Convocation

Second ordinary meeting

Convocation welcomes all graduates and other members of Convocation to the Second Ordinary Meeting Friday, 12 September 2014 at 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 Australia will be speaking on “Science and Industries of the Future”

Agenda

The Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation to be held at 6:00pm on Friday, 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 Speaker Professor Peter Klinken CitWA, Chief Scientist of Western Australia will be speaking on “Science and Industries of the Future”

The University of Western Australia | 01 Minutes

First Ordinary Meeting Minutes 21 March 2014

The First Ordinary Meeting of Convocation was held on The following members of Convocation asked that their Friday 21st March 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in University Club of apologies be recorded: Western Australia. Hugo Acosta Martinez, Anita Adhitya, Sonia Aguirre, Hatem Al-Khazraji, Brian Allen, Lynn Allen, Michael Allenby, Jessie The meeting was attended by the following graduates and Allen-Williams, Catherine Allgrove, Kathryn Ambrose, guests: Dorothy Anderson, Lawrence Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Appleton, Anne Appleton, Pooya Arjomandnia, Francis Roslyn Adamson, Ashley Aitken, Phillip Allen, James Arndt, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, Adrian Arundell, Jennifer Anderson, Irwin Barrett-Lennard, Gabor Bedo, Aileen Atherton, Emily Atkins, Laurie Axford, Suzanne Baker, Bennett, Danielle Berry, Ro Birrell, Warwick Boardman, Jessica Banaszak, Damira Banaszak, Michael Barber, Astrid Boggs, Susan Boyd, Robert Bredemeyer, Jean Gerard Barblett, Cynthia Barrett, Michael Bartosiak, La Brodie-Hall, Richard Cairnes, Lesley Cala, Maria Calabro, Estie Bav, Ralph Beckwith, Rickie Beehre, Jennifer Benn, Colin Campbell-Fraser, David Carlson, Mark Carroll, Kok- Dorothy Bennett, Haia Ber, John Bethell, Brian Betts, Foo Chang, Terrence Cheong, Helena Coleman, Mary Suzanne Biddles, John Biggs, Roger Blackett, Jenefer Conroy, Roderick Cooper, Patrick Cornish, Judith Cresp, Blackwell, Peter Blake, Lynda Blum, William Blumer, June Keith Croker, Devon Cuneo, Margaret Norma Curnow, Boddy, Ronald Bodycoat, Maureen Boland, Jacopo Simon Dawkins, Ema Denby, Christopher Denby, Jocelyn Bonomi, Kira Boorn, Elyse Bourgault Du Coudray, Cameron Everett, James Everett, Grazyna Faux, Mark Fielding, Bowe, Lesley Bowerman, David Bradley, Neil Brick, Alan Marie Finucane, Enzelia Fogliani, Chantelle Gaskell, Brien, Errol Broome, Ivan Brown, Douglas Brown, Marian Margaret Giles, Clifford Gillam, Jane Green, Allan Green, Brzezinski, Melville Bungey, Felicity Bunt, Peter Burke, Troy Anne Gunson, James Gunson, Christopher Harkness, Buswell, Jason Butler, Helen Buttfield, John Byrne, Graham Harmsworth, Richard Harper, Maria Harries, Desmond Cain, Lyneve Cannon, Katherine Carlin, John Bruce Hartley, Ian Hasleby, Patricia Hatch, Bruce Haynes, Carrigg, Edna Carruthers, Anne Carter, Clifford Casey, John Judith Heath, Frank Hedges, Arthur Hiemstra, Wendy Casey, Philippa Catchpole, Sonia Cattley, Robert Cavanagh, Hillier, Mohammadreza Honarmand, Maureen Humpage, Anthony Cawley, Florence Cawley, Tara Celenza, Debahuti Kenneth Ilett, Robert Johnson, Paul Johnson, Joanne Chaliha, Eileen Chan, Karyn Chan, Betty Chan, Tshung Hui Jones, Heather Kelly, Warren Kerr, Kevin Kerr, Lorelei Chang, John Chapman, Audrey Char Sit Yee, Steven Chau, Kerr, William Khor, Susan King, Hanna Kleyn, Hwee Ping Melissa Chau, Melanie Cheah, Wai Mun Cheang, Angela Koh, Julia Kovesi, Terrence Larder, Louisa Lawrance, Eric Chew, Pan Chiang, Yumi Cho, Tat Meng Chow, Robert Lawson, Jill Lawson, Geoffrey Leach, Bethany Lord, Neville Chown, Nicholas Christodoulou, Hui Chua, Anna Ciffolilli, Loudon, Quang Ly, Richard Lyon, Robert MacMath, Simon Curtis Clark, Francis Clarke, David Clarke, Debra Clements, Marshall, Gene Matthews, Terence McCall, Paul McCann, Mark Clifton, Douglas Clyde, Andrew Cole, Dorothy Collin, Douglas McGhie, Douglas McInnes, Roslyn Melville-Buck, John Collingridge, Michael Collins, Simone Collins, Geoffrey John Melville-Jones, Barbara Miller, Nikolaos Millios, Sandra Combes, Ryan Constantine, Gregory Cook, Diane Cook, Murphy, Brian Mutzig, Patricia Mwiragua, Jillian Orford, Dennise Cooper, Symone Cope, Terence Cosgrove, James O’Shea, James Paparo, Jennifer Parsons, Juanita Dolores Costello, Margaret Cox, Terence Craig, Alan Perez, Fran Pesich, Anne Pickett, Joan Pope, Judith Powell, Cransberg, Neil Creagh, Maree Crouch, Fiona-Marie Crowe, Deidre Powell, Marilyn Prestage, John Quealy, Shaun Joanne Cruickshank, Cathryn Curtin, Penelope Cuthbert, Ridley, Heather Rogers, Nigel Rogers, Jennifer Sales, Matthew Dalrymple, Glenice Davey, Dean Davidson, Neal John Sanusi, Richard Schiefler, Jacqueline Scurlock, Philip Davis, Timothy Dawe, Sunouk Dawson, Reginald Dawson, Shields, Ping Si, Hilary Silbert, Mary Skidmore, Kevin Smith, John Day, John Deacon, Darryl Deacon, John Dean, Ronald Brian Sova, Ric Stern, Jonathan Strauss, Catherine Tang, Dean, Ashok Desai, James Devenish, Michael Devine, Tracy Taylor, Brett Tidy, Brenda Tournier, Davide Vettorel, Mollie Dinham, Vina Djoko, Joanna Donaldson, Adriana Robert Viskovich, Sheila Walker, Anne Willox, Georgina Douglas, James Doyle, David Dun, Paul Duncan, Josephine Wilson, Caroline Winwood, Madeline Theng Wah Wu, Pierre Dundas, Blake Dunkeld, Bryan Dwyer, Timothy Dymond, Yang, Allen Yeow and Barbara York Main. Margaret Eadie, Roderick Eagleton, Linda Earl, Peter Eastlake, Trevor Eastwood, Karla Ebron, Honi Edmondson, Kathleen Edwards, Peter Edwards, Tareq El-Batanouny,

