstanding political leaders and current


leadership, a commitment to continuous improvement and forward planning, and a willingness to share their knowledge with other parts of the sector. Based in Nedlands behind the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and the Faculty of Education, UWA’s Early Learning Centre provides quality care and education for up to 100 children to the age of five. The centre has established partnerships with several research organisations, including a project with Child Australia which enabled educators to explore new ways to document and assess children’s learning. In partnership with Signing Hands, it has trialled a new Sign Language for Babies program. In a joint project with the Schools of Music from UWA and the University of Melbourne, the centre has investigated the effects on children’s learning of sharing musical experiences between the child’s home and service environments. UWA has a long history of support for the provision of on-site childcare for the benefit of its staff and students with family responsibilities. It was one of the first public institutions in Western Australia to establish a childcare facility.

Professor Paul JohnsonVice-Chancellor

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Maintaining a positive bottom lineAlong with the aim of forming a more professional Guild, it was imperative that the Guild become an organization that could support itself financially. While the Guild has received more income since the implementation of SSAF the amount of services provided as also increased substantially. At the beginning of the year I made it my objective to bring the Guild budget down to one that could support itself and as such we have managed to not only surpass the projected operational cash surplus of $101 (no coincidence there) to by the middle of the year have a full year projected operating cash surplus of $34101. This result has been from the increased staff efficiency and the lowering of costs, to the increase in catering and tenancy operations while also seeking out more external revenue opportunities. As we move further through 2014, we hope to have more external revenue opportunities in the pipeline.

Front line services Apart from representation of students to the university the Guild main role is to provide front line services such as catering and most importantly Student assistance. We decided to make a conscientious attempt to increase the quality and effectiveness of each of these areas. From taking feedback from both the university and students we have improved the appearance and range of the catering outlets and student assistance has been increasing throughout the year with the highest number of students seeking assistance and gaining a positive outcome.

Our Student Assist department has developed improved links and communication with the University and each Faculty Department at UWA. This has resulted in more ‘real outcomes’ for students as our team has achieved results through active engagement and dialogue with Faculties and the University. Our team also provides feedback to the University on issues which it feels need to be raised in order to support the UWA goal of reaching a top 50 university status of the future.

Student ExperienceAt the beginning of the year we wanted to begin to create a campus experience you wouldn’t want to leave. And while there is a long way to go, we brought Peking Duck and one of the biggest music concert we have seen during orientation week, supported and approved more diverse and engaging club events, yoga on lawn every week, more themed weeks than ever before and the list goes on. I can’t wait to see what huge amount of things the 101st Guild council team have planned for the second half of 2014. To date the Guild events team has overseen and helped students stage 395 events.

If someone asked me to describe the role of Guild President, I would say constant, exhilarating, and an amazing experience. The first half of this year has been about two big things, developing a strong professional Guild and to maintain a positive operating bottom line all while keeping front line services and the student experience at the heart of this wonderful organization.

In addition to being the Chief Executive of the Guild on an operational level, the Guild President acts as the voice of students to the university. This year I have been actively involved in putting the student voice to a range of University decision making bodies, most notably the University Senate, Academic Council, the Teaching & Learning Committee, and the Facilities Development Committee and any other committee that will take my unbridled enthusiasm.

Professional GuildThe expectations of the Guild from both the University and students has increased from previous years. No longer was it appropriate for the Guild to be seen as an organization struggling to remain relevant while providing a baseline level of services each year. Rather to provide a cohesive professional body meeting and exceed the expectations of those within and external to the university.

With the move to the south wing and a more professional work environment, along with the addition of some fantastic new employees, we have seen an environment of high quality and efficient service delivery while maintaining a fun and personable Guild that has the ability to change and move with the demands of students.

Guild President’s report21 March 2014

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University DeregulationDeregulation of the Tertiary Education sector has been a growing concern for Universities and students since the Federal budget in May. While not a surprise to many, deregulation has the ability to be a catalyst for massive change in the University environment. The new policy direction soon to be debated in the Senate will without a doubt end with students being expected to pay more for their degrees and will carry HECS debt further into their lives. We hope the university will be able to improve the delivery of courses on par with the expectations of students and their fees. We also hope that UWA maintains a student cohort from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Functional ReviewsThe university has undertaken a significant project to do in-depth diagnostic including detailed mapping and analysis of selected University functions and processes. The Office of Operation Excellence have been involving students since the beginning of stage 1 and we look forward to continuing our involvement in the student facing arrears to create a strong student experience into the future.

Future ProjectsAs I pass on the role of Guild President I am very pleased that there are a number of projects underway that will hopefully continue into next year and will allow the Guild to earn more revenue and create a ‘stickier’ campus where student wish to stay even after they have finished their classes.

The first and most significant of which is the Student Central Hub project which looks to provide a central hub for student clubs to organize and manage their club’s needs, run events and provides unique facilities for collaboration and crafting. This has been done in collaboration with Hames Sharley Architects and all of the student clubs on campus to create a unique yet efficient use of space that we hope, once completed, will be used for a long time.

Secondly, the ALVA Students are currently in the middle of a design competition to redesign the UWA Tavern to make it more akin to current students and to modernize its usage. We want students to come to the Tavern to hang out and socialize not just to drink but we need to change the atmosphere to do so. Apart from upgrading the space it is a fantastic initiative to engage students in the creation of an area that is solely for students.

Thirdly, the Guild is embarking on a complete digitalization of its operation – both backend administration and front of house services. Our ‘My Guild’ project is something we are very excited to be presenting. It will help the Guild provide more value to its members and the wider student audience.

