2007 Annual report (PDF 8.1 Mb) - University of Melbourne

QUALITY
PeoPLE
Academic and
Professional Leaders
Senior Staff Appointments
In 2007 the University appointed Professor
Peter McPhee, formerly Deputy Vice-
Chancellor (Academic), as Provost to
manage and monitor changes in the policies
and practices that affect the academic life
of the University as a whole.
Professor Susan Elliott was re-appointed
as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching,
Learning and Equity). Professor Warren
Bebbington was also re-appointed as Pro
Vice-Chancellor (University Relations).
Professor Dick Strugnell was appointed
as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate
Research) and Professor Lyn Yates as Pro
Vice-Chancellor (Research).
The University welcomed five new Deans
during the year:
Professor Ken Hinchcliff from the Ohio
State University joined the University as
Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Science;
Professor Tom Kvan from the University
of Sydney was appointed Dean, Faculty of
Architecture, Building and Planning;
Professor Mark Considine was appointed
Dean, Faculty of Arts;
Professor Andrea Hull, previously the
Director of the Victorian College of the
Arts (VCA), was appointed Dean of the
Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts
on the amalgamation of the VCA with the
University; and
Professor Iven Mareels was appointed
Dean, Faculty of Engineering.
In 2007 the University further strengthened
the leadership of its Senior Executive with
the appointment of Ms Elizabeth Baré,
previously Vice-Principal (Human Resources)
as Vice-Principal and Head of University
Services with responsibility for coordinating
the University’s administrative and
management services. Dr David Cookson
was appointed Vice-Principal (Research)
and Mr Nigel Waugh was appointed
Vice-Principal (Human Resources). Ms
Janet White from Monash University was
appointed as University Secretary.
Renowned Scholars
Federation Fellows
In 2007 three internationally outstanding
researchers were awarded prestigious
Federation Fellowships to conduct groundbreaking
research at the University. The new
Federation Fellows are physicist Professor
Tony Gherghetta from the University of
Minnesota, an expatriate Australian returning
to Australia; and immunologist Professor Bill
Heath at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
University of Melbourne nanotechologist
and biotechnologist Professor Frank Caruso
has been re-appointed as a Federation
Fellow. They will join 15 Federation Fellows
at the University.
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellows
Each year the University supports Vice-
Chancellor’s Fellows to engage in the public
life of the University, providing a scholarly
environment for research, writing, teaching
and related activities. Dr David Kemp (public
policy expert) completed his appointment
as a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in 2007. Two
other Vice-Chancellor’s Fellows – Professor
Brenton Broadstock (composer and
musicologist) and Mr Max Gillies (satirist
and actor) – continued their appointments.
Former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks
was appointed as an honorary Professorial
Fellow in the Faculty of Arts to chair
a program of public policy forms on
important topics and to participate in a
University think tank on the values and
nature of a good society.
PROFILE
Professor
LOANE Skene
One of Australia’s leading experts
on medical law and ethics, Professor
Loane Skene specialises in health
and medical law. She is a Professor
of Law in the Faculty of Law and
an Adjunct Professor of Law in the
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and
Health Sciences.
Professor Skene was named by the
Australian Financial Review among
Australia’s most powerful cultural
figures in 2007. Deputy Chair and
official spokesperson of the Lockhart
Committee, which was responsible for
reviewing legislation, on human cloning
and research involving human embryos,
she has contributed extensively to
the ongoing community debate about
human embryonic stem cell research.
Throughout the year she has taken part
in an array of public lectures, seminars
and hypotheticals, submissions
to parliamentary committees, and
addresses to political parties and
parliamentary gatherings in Melbourne
and Brisbane.
The Lockhart Committee’s
recommendations have already been
implemented in federal legislation and
are now being adopted in the mirror
legislation in the states.
Left: Original thinker: Kristy Edmunds, Artistic Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival (left) with Director
and Dean of the Faculty of the VCA Professor Andrea Hull. The VCA became a faculty of the University in 2007.
Photo: Peter Casamento
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