02 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Johanne Eldridge, Antony Elliott, Angela Evangelinou- Mayhew, Rose McAleer, Tobias McAllister, Peter McCrann, Yiannakis, Frieda Evans, Ben Evans, Gerty Ewen, Vivien Malcolm McCusker, Michael McGuire, Sharon McKerrow, Eyre, Merrin Fabre, Robyn Farmer, Richard Farrar, Felicity Jan McMillan, Ian McNaughton, Margaret McPhee, Claire Farrelly, Ian Fergus, Ronald Ferguson, Ross Field, Carlo Fini, McTernan, Shirley McWhirter, Janice Meade, Rebecca Michael Firth, Christopher Fisher, Edgar Fitzpatrick, Beryl Meakin, Rebecca Meegan-Lowe, Graham Melrose, Flecker, Margaret Floyd, Patricia Foley, Michalie Foley, Christopher Merrick, Colette Meyerkort, Kim Mezger, Attachment A Eugene Foo, Richard Frith, Elizabeth Frith, Suzanne Kenneth Michael, Ann Minister, Laurence Mitchell, Patricia Galloway, Ivars Galvans, John Galvin, George Galvin, Moffett, Michael Molton, Pino Monaco, Royden Monteiro, Susanna Gan, Albert Gan Ooi Hong, Michaele Gardiner, Donald Moore, Kathleen Moore, Michele Moore, Ian Roy Gardner, Jo Gatland, Rohan Gengatharen, Nicolas Morison, Peter Morris, Charmaine Myers, Kyle Nesa, Gerrard, Joanne Ghirardi, Dante Giacomin, Trevor Gibson, Malcolm Newman, Jansen Ng, Joshua Ng, Kenneth Ng, Terry Gilbert, Lynton Giles, Rhona Giles, Dion Giles, Moshe Mark Ninyett, Patricia Nixon, Pauline Norman, Hugh Gilovitz, Maureen Glancy, Brian Goddard, Mayford Godfrey, Norman, Patricia Nottle, Robert Nunn, Kerry O’Connell, John Godfrey, Kevin Goh, Barbara Good, Beth Gordon, Richard O’Donnell, Chow-Loo Ong, Eng-Chuan Ong, Christopher Gorham, Andrew Graebner, Christian Grainger, Annette Ong, Daniel Ow, Graham Owen, Judith Owen, Melanie Granger, Carmen Grant, Alan Green, Neville Green, Charles Oxnard, Stirling Parks, Trevor Parry, Ian Passmore, David Greenhill, Geoffrey Grewar, Kyle Griffiths, William Cyrus Patell, Kim Paterson, Judith Paxman, Raymond Griffiths, Claire Grose, Anthea Guazzelli, Catharine Gunson, Pelham Thorman, Dinelka Perera, Neville Permezel, Lloyd Larissa Guzzomi, Stephen Hale, Isobel Hall, Patricia Hall, Perron, Zhukov Pervan, Robin Phillips, Peter Phillips, Rita Valma Halvorsen, Frank Hamersley, Helen Hankey, Brenton Phillips, Paula Phillips, Raymond Piesse, Daniel Pillar, Hantke, Joyce Hardy, John Harriott, Max Harris, Yvonne Ronald Pitt, Geoffrey Playford, Raymond Pontague, Ian Harrison, Stephen Hastings, Susan Hatcher, Charity Porter, Susette Pow, Christina Pranata, Daryl Pranata, Haynes, Michelle Heah, Kathryn Heaton, Pauline Heaton, Leonie Prime, Kezia Purich, Douglas Purser, Leslie Pyke, Glenn Hemsley, Thomas Henderson, Ricardo Herrera Ayala, Daphne Pyke, Jennifer Quartermaine, Claire Quenby, Azad Hessamodini, Murray Hill, Joan Hiller, Valerie Patrick Quilty, Elizabeth Quinn, Dan Quirante, Noele Hinwood, Marcus Hitch, John Hobday, Jennifer Hole, Radford, Colin Rainbird, Donalda Ramsden, Kaye Regan, Robert Holloway, Janet Holmes à Court, Emmanuel Desmond Reid, Gay Reid, Graciela Rhodes, Trevor Hondros, Margaret Hooton, Peter Hopper, Diana Hopper, Ridgwell, Maria