Finally, after a long time in negotiations with the university and architects, Guild Council has approved the construction of two new outlets in the refectory that will hopefully be serviced by independent outlets, Subway and Boost. We are only waiting on the final contracts to be approved by the University and hopefully construction will begin in the summer of 2015.

2014 has been a huge learning experience for me and I would like to thank Convocation and all the members of the community that I have met during my time as President for the positive influence they have had. 2015 looks to be an exciting but challenging time for students and the university and I know the Guild is ready to take on the challenge and continue to flourish.

Tom HendersonGuild President


This included maintaining the electorate and conducting elections for members of the Senate and Convocation Council, reviewing changes to the University statutes and conducting annual general meetings of the University (known as Ordinary Meetings) so all members of Convocation had the opportunity to be informed and review the University’s progress towards its short and long-term goals.

In 1944, following extensive debate in State Parliament (recorded in exacting detail in Hansard), amendments were made to the UWA Act which deleted Convocation as one of the governing bodies of UWA, resulting in the Senate being the sole governing authority.

However, as is often the case with a committee decision, many of the consequent amendments which should have been considered at this time, were not addressed.

As a result, Convocation still retains all of its original legal responsibilities, including the right to elect four Convocation members to positions on the Senate, the responsibility to review any changes to UWA Statutes before they are forwarded to State Parliament, and the duty to convene two Ordinary Meetings of the University community where all members of Convocation have the right to receive reports from, and question the Vice-Chancellor, the President of the Student Guild and the Warden on any aspect of the University’s operations.

This left the role of Convocation difficult to explain, as it still retained its governance responsibilities but was not recognised as part of the governing authority. This situation was compounded further in subsequent years when UWA’s historians incorrectly interpreted the changes made to the UWA Act by stating that all its governance roles had been eliminated. To solve this dilemma, during Malcolm Orr’s term as Registrar, the University administratively changed the name of Convocation to the ‘UWA Graduates Association’ and promulgated the notion that it was only an association of graduates (similar to the alumni associations of other universities).

However, while the perception may have been that this change would solve some short term issues regarding how best to portray Convocation, it resulted in a range of new issues of comprehension, as it was not formally constituted as an association, was still part of the University and still retained legal responsibility for its residual governance roles.

IntroductionLast year during our centenary celebrations, we examined our rich history, celebrated the contribution that Convocation had made to UWA, and investigated the reasons for the role and functions of Convocation as they had evolved over the last 100 years.

This year, we are looking forward to a new century in which the contribution that graduates and the other members of Convocation can make will be of increasing importance to our University. The challenge faced by Convocation Council and our colleagues in the Office of Development & Alumni Relations, is how best to structure and organise our resources to deliver the outcomes that our graduates and UWA require, so that we can achieve our joint objective of having The University of Western Australia become one of the world’s top fifty universities by 2050.

HistoryIn addressing this challenge we need to be aware of the context and history of Convocation as it evolved over the last 100 years.

Between 1913 and 1944, the Senate and Convocation jointly governed the University. Convocation performed the role of the “Upper House” in a bi-cameral system of governance for UWA where the Senate was the “Lower House”. During this period, Convocation undertook the review role ascribed to the “Upper House” in accordance with precedents dating back to Oxford University in the sixteenth century.

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As a result confusion reigned, with many senior administrators believing that Convocation was no longer part of the University, but a separate external association, often likened to a “Friends of UWA Group”. All these events inadvertently resulted in many within the University community overlooking one of the inherent strengths of Convocation and that is its unique relationship with its graduates as an integral part of UWA.

While most universities view their alumni as external stakeholders, the UWA Act created Convocation as an integral part of the University. In Section 4 of the Act and in Statute 17, it states that the University shall consist of the Senate, the staff, the students and the members of Convocation.

As a result, while past graduates (and the other members of Convocation) may not regard themselves as on-going members of the University, legally this is their status under the UWA Act. The current staff and students are an important part of the University for the duration of their employment or studies, but it is only the members of Convocation who are granted life-long membership of the University.

This unique relationship has the potential to be a significant “point of difference” for UWA and therefore to enhance the benefits that may accrue to the University and graduates through this association.

Part of the challenge faced by the current Council of Convocation is to rectify this misinformation and to promulgate a clear understanding of the roles and functions of Convocation.

Roles of ConvocationIn the current version of the UWA Act and Statutes, Convocation has been assigned five key roles. These can be summarised as follows:

Representative Role ÌÌ To represent the interests and opinions of members

through effective communication and to present such views to the University and the community of Western Australia;

Governance RoleÌÌ To encourage members of Convocation to participate in

the governance of the University through the election of Convocation members to the Senate and the review of amendments to University statutes;

Contribution RoleÌÌ To encourage members to support and contribute

to the intellectual and cultural prosperity of the University community;

Member Interaction RoleÌÌ To promote professional and social links between

members of Convocation by creating and supporting opportunities for graduate interaction; and

Promotion of Excellence RoleÌÌ To promote the ideals and purpose of the University

and Convocation to graduates and undergraduates, other members of the University and the community of Western Australia.

Fund-raising and DevelopmentOne responsibility not mentioned in the Act and Statutes is the need to fund-raise. Given the increasing importance of this activity, during 1985 an Office was established to coordinate these activities, which has since grown into the current Office of Development & Alumni Relations.

Initially there was a close working relationship between this Office and Convocation with the statutory mailing list maintained by Convocation for its electoral responsibilities being used as the basis for the database now established for development activities. When a decision was taken to improve the functionality of this database, Convocation contributed 50% to the cost of purchasing the Raiser’s Edge software now used for this purpose.

In addition, to facilitate a more comprehensive approach to communicating with graduates, Convocation offered to cease the production of its own magazine and combine resources with the Office of Development and Research News to produce the magazine Uniview each year.