Ritchie, Jeanette Robertson, Suzanne Sheena House, Hugh Houston, Bette Howell, Waldemar Robertson, John Robins, Joan Robins, Anthony Robinson, Hube, Robert Hughes, Zoe Hyde, Peter Hyman, Catherine Jamie Robinson, Charles Robinson, Graeme Roe, Ellen Iddison, Malala Iseli, Anne Ismail, Ungku Ismail, Helene Roe, Helen Rogan, Gwyneth Rothols, Robin Routley, Barry Jaccomard, Melanie James, Ian Janes, Douglas Janney, Rowland, Gesa Ruge, Sacha Ruoss, Eversley Ruth, Ann Andrea Jansen Van Rensburg, Gregory Jarosch, Ryan, Timothy Safe, Barry Saker, Soroush Salimi, Zarin Taj Dharmasoka Jayasuriya, Daneill Jenkin, Doris Johnson, Salter-Beyzaie, Peter Samuel, Balram Sangar, Cempaka Patricia Jones, Janice Jones, Lorna Jones, Darrell Jones, Sarubin, Susan Saunders, Richard Scarff, Denisse Toby Jones, Cheyne Jowett, Patrick Joyce, Waveney Scasserra, Michael Schaper, Eugene Schlusser, John Kaeding, Peter Kalmund, Jeeva Kanesarajah, Alex Kaye, Scotney, Raymond Scudds, Pamela Seaman, Jennifer Elliott Kaye, Kate Keeves, Robert Kelliher, William Kelliher, Searcy, Margaret Seares, Roger Seares, Leah Segal, John Roger Kelly, Desmond Kelly, George Kelsall, Jim Kemp, Seotis, Geoffrey Sharman, Steven Shenton, William Joseph Keszi, Man Keung, Shaleesa Keye, Harry Kilminster, Sheridan, Stuart Silbert, Gabriella Silipo, Catherine Lynn Kirkham, Matthew Knuiman, Joseph Kong, Milton Simcock, Viti Simmons, Peter Smith, Philip Smith, Peter Krause, Natalie Krawczyk, Mable Lam, Christopher Smith, Toni Smythe, Coralie Solomon, Julio Soria, Peter Lancucki, Rona Landquist, Timothy Lane, Jennifer Larner, Soumanis, Felix Spittell, Julie Staer, Gerrit Stafford, Kendrah Roger Lavell, Roselyn Layt, Kay Lee, Ernest Lee, Tian Yam Stanfield, Christopher Stansbury, Robin Stellamanns, Leong, Alexandra Leonzini, Maria Levissianos, Robert Richard Stern, Glenys Stevenson, Sandra Stevenson, Liddell, Very Lim, Theam Lim, Sonia Lindsay, Mark Lindsay, Jennifer Stewart, Janice Stewart, Arran Stewart, Beverley Yinong Liu, Freda Livingston, Amy London, Owen Stott, Janette Stuart, Paulus Sui, Denise Sullivan, Murray Loneragan, Andrew Lu, Nicola Lucano, Allan Lum, Susan Swain, John Swift, Elizabeth Swinton, Melissa Symonds, Lyne, James Lyon III, Roderick Macdougall, Marion Ferziene Talati, Ai Tan, Mark Tang, Frank Tanner, John MacDougall, Gerard MacGill, Amos Machlin, Alannah Taplin, Raymond Tauss, Roger Taylor, Ross Taylor, Michael MacTiernan, Helen Maddocks, Hazel Maddocks, Maxwell Teare-Williams, Ken Teoh, Diana Teplyj, Emma Thompson, Maesepp, Alexandru Maftei, Thomas Maher, Elzbieta Malita, Grant Thompson, Roger Thompson, Wally Thompson, John Malone, Roy Manchester, Kia Manouchehri, Alistair Raymond Thompson, Sophie Thompson, Emily Thomson, Marchesi, Claire Maree, Clive Mariano, Anthony Marrion, John Thorpe, Neville Threlfall, Alan Tough, Paul Townsend, Salvatore Martella, Hayley Martin, Glenda Martinick, John Pauline Tremlett, Fiona Tremlett, Lisa Trevena-Williams, Alan Marum, Joyce Matson, Suzanne May, Roger May, Stanley True, Jill True, Charles Tucak, Gyula Turchanyi, Matthew

The University of Western Australia | 03 Tuson, Richard Twomey, Chumith Ukwattage Don 1. Welcome Siriwardana, John Urquhart, Paul Vajda, Gysbert van der The Chair of the First Ordinary Meeting, Warden of Westhuizen, Pritesh Varsani, Carolyn Visser, Eva Vlahov, Convocation, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, welcomed Margaret von Perger, Fabienne Vonarburg, Petar Vujovic, the guest speaker, Winthrop Professor, the Honourable Grantley Waddell, Brendan Waddell, Ian Waite, Christopher Carmen Lawrence; Professor Paul Johnson, the Vice- Wake, Kerry Wark, Walter Waterhouse, Adrian Watson, Chancellor; Mr Paul McCann AM, the Deputy Warden of Barbara Watson, Tatjana Watson, Shirley Watt, Meryl Watts, Convocation; Ms Brenda Tournier; the Associate Director Geoffrey Webster, Maxwell Weedon, Jason Wells, Lisa for Alumni Relations and Community Engagement; Ms White, Kevin White, Maurice White, Daniel White, Geoffrey Jenn Parsons, UWA’s new Alumni Engagement Manager; White, David Wilcox, Phyllis Wilkin, Lauren Williams, Brenton members of the Council of Convocation; members of Williams, Kenneth Williams, Angus Willoughby, Anne-Louise Senate; and Convocation members and guests. Willoughby, Rodney Willox, Roslyn Wilson, Jane Wilson, Robyn Wilson, Gary Wilson, Stephen Wilson, Peter 2. Apologies Wittkuhn, Hannah Wolfe, Joyce Wong, Stephen Wong, The Warden noted apologies from the Governor, His Mong Yan Wong, Peter Wood, Edit Wood, Matthew Excellency Malcolm McCusker AC; the Chancellor, Dr Woodall, Virginia Wright, Jeannette Wyber, Jacqueline Yap, Michael Chaney AO; and Former Chancellor and Governor Yiing Yeu, Pooncalalon Yoganathan, Pui-Mun Yong, Dr Ken Michael AC and over 500 other members of Maureen Young and Elena Zuvela. Convocation. The Guild President Tom Henderson was a late apology for the meeting. Ms Juanita Perez Convocation Officer as Secretary 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. Correspondence The 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.