Independent OperationHowever, over the years this collaboration appears to have given way to a policy of “separate development”. Instead of working together in a complementary manner, both groups have adopted an independent approach to their common constituents with very little communication and coordination between them on policy and implementation issues.

As a result, up until recently significant duplication and overlap could be observed between the activities undertaken by Convocation and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

Joint InitiativeHowever, one of the developments I now wish to report is a new joint initiative between Convocation Council and the Office of Development & Alumni Relations to address this isolation and inadvertent duplication.

We all believe that the current arrangements are sub-optimal and can be significantly improved. Everyone agrees that improvement is required and that all options should be investigated including a new structure and organisation “from the ground up” that best suits the needs of The University of Western Australia in the years to come.

The next step is to undertake a detailed consultation process with key stakeholders to confirm or define the problem. Only


50th Reunion LuncheonSince the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation has arranged another very successful 50th Reunion luncheon for all the graduates of UWA who graduated during 1964. Planning is now underway for next year’s 50th Reunion for the graduates of 1965.

For each of these events, a souvenir booklet is produced containing the biographies for each of the graduates of the reunion year. Given the considerable time and effort that is required to prepare for these reunions of the entire university, I wish to thank Pauline Tremlett, Joan Pope, Juanita Perez and the Outreach Committee chaired by Tracy Taylor for all their good work on these events.

UNISON EventsUNISON (University Societies and Organisations Network) is a voluntary cooperative network of UWA based societies and organisations which have a mutual interest in the welfare of the University community. The societies and organisations which make up UNISON provide a wide range of intellectual, professional, cultural and charitable opportunities for involvement in the University.

Each year Convocation hosts four get-togethers for UNISON so that the representatives of these societies and organisations can meet and exchange information to the mutual benefit of both the organisations and the University.

Since the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation Council has hosted two UNISON events. Both have been well attended and provided the opportunity to meet and discuss issues of common interest. Further information on UNISON is available from the Convocation website at www. convocation.uwa.edu.au/events/unison

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community and EngagementAs indicated by the Vice-Chancellor in his report, the University has established a new position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community and Engagement to provide strategic leadership in the University’s relationship with its key stakeholders including community groups as well as graduates and alumni.

In the new organisational structure implemented for UWA earlier this year, this position will play a vital part on coordinating the input and activities provided by the University for graduates and the other members of Convocation.

Convocation Council therefore looks forward to working with the successful applicant for this position, Professor Kent Anderson when he takes up his new role on 1st October this year.

once agreement is reached on the nature and extent of the problem, can action commence to explore the ways in which these problems can best be addressed for the benefit of the University and our engagement with its graduates.

Tonight, I wish to report on a “work in progress” rather than an agreed outcome. However, the beginning of a new era forging a closer working relationship between Convocation and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations is within sight. Much still needs to be done, but the basic principles have been agreed and the opportunities for improvement are vast.

UWA’s Functional Review ProgramThis review of the roles and functions of Convocation and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations parallels a similar program initiated by the Vice-Chancellor to conduct a series of Functional Reviews of the services provided by the University. He has established an Office of Operational Excellence headed by Professor Ian McArthur and assisted by Ernst & Young, to review and improve the coordination of a range of functions that impact on the way that UWA provides services and is perceived by those who interact with the University. Further information on this program is available from www.ooe.uwa.edu.au

The review we are undertaking will align with the objectives of this program and hopefully ensure a more effective outcome for both graduates and the University as we progressively develop a more cooperative working relationship.

I look forward to providing you with a report on progress in this important area at the First Ordinary Meeting for 2015.

Scholarships, Prizes and AwardsOne key way in which Convocation addresses its “Promotion of Excellence” role is through the allocation of prizes and awards to promote academic excellence. Each year Convocation provides 58 prizes and awards and we are keen to increase both the number and the financial quantum of these awards.

Over the past twelve months a considerable amount of work has been undertaken by the Awards Committee to realign these prizes and awards with the new UWA course structure.

Due to the excellent work undertaken by Clinical Professor Lesley Cala in her role as Convenor of the Awards Committee, we have also made substantial progress in increasing the number of prizes and awards, and in receiving increased funding for some of these awards. For example with the generosity of Professor Bryant Stokes AM RFD KSJ, for the next five years, the Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence will be funded at the increased amount of $5,000 per year.

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With the aim of increasing the number and value of Convocation awards, Sue successfully established collaborations with the University Research Committee, the Postgraduate Student Association, the Guild and the UWA Sports Association. During her term as the Warden of Convocation, the number and value of Convocation Scholarships and Prizes grew to the point where there are now more than 58 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships, prizes and awards given annually.

In her nine years as Warden, Sue saw Convocation through some challenging periods and at the end of her term she left it in a very healthy state, a body held in great esteem by the Senate, the Executive and the graduates of the University – all of whom make up the body of Convocation.

In recognition of her outstanding voluntary service to the University, in 2010 Dr Sue Baker was awarded the UWA Chancellors Medal.

For over twenty five years Dr Suzanne Baker gave sustained and outstanding voluntary service to the University, through membership of Convocation and through her adjunct academic appointments. In all of her dealings, both within and without the University, she has acted in the best interests of the University and Convocation and in so doing she has proved herself to be a true citizen and ambassador of The University of Western Australia.

Her passion, enthusiasm and dedication for facilitating closer engagement between graduates and the University will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts are with her husband, Barrie Purser and their family, colleagues and friends as they come to terms with this sudden loss.

To commemorate Sue’s immense contribution to Convocation, at its last meeting, the Council of Convocation agreed to name a Post Graduate Research Travel Award in Sue’s honour. If you would like to contribute to the monies required to fund this initiative, please contact Juanita Perez in the Convocation Office either by phone at 08 6488 1336 or via email at [email protected] .