04 | convocation.uwa.edu.au In that letter, the Warden promised that all members whose By the close of nominations on 12th December 2013, responses were received before 31 December 2013, would 15 nominations were received for the election of three go into a draw for a new iPad Air. At the last Convocation members of Senate by Convocation. Council meeting held 5th March 2014, the Warden drew the winning entry. The Warden announced that the winner of The three candidates who were formally declared by the the draw is the Reverend Jessie Allen-Williams of Augusta. Chancellor as duly elected to be members of Senate for a Attachment A four year term were: The Warden encouraged those in attendance at the meeting to advise the Office of Convocation of their latest ÌÌ Ms Hilary Ann Silbert address details so that they can be kept informed of alumni ÌÌ Mr Simon Lee Dawkins activities and the latest information from the University. ÌÌ Mr Quang Ly

5. Election Results The Warden congratulated these three Senators on their In 2013, the Convocation Council, on advice from the election. Statutes Committee, took a decision to outsource the conduct of Convocation elections to the WA Electoral On behalf of the University, the Warden expressed Commission. The reasons for this decision were: his thanks to all fifteen candidates who indicated their willingness to serve as a member of the UWA Senate by ÌÌ To utilise the specialist expertise of the WA Electoral allowing their nominations to go forward for this election. Commission in organising elections ÌÌ To reduce costs as the WA Electoral Commission was Declaration of election results for the Warden and able to conduct the election more cost-effectively Deputy Warden of Convocation ÌÌ To free-up resources in the Office of Convocation The WA Electoral Commission has advised that Adjunct who would otherwise be engaged in conducting the Professor Warren Kerr AM has been re-elected unopposed elections. as Warden of Convocation, and Mr Paul McCann AM ÌÌ To encourage greater participation in the electoral has been re-elected unopposed as Deputy Warden of process, as anecdotal evidence suggested that many Convocation. Both will serve for a term of one year until members of Convocation often did not realise that they March 2015. had received voting papers when the voting papers were enclosed in the first edition of the Uniview magazine Elections for Convocation Council each year. There were 10 nominations received by the close of nominations on 12th December 2013. The Warden reported that under these new arrangements, the postal ballot conducted during February and March this The Warden reported that normally there were elections for year has successfully addressed each of these issues. seven positions each year, but due to the resignation of one Council member due to ill health late last year, there were 8 For the elections just concluded, a participation rate of positions up for election this year. 5.68% with over 4,260 votes being cast was achieved; this is an increase of 342.5% over the previous year’s elections. The Warden formally declared the following graduates elected to the Council of Convocation were: This result is significantly above the participation rate of 4.0% achieved in similar elections by the Universities of ÌÌ Felicity Farrelly 3-year term Melbourne and Adelaide, and compares favourably with the ÌÌ Jonathon Strauss 3-year term top performer, the University of Sydney which held elections ÌÌ James Paparo 3-year term for five vacant positions on their Senate during 2013 and ÌÌ Cliff Gillam 3-year term achieved a response rate of 6.3%. ÌÌ Colin Campbell Fraser 3-year term ÌÌ Pauline Tremlett 3-year term The Warden thanked everyone who participated in the ÌÌ Clinical Professor Lesley Cala 3-year term election this year, and for responding to his various ÌÌ Pierre Yang 1-year term communications to demonstrate their interest in UWA by completing and returning their postal vote. The Warden congratulated the elected Council Members.

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

The University of Western Australia | 05 Special Thanks The Vice Chancellor is devoting a lot of his time this year to The Warden paid tribute to two members of the developing a process in ensuring the University operates Convocation Council who completed their term this week efficiently and effectively. but did not seek re-election. Modernisation On behalf of the Convocation Council, Warden thanked Mr The Vice Chancellor stated a need for the University Terrence Cheong and Dr Fran Pesich for their service. to modernise. The Vice Chancellor reported that he recognised that many visitors now come to the University Dr Fran Pesich has undertaken the onerous role of via its website. Many students and others, who transact Treasurer for the past term of Council. The Warden made with the University, whether it is to enrol in courses, or special mention of all the hard work Dr Pesich did in to make payments and the like, wish to carry these out uncovering the mysteries of the Convocation accounting electronically. Because the world is changing, the University system. must modernise its internal operations. The Vice Chancellor expressed that it is the desire of the University to be a The Warden added that Convocation is now in a far better University that meets the needs of all of the University’s position to tackle future challenges due to Dr Pesich’s community. diligent documentation of the financial systems. Research Performance The Warden gave a round of thanks to Dr Pesich and Mr The University will focus heavily on its research Cheong for their service to Convocation. performance. The Federal Government has announced that it will be conducting another national audit of research 6. Vice-Chancellor’s Report excellence called ERA (Excellence for Research in The Warden invited Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Australia). This will be the third such survey conducted Johnson, to present his report. since 2010. The Vice Chancellor commented that this audit is important so that the University can demonstrate A copy of the text of the Vice-Chancellor’s report appeared that UWA Researchers are performing at the highest level. at Attachment B of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet. He said that it is also important because he believes an increase in the amount of research funding will follow the In his address the Vice-Chancellor highlighted the following very highest research ranking in the future. items that relate to his written report. Educational Activities Strategic Plan Educational activities are still developing. At the beginning The Vice Chancellor reported that the UWA Executive Team of 2012, the University introduced the new undergraduate has been working on a new Strategic Plan. This Plan will curriculum. This year, the majority of the first cohort of the be submitted to the UWA Senate for approval in the near 2012 intake of new students to this new curriculum, is now future. This Plan will then be rolled out across the University in their third and final year of studies. and the entire University community including Convocation over the next several weeks. The Vice Chancellor was delighted to say that he has received an analysis of student feedback on their learning This Strategic Plan will cover the period of 2014-2020. experience at the end of the second semester last year. In In this Plan the VC identified three (3) key areas of focus all cases across the University, students’ evaluation of their for the University: education, research, and community & learning experience has increased. The Vice Chancellor engagement. stated that he is very pleased that this transition into the new courses was well received by the students. Operational Excellence The Strategic Plan also identified a principle of operational He indicated that the big task this year is to ensure that by excellence which needs to apply to all areas of the February 2015, the University has an appropriate array of University’s internal operations in order to support the Masters Courses available for those students who wish University’s education, research, and community & to continue their studies. The University has converted a engagement missions. lot of their professional courses, such as Law, Medicine, Architecture and Engineering from being specialist bachelor The Vice Chancellor emphasized operational excellence courses into Masters Courses. The Vice Chancellor believes because not only is it the University’s ambition to be that the transition from undergraduate courses to graduate recognised as one of the world’s top 50 university in courses will shift the University from currently having 82% education and research by 2050, but also to be recognised undergraduate students, to having 60% undergraduate as one of the top universities in terms of internal operation. students and approximately 40% students in Masters