All members of Convocation Council who were aware of Sue’s outstanding contribution to our University, felt that an annual award in her name would be a fitting tribute to her memory.

Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM WARDEN OF CONVOCATION

VALE Dr Sue Baker It is with deep sadness that I advise that, on Tuesday 12th August 2014, Dr Suzanne Baker, a former long serving Warden of Convocation, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 59.

Sue’s relationship with The University of Western Australia began with her student days when she gained a B.Sc. (Agric) with First Class Honours in 1979 and a PhD in 1985 and continued when she was appointed jointly by the CSIRO and the University to a lectureship in 1986, which position she held until 1994.

In 1995, whilst employed by CSIRO as Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Animal Production, Sue was appointed as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer by the University in recognition of her regular and significant contribution to the activities of the University. Sue had responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and held this honorary post until 2006 when she was re-appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor for a further term of three years.

During her years of study, Sue had developed a great love and appreciation for the University and the opportunities it had given her. She felt that one way in which she could make a worthwhile contribution would be to stand for election to the Council of Convocation. In 1983 Sue stood for, and was elected a member of the Standing Committee of Convocation – now the Council of Convocation. Since that time Sue served on the Council in various capacities for a total of twenty five years.

However, it is in her role as Warden of Convocation that Sue is deservedly worthy of recognition for her outstanding service to the University. Elections for the Warden and Deputy Warden of Convocation are held annually and Sue stood for and was elected first as Deputy Warden from 1994 to 1996 and then Warden from 1996 to 2003 and again from 2006 - 2008. In total Sue served as Warden for a period of nine years (1996-2003 and 2006-2008) making her the second longest serving Warden in Convocation’s 100 year history.

As the Warden of Convocation, Sue attended meetings of the Senate over a nine year period, first as an Observer, then as a member Ex-Officio and finally as a Convocation elected member.

As Warden, Sue’s approach to the role was inclusive; her focus was the graduate community and the establishment of complementary and supportive actions with the administration of the University.


Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts1993 Megan K Watters

1995 Giles A Harden Jones

1998 Katherine M Moroz

2000 Edith I Cox

2000 Brett C Lanagan

2001 Nick A Walker

2002 Sidney S Thoo

2003 Matthew J Wellinger

2007 Chandima N Hiyare Hewage

2007 Joshua R Saunders

2008 Stacey D McCarthy

2010 LuYao Che

2010 Paul Leow

2011 Henry Lie

2011 Christopher D Prince

2012 Jackson T Harvey

2013 Benjamin L Proudfoot

2013 Hao Zhang

Arts1945 Beryl J Hands

1954 Fiori Rinaldi

1962 Colin M Mayrhofer

1963 Robert D Leaversuch

1964 Kenneth Choularton

1967 Merril R Claessen

1968 Gordon G Black

1969 James A Battye

1969 Christine M Gould

1973 Wesley N Campbell

1973 Alison L Clifford

1973 Camille J Lord

1975 Sally J Morgan

1976 Wayne R Bougher

1976 Dorothy M Richards

1976 Rachel C Storer

1979 Kathleen A Barrett-Lennard

1979 Anthony F Doney

1979 Sally E Drake-Brockman

1980 Marilyn A Boyle

1980 Theresa L Smith

1981 Royd N Burgoyne

1981 Mary E Carter

1982 Rosalie A Dwyer

Convocation Officer’s reportThe following is a list of graduates whose current whereabouts have become unknown since the Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation on 20 September 2013. Graduates are listed according to the Faculty from which they obtained their first degree, along with their year of graduation.

1982 Anthony J Lambe

1982 Brenda J Ward

1982 Wendy R Whyatt

1986 Janice T Soemartopo

1987 Arthur C Hanlon

1988 Elisabeth M Colquhoun

1988 Penny M Sandover

1989 Andrew D Cassidy

1989 Ismail Hasan

1989 Fiona D Johnson

1990 Travis Cranley

1990 Dianne Jeffery

1991 Andrea L Mayes

1993 Adeline Ang

1993 Kirsty Holmes

1993 Roelf C Janssen

1993 Alex D Johnston

1993 Penelope A Mackinlay

1994 Michelle de Kluyver

1994 Michelle A Forster

1994 Nicola L Mcgeown

1994 Barbara S Wise

1995 Kay Anthony

1995 Dorothy E Stubbs

1996 Donatella L Antoniazzi

1996 Richard M Oddy

1996 Josh L Williams

1996 Lynita A Zuvela

1997 Sarah L Hudson

1997 Paul A McCarthy

1997 Daniel S Palmer

1998 Erin S Kitchingman

1998 Phoebe Papadimitriou

1998 Derek O Smith

1998 Nicole E Stuart

1998 Diana H Takayama

1999 Yean Ling Cheah

1999 Elizabeth Fells

1999 Jennifer L Hoffman

1999 Sarah G Minchin

1999 David Whiteley

2000 Noella N Berko

2000 Janet M Blagg

2000 Dion B Bradstreet

2000 Judith M Harley

2000 Ernesto R Ramirez

2000 Matthew D Scott

2000 Daniel P Venworth

2000 Kate Warner

2001 Dan A Beck

2001 Alicia L Brescianini

2001 Russell B Gee

2002 Sonia L Lenegan

2002 Lily Tan

2002 Emilie A White

2004 Evelyn M Fong

2004 Marzuin Marzudi

2004 John J Stubley

2004 Seok T Tan

2004 Kerry-Lynn Williams

2004 Angela M Yelverton

2005 Sheree N Casella

2005 Craig Chalmers

2005 Stephanie L Cooke

2005 Kristie M Cote

2005 Rose M Hayden

2006 Lauren A Bawden

2006 Nicole J Coronado-Briceno

2006 Erin L Di Grandi

2006 Raluca M Dumitru

2006 Vanessa N Macknay

2006 Rachael P Scotland

2006 Joely-Kym Sobott

2006 Ka Ling Tsang

2006 Ross W Van der Watt

2006 Ching A Yap

2007 Kathleen M Brown

2007 Andrew G Greeuw

2007 Monica A Hosken

2007 Kelly R Kent

2007 Wai Lam K Lai

2007 Anna Lambeck

2007 Chun Chu Li

2007 Chi Kitt K Mak

2007 Olivia Norris

2007 Pei Y Pang

2007 Mark L Teale

2008 Jenna M Basinski

2008 Chi Man Cheung

2008 Jake Hudson

2008 Hiu Man Lui

2008 Alexander J Ntoumenopoulos

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2008 James Trimble

2009 Jeremy F Brennan

2009 Kai Yin Chan

2009 Adrian Chow

2009 Melanie R Harding

2009 Jarrad M Murdock

2009 Julie O’Donnell

2009 Jenean Walters

2009 King Lai Yeung

2010 Peta Braedon

2010 She W Chan

2010 Kate E Crowhurst

2010 Ho Yin Leung

2010 Melanie J McGrath

2010 Mellissa M Stirling

2010 LaLa A Trail

2010 Isabelle Udall

2011 Sunissa Brown

2011 Man H Chan

2011 Chung M Chan

2011 Ho Yan Cheung

2011 Raneem I Demyati

2011 Libby R Douglas

2011 Oi M Ma

2011 Ivana Ninic

2011 Romy E Stein

2011 Victoria L Tan

2011 James Tan

2011 Caitlin E Thomson

2012 Kiya Alimoradian

2012 Stephanie I Ao

2012 Levi J Castlehow

2012 Amalia J Croasdale

2012 Jennifer E Hatton

2012 Ayesha Saleem

2012 Toby M Simmer

2012 Lisa M Southey

2012 Alexis J Vassiley

2013 Summer M Bonney-Tehrani

2013 Katrina M Hannah

2013 Seema O Huneidi

2013 Mireille R Keogh

2013 Robert J Malcolm

2013 Mariyam Neeris

2013 Liam S Smith

Business School1967 Francis J Harman

1967 Abdillah Toha

1970 Christopher E Bennett

1971 Michael E Scivolo

1974 Thomas M Frost

1975 Simon A Raybould

1975 Norman A Sinclair

1977 Kim R Geddes

1977 Geoffrey Owen

1977 Weng Onn Tang

1978 Suet H Long

1978 Rodney C Monger

1979 Peter N Wood

1980 Siew Cheng Chong

1980 Patrick J Lannon

1982 Michael G Williams

1983 Geoffrey A Edwards

1983 Beatrice A Jackson

1983 Yue-Kong Lee

1983 Owen W Thomas

1983 David Wan

1984 Omar Bahemia

1984 Carolyn P Johnson

1984 Les Kozel

1984 Josephine Lim

1984 Stuart C Monley

1984 Sammy Yap

1986 Jean E Gear

1986 Mark Van Weelde

1989 Ingeborg K Isleib-Grauert

1989 Prudence A Wright

1990 Nicholas Cusack

1990 Poh-Hoon Khor

1990 See Sim

1990 Alfred Wong

1991 Penelope Jones

1991 Craig A Lee

1992 Sandra K Oats

1992 Chuck-Thiam Yeoh

1992 Matthew A Yovich

1993 Thomas C Barker

1993 Leanne M Gordon

1993 Andrew T Lai

1994 Patricia Bresland

1994 Sarah J Dawson

1994 Michelle E Gan

1994 Edwin Kow

1994 Ka Kit Lei

1994 Maya D Pranoto

1994 Marc Song

1994 Gillian L Sturgeon

1995 Sieh I Ong

1995 Gary Romano

1996 Aster K Chan

1996 Adam R Vart

1996 Surendranath R Watson

1997 Nicholas J Burridge

1997 Emily C Chee

1997 Ian P De Cruz

1997 Fui-Meng Goh

1997 Justin Sykes

1997 Wai Y Tsui

1997 Daniel Onn Chean Wong

1998 Lokesh Chugh

1998 Kenneth Kua

1998 Nicholas Kwok

1998 Gus E Lee-Steere

1998 Anna L Mc Court

1998 Joo T Phua

1998 Marco G Poelzl

1998 Daniel R Vovil

1999 Adam D Baillie

1999 Aoife C Cosby

1999 Brian H Duffield

1999 Eddie S Ho

1999 Kian Wah Hong

1999 Duncan G MacKintosh

1999 Zaid Mohamed Ali

1999 Cathlin K Rossiter

1999 Wee L Tong

1999 Andrew R Wallwork

2000 Sze Sze Chau

2000 Chong Min Gan

2000 Ai Lin J Ho

2000 Siao-Fern S Hon

2000 Lindsay Jackson

2000 Suzanne Lee

2000 Foong Yen Lee

2000 Cecilia Leong

2000 Shirlyn Lim

2000 Tian Sing Lim

2000 Julia K Nunn

2000 Choon Bheng Ong

2000 Richard K Tan

2001 Danielle F Branston

2001 Woon Hui Cheah

2001 Joshua B Crabb

2001 Irene H Gan

2001 Poh Meng Leow

2001 Anthea J Moffat

2001 Glen P Novotny

2001 Karen M Panarese

2001 Ryan X Parkin

2001 Shiau Yin Tew

2001 Seek Onn Yit

2002 Carmen Campeanu

2002 Chia Chien C Chang

2002 Yong Ping A Chia

2002 Roberto B Galad

2002 Eng Seng Lim

2002 Paul D Lingard

2002 Kylie A Smith

2002 Luke J Stanley

2002 Cecilia Tan

2002 Sankaranarayana Udaya

Sankar

2003 Toni N Abbott

2003 Kevin P Gill

2003 Edward Goodwin

2003 Katherine C Griffin

2003 Terence B Hah


2008 Bree R Ellis

2008 Yijie Guo

2008 King W Ip

2008 Glen Kanevsky

2008 Jian Y Li

2008 Cathryn Ng

2009 Janette V Alcaraz

2009 Tiffany H Chin

2009 Gabrielle Chua

2009 Hoi Pong Long

2009 Kundai L Mtsambiwa

2009 Cheuk Ling L Ng

2009 Kah Yee Persis Y Ngan

2009 Goon Hong Quek

2009 Xiao Min Shen

2009 Megala Thankaraju

2009 Samuel W Tiller

2009 Vinith Venugopal

2009 Elizabeth M Young

2010 Nicholas F Day

2010 Adam C D’Monte

2010 Sin Ying Ho

2010 Yunru Jia

2010 Kristine J Kesavan

2010 Ahmad R Kuhail

2010 Christopher R Nissen

2010 Gareth S Nunn

2010 Brendan O’Reilly

2010 Kin H Shu

2010 Garett C Sim

2010 Carol Y Wen

2011 Mihir K Gandhi

2011 Keith Harris

2011 Hin T Lee

2011 Rhys T Miller

2011 James P Naughton

2011 Sarah F Oldfield

2011 Kian Seng K Peh

2011 Ying Ying Y Sim

2011 Jonathon Williams

2011 Fei Xiong

2011 Wenqin Zhang

2011 Sarah X Zhang

2012 Natasha Alexandra

2012 Christopher K Emmanuel

2012 Joanna Fang

2012 Christina Gravdahl

2012 Ying Y Lee

2012 Jia Li

2012 Yunjian Lu

2012 Yee W See

2012 Ayman A Sherbini

2012 Todd J Stewart

2012 Su Lin L Wong

2012 Hao Xu

2012 Yuanxuan Zhang

2003 Noelle Lai

2003 Jessica Lee

2003 Jacqueline M Lim

2003 Ellen Lu

2003 Charles M Ryan

2003 Shannon Teo

2003 Belsa Wong

2003 Long K Wong

2003 Made S Yuliawati

2004 Craig S Anderson

2004 Karmen Bakovic

2004 Jodie A Bonner

2004 Calvin Chan

2004 Grace Chan

2004 Craig R Cochrane

2004 Selwyn N D’Rozario

2004 Joann Gor

2004 Harun Harun

2004 Sharon N Lim

2004 Timothy J Lim

2004 Wee Kheon Loh

2004 Justin D Power

2004 Myles L Quinn

2004 Andrew T Soetanto

2004 Margaret Soh

2004 Eilin Yap

2005 Sloan Croft

2005 Joanna N Kretowicz

2005 Louis J Martin

2005 Robert J Morgan

2005 Marlene Sugiharta

2005 Natalie J Thomas

2006 Sze L Chau

2006 Weng Hong Lam

2006 Weifen Liao

2006 Ronnie K Liew

2006 Muhamad Sjahrul S Ralie

Siregar

2006 Wenlong A Tan

2006 Yilin Zhu

2007 Lian H Chaw

2007 Shuk M Choy

2007 Melissa K Hartmann

2007 Amadea Immanuel

2007 Esta Lestari

2007 Chui Fang A Lim

2007 Kyle B Macmillan

2007 Zi Nai

2007 Shuying N Ow

2007 Lee L Sim

2007 Harjinder Singh

2007 Aileen Tang

2007 Xiaodan Tang

2007 Wei Loon Teo

2008 Matthew J Armstrong

2008 Han Peng Ch’ng

2012 Xu Zhang

2013 Darran P Ang

2013 Doris Brkic

2013 Jingyue Cao

2013 Chen Chen

2013 Tanya M Chung Nien Chiu

2013 Georgia V Drake-Brockman

2013 Karen L Fernandes

2013 Nai Yu Goh

2013 Hee Seob S Joung

2013 Wing L Lau

2013 Jeanette Liam

2013 Yong Z Lin

2013 Yolanda Long

2013 Ying Lu

2013 Belema M Morison

2013 Naomi Munford

2013 Tian Qin

2013 Chao Zhang

2013 Yixin Zhu

2014 Penny Chung

2014 Tak Wa Fung

2014 Nick Hudson

2014 Martin T Langham

2014 Seng Wee Peh

2014 Ashleigh R Weaver

Education1960 James N Rolfe

1971 Paula P Miller

1974 Susan E Farrall

1974 Visit Kasempimolporn

1974 Elizabeth T Munro

1975 Leigh C Gouge

1976 Wayne B Banks

1977 Kevin M Geraghty

1977 Gerald F Lloyd

1977 Muhammad N Mastuhu

1978 Warwick J Connor

1978 Raymond J Toia

1979 David G Berglund

1979 Maree H Gray

1979 Alan R Perkins

1979 George Verevis

1981 Hugh K Cowan

1982 Carolyn A Browning

1983 Mark P McGowan

1985 Marie D Lutze

1985 Janet S Reading

1985 Jacqueline D Reid

1986 Devadas N Govindasamy

1986 Peter A Hamilton

1987 Mark C Stewart

1988 Radmila Lewis

1989 Jon P Hanna

1990 Alan T Lo

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2012 Tsz Y Li

2012 Lucy R Martins

2012 Garth P McKenna

2012 Rhianydd T Meredith

2012 Nadia S Shaikh

2012 Keith A Wetton

2013 Nadiyah A Alsalmi

2013 Benjamin H Dawkins

2013 Benjamin Golightly

2013 Sterling S Wu

Engineering, Computing & Mathematics1948 Donald C Emery

1951 William J Draffin

1952 John E Maitland-Carter

1957 Hugh A Knox

1957 Adrian R Turnbull

1961 Ming-Sinn Chew

1966 William J Duffy

1969 Ronald J Renton

1972 Hiang S Tey

1973 Siripong Hungspreug

1973 Kenneth H Law-Davis

1973 Kam-Leng Wong Kam-Leng

1978 Mohammad J Mohammad

Satap

1979 Harjono Zainal Abidin

1982 Glenn D McRobb

1983 Edoaldo Di Dio

1983 Hiang-Lin Tan

1984 Dirk S Van Noort

1985 Gerard E Aroozoo

1986 Roslan Bin Mamat

1986 Jose F Sanchez

1986 Hamish G Tyrwhitt

1987 Giang Nhuong Phung

1988 Ian C Bruce

1988 Richard D Mann

1990 Lynore Avery

1991 Gavin F Chafin

1992 Michael C Stellamanns

1994 Rajiv N Niles

1994 Julian D O’Hara

1995 Leith C Collins

1995 Robert J Cronin

1995 Sio K Lam

1995 Alvin T Yuen

1996 Christina Chong

1996 Suruj B Maharaj

1996 Mark A McPartland

1997 Li Peng Hiew

1997 Yasuhisa Inoue

1997 Adam B Mulley

1998 Josh R Gunputh

1998 Kok Joo Low

1998 Jeff Ly

1991 George Kavvadias

1991 Jennifer R Watson

1992 Kanu C Patel

1993 Mark M Jones

1993 Natalie Lynn

1994 Rachel J Arnold

1994 Gloria A Pereira

1994 Sulekha Surash Kumar Nair

1997 Aaron J Ritchie

1997 Swantono

1998 Lely Thamrin

2000 Yuk L Chan

2000 Mark Sweeney

2001 Carmen Andrijich

2001 Sonia M Hayward

2001 Brooke M Lyons

2001 Michelle P Wood

2002 Janelle T Black

2002 Benjamin P Knights

2002 Nga Wai V Lee

2003 Ping Lam B Chiang

2003 Nathan J Heddle

2004 Sara Ceccarelli

2004 Brian Gan

2004 Anna R Hoar

2005 Chelsea P Rodd

2005 Ryan T Walker

2006 Nancy D Fairburn

2006 Jacqueline E Howe

2006 Man S Hui

2007 Matt M Ward

2007 Gordan Wong

2008 Naomi R Byrne

2008 Orin Casey

2008 Wei Cheng

2008 Jeremy L Evans

2008 Katherine B Goh

2008 Nicole A Huggins

2008 Billie M O’Halloran

2008 Sally E Wals

2009 Andrea J Fry

2009 Elizabeth J Hawdon

2009 Melissa A Klemm

2009 Kiki Nhi Lam N So

2009 Jason A Wong

2010 Edwin Dinauto

2010 Christopher J Gregory

2010 Roberta Sampson

2010 Ann H Thomas

2011 Rudy Lee C Ah Sen

2011 Hnin S Khin

2011 Margaret Kwan

2011 Matthew J Sims

2011 Jennifer S Wong

2012 Durayra H Al Maqbali

2012 Elisabeth A Fraser

1999 Roger J Ooi

1999 Peter A Retallack

2000 Kok K Koh

2000 Bill R Poole

2000 Jenny M Rowland

2000 Ben W Schmitt

2000 Sherry Tan

2001 Stewart M Johnson

2001 Jiang Long Tan

2001 Mari Wang

2002 Pak Kin Chan

2002 Ee L Fong

2002 Sarah L MacNish

2002 Joel G McLure

2002 Heather T McPherson

2002 Sze H Ng

2002 Weisia Tan

2003 Ryan P Adams

2003 Midhat Bahtijarevic

2003 David A Deany

2003 Mariza C Ho

2003 Wen-Fei F Wong

2003 Yosan

2004 Jeffrey A Hunt

2004 Virginia B James

2004 Fiona J Johnson

2004 Libor Masek

2004 Brett Miller

2005 Robert H Mellor

2005 Endriko R Winata

2006 Sandeep S Godrei

2006 David R Scott

2007 Jonathan G Hesselberg

2007 Wei C Lum

2007 Sze H Tse

2007 Jayashree D Valyutham

2007 Jia Yu

2008 Chee K Chia

2008 Soo Fung F Chok

2008 Matt P Harley

2008 Shijin Jacob

2008 Michelle C Leone-Smith

2008 Jayanth Munipalli

Ramaswamy

2008 Andrianto R Winata

2009 Tarun Bakshi

2009 Budianto

2009 Michael L Eastwood

2009 Janarthanam Rajeswaran

2009 Wei Ping Tan

2009 Dyi Zen Tan

2009 Quenten O Thomas

2009 Scott D Wishart

2010 Yashawanth A Bhat

2010 Laura M Clayson

2010 Samantha L Haines


2010 Bradley J Mumford

2010 Xue Wu

2011 Tamure R Challenor

2011 Mohanish Dubey

2011 Edwin C Goh

2011 Yannick L Ha Kong

2011 Nathan P Henry

2011 Nabeel A Khan

2011 John W Ngui

2011 Mingyu Shi

2011 Yick Fei Sun

2011 Qin Wan

2012 Ataollah Asgharian

2012 Aaran P Dobrich

2012 Viraj V Gharat

2012 Malinderjit K Nirmaljit Singh

2012 Wei Jie A Tan

2012 Rohit Tripathi

2012 Yashasvi Tyagi

2013 Jai Kant

2013 YaoLong Lim

2013 Choi Seng S Ling

2013 Abdulrahman A Qasem

2013 Wael S Saeed

2014 Yvette M Coles

2014 Tris T Le

Graduate Research School1973 Allan N Smith

1976 Elizabeth M White

1977 Bruce R Maslin

1978 Peter Conole

1978 Tran Van Muoi

1979 Charles R Cochrane

1979 Alan W Everett

1980 Trevor M Ellis

1980 Andrew M Paterson

1982 Brian F Usher

1983 Ronald W Hogg

1983 Matthew W Knuiman

1986 Charuwan Supasatian

1987 Sookwat Chandraparnik

1987 Ian J Colquhoun

1988 Stephen W Doyle

1989 Paitoon Poonsavasde

1991 Srisuda Thippayarugs

1992 Natashia L Boland

1992 Caecilia Ingriani

1992 Kritsri Samabuddhi

1993 Worayudh O Pathipanawat

1994 John N Pearson

1995 Ching Yan How

1995 Chanvit Leelayuwat

1995 Maureen A Perkins

1996 Craig A Russell

1997 Qi Cui

1990 Li-Ai Gamble

1990 Michele L O’Sullivan

1992 Dean N Litis

1993 Matthew Curwood

1994 Melanie A Binet

1995 Igor Bogdanich

1995 Valeria J Cooney

1996 Heather M Goodwin

1997 Christopher R Savundra

2000 Danielle C Bowyer

2000 Julie M McLean

2001 Riri P Dewi

2004 Pattariya Choatpatsumol

2004 Penelope M Smuts-Steyn

Cox

2005 Daniel S Johnson

2006 Steve V Huynh

2006 Katia N Nadalin

2006 Meng-Yen Phua

2006 Tarin J Scott

2006 Clara V Wren

2007 Tahlia S Hall

2007 Yu Y Hii

2007 Danielle J Moylan

2008 Patricia J Alexander

2008 Kyle T Martin

2008 Stephenie S McHenry

2008 Arabelle E Sinclair

2009 Maureen M Kiss

2009 Alexander W McGregor

2009 Piers Yates-Round

2010 Aidh S Albaqme

2010 Daniel R Debuf

2010 Ailing K Ho

2011 Sarah M Edgar

2011 Julian W Storm

2013 Teleisha J Wall

Life & Physical Sciences1951 Malcolm B Macmillan

1953 John M Woulfe

1959 Helen R Trowell

1961 John Ross

1970 William J Broughton

1970 Michael A Gurry

1970 Adrian N Larking

1972 Robert J Aird

1972 Graeme K Brew

1972 Robert C Slater

1975 Heather D Vance

1976 Michael I Rebeiro

1978 Terry D Lock

1978 Michael G Morgan

1978 Michael C Tindall

1978 Rodney C Wallis

1979 Andrei P Brazowski

1997 Dobrosav Maric

1997 Jervis A Tilly

1997 Janet M Woollard

1998 Brett R Dix

1998 Somlak Jutunka

1998 Irene K Kretowicz

1998 Michael T Ponchard

1998 Mark C Weeks

1999 Mohammad-Reza Jalal

Kamali

1999 Hanjong Kim

1999 Simon E Petersen

1999 Marcus J Willson

2000 Gowrama D Ramanah

2001 Guy H Gersbach

2002 Farag A Ahmed

2002 Victoria B Burrows

2002 Ken A Street

2003 Seyed A Rezaei

2004 Benjamin Macey

2004 David Ryder

2005 Balasuriya A Balasuriya

2005 Nanni B Concu

2005 Titik Kustiati

2006 Terence U Chan

2006 Bree J Hoskin

2006 Rebecca J Lloyd

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University and Senate Committees served onÌÌ Member of the Senate of The University of Western Australia

2002 – 2007ÌÌ Member, Senate Audit and Review Committee (responsible

for oversight of University risk management, financial, administrative and faculty/departmental audits and reviews)

ÌÌ Member, Senate Development Committee (responsible for oversight of community awareness and fund-raising activities in the University)

ÌÌ Member, Higher Degrees Committee (responsible for recommending honorary (higher) degree recipients to the Senate)

ÌÌ Member, Board of Discipline (responsible for student conduct and discipline, and appeals)

ÌÌ Member, Centenary Trust for Women (responsible for building a fund to support students, with an emphasis on women students)

ÌÌ Member, Centenary Planning Committee (responsible for planning for centenary celebrations for The University of Western Australia, and associated fund-raising)

ÌÌ Member, University Postgraduate Scholarship committee, during the time she was seconded from CSIRO to The University of Western Australia

Committees of Convocation served onÌÌ Deputy Warden, Convocation of The University of Western

Australia (1994 to 1996), elected annually by graduates.ÌÌ Warden, Convocation of The University of Western Australia

(1996 to 2003, 2006 to 2008), elected annually by graduates.ÌÌ Immediate Past Warden of Convocation (2002 to 2004)ÌÌ Convenor, Awards Committee of the Council of Convocation

(responsible for more than 90 undergraduate and postgraduate prizes and awards)

ÌÌ Chair or member of several Convocation committees to award prizes (Postgraduate Research Travel Awards, Sports Awards, Matilda (cultural) Awards)

ÌÌ Member, Executive Committee of the Council of ConvocationÌÌ Member of the Standing Committee of Convocation – now the

Council of Convocation.

UWA Chancellors MedalÌÌ 2010 Dr Sue Baker was awarded the UWA Chancellors Medal.

In Memorium – Dr Sue Baker


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