06 | convocation.uwa.edu.au degrees and students undertaking Higher Degrees by which was overwhelmingly made up of a book appreciation Research by 2020. of financial assets, mainly equities. The stock market performed very well in 2013. The Vice Chancellor reported The Vice Chancellor pointed out that one consequence that the University has to ‘mark to market’ at the end of of this transition to having more graduate students in the the year and report this as University income. However, he University, is that the University will continue to grow. The indicated that this is not real income, it is just a paper-based Attachment A VC anticipates that the number of undergraduate students improvement on the asset value of the University’s shares; will be roughly stabilised, but the University will see quite it is not income that the University can freely spend at its a growth of the number of graduate students, so that by discretion. 2020, the University would expect to have roughly 23% - 25% more students than we have now, with a great majority The second type of income result, the underlying income, is of the student load being at graduate level. derived from income received from running the University’s core operations less the cost of running these operations. In Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Community and Engagement 2013, the University spent $8 million more that it received. The Vice Chancellor indicated that a new executive position The Vice Chancellor emphasised that the University, from has been created of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Community now on, must operate within its means and focus on & Engagement. This position was recently advertised in the revenue. newspaper. The purpose for the creation of this position is to have strategic leadership within the Executive for the At the conclusion of his verbal report, the Warden advised three key areas of Education, Research and for Community that the Vice Chancellor was available to answer any and Engagement. questions. The following queries and answers were addressed. The following areas of the University will be managed by the new Community and Engagement Office: a) Where does the world ranking of the University come from? ÌÌ Development and Alumni Relations ÌÌ Marketing and Communications The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is ÌÌ Cultural Precinct conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class ÌÌ UWA Extension Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CWCU). The ÌÌ UWA Publishing ranking from ARWU is entirely quantitative with very explicit ÌÌ Perth International Arts Festival criteria and essentially is based on the volume and quality of research publication, including fairly heavy weighting This is an area of the University that employs several towards publications in the leading science journals of hundred staff, with a budget of over $50 million. The Vice science and nature. There is a weighting for Nobel Prize Chancellor stated that this is a large part of the University; winners, winners of Fields Medals and so on. therefore he believes there is a need for a coherent, strategic leadership. UWA was ranked 96 in 2012 and 91 in 2013. Within the subdivisions of the rankings, the University was ranked 26th University Finances in the world for Life and Agricultural Sciences, the highest The University’s 2013 accounts, which had been signed off ranking in Australia. by the Office of the Auditor General, will be tabled at WA Parliament next week. The Vice Chancellor revealed that in b) How does the Vice Chancellor believe that the 2013, the University’s reported operating surplus was $125 Education Futures initiatives will develop and adapt million on a turnover of $986 million. While this may appear the educational offerings for mature age students to be an excellent outcome, he indicated that the underlying in general and in terms of technology? The base operating surplus was -$8 million. for mature age students are growing and their dynamics are different from those of high school The Vice Chancellor explained how these two results are leavers and undergraduate students. derived. There are two lines of income. In the first type of income, the Operating Income, the University must report The Vice Chancellor agreed that the requirements of mature every dollar that the University receives, including non- age students are very different from those of undergraduate cash items, such as the revaluation of assets. For example, students. One of the things the University in now actively in 2012 the University had a large block of $20 million in looking at are in the ways in which the University structure income, which was in fact, not disposable income; this can deliver academic programs. The University will be income was in the form of the value of gifts of art. This putting a lot of work into Masters programs this year and year, the University has $91 million of investment income, in future years. It is the Vice Chancellor’s expectation

The University of Western Australia | 07 that undergraduate courses will continue to be delivered As the Guild President was unable to be present, the Warden primarily on a face-to-face basis, on campus, over two invited any questions related to his report that could be taken semesters, with long, languid vacations between two on notice. semesters because that is what undergraduates expect. A question was raised regarding the Guild President’s opinion At the Masters level, students are more mature, and prefer in general, about Education Advocacy – and his thoughts on to undertake their courses in a more concentrated way. the neutrality and the level of comfort students feel, that they The University faces some constraints in terms of how are on the same playing field to initiate advocacy if required? programs are delivered, as there is a regulatory body called the Australian Qualifications Framework Committee (AQFC), 8. Warden’s Report which determines how much content is in any degree The Warden, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, spoke program at any level, and how it can be delivered. to his report. A copy of the Warden’s Report appeared at Attachment D of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet. The Vice Chancellor assumes those students taking Masters Courses, would like to complete these courses In addition to his report, the Warden highlighted the fairly quickly. Students taking Masters program full-time following issues that were being addressed by the Council of may want to do this in a very condense way; those taking Convocation. 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 Centenary Celebrations material online and study at their own time. One of the most Last year on 4th March 2013, the Convocation Council effective ways of delivering these programs would be to do celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the formation of them in block mode. Convocation. This year, the Council will also be celebrating a centenary event of great significance to Convocation, the c) How do we measure the success of our teaching? 100th Anniversary of the first graduate from UWA.

The Vice Chancellor responded that one of the ways he On 29th July 1914, in a graduation ceremony conducted measures success is the extent to which graduates are in the ballroom of Government House, Edward Sydney able to get the jobs that they want that are well paid. UWA Simpson was the first person to receive a degree from the graduates have a very high rate of employment in the labour University of Western Australia, when he graduated with a market at good salaries. Bachelor of Science in geology with First Class Honours.

The Vice-Chancellor added that there are many challenges The Warden stated that for a mineral-rich State, he was in evaluating the effectiveness of the education program. the “first graduate from central casting” given that during Another way of measuring is by conducting surveys asking his career he was the Chief Chemist to the WA Mines our students to provide their reflective evaluation of their Department and later Government Mineralogist & Analyst, as teaching and learning experience. However, there is no way well as writing over 100 scientific papers and books including to compare such data between universities. the publication “A Key to Mineral Groups Species & Varieties” and the reference tome “Minerals of Western Australia”. Nationally, there is a survey called the Course Experience Questionnaire which is a survey undertaken of graduates In addition, he took on an extensive number of voluntary within 6 months of graduation. For many years, the UWA leadership roles, including his appointment as a member of obtained very good results in this survey, except in 2012 the UWA Senate. where the results were lower than past years. Based on the excellent research undertaken by Jenny Bevan 7. Guild President’s Report from UWA’s School of Earth and Environment, we now know The Guild President, Mr Tom Henderson was not able all about his remarkable contribution to Western Australia in to attend the meeting. A copy of the text of the Guild the fields of geology and mineralogy. President’s Report appears at Attachment C of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet. 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 Plan Over the past year, a Council Working Group has been hard at work developing a Strategic Plan to ensure that

08 | convocation.uwa.edu.au the role and activities of Convocation dovetails with that Convenor of the Statues Committee, Deputy Warden Paul of the University overall, and specifically with the Office of McCann AM for his leadership of this initiative. Development and Alumni Relations. Scholarships, Prizes and Awards Late last year, the timing of this task was modified to align The Warden stated that one key way in which Convocation with the University’s program for a major review of its addresses its “Promotion of Excellence” role is through Attachment A Strategic Plan, which as indicated by the Vice Chancellor the allocation of prizes and awards to promote academic is to be finalised in the next two months. The Council looks excellence. Each year Convocation provides fifty prizes and forward to distributing its new Strategic Plan at that time. awards, and is keen to increase both the number and the financial quantum of these awards. Discussion Paper for Senate Another initiative that ties in with this work is a Discussion Over the past twelve months he indicated that a Paper for Senate that the Warden is preparing on behalf of considerable amount of work has been undertaken by the Convocation Council, examining the potential we have to Awards Committee to realign these prizes and awards with improve the way in which our University engages with our the new UWA course structure graduates and alumni. The Warden stated that due to the excellent work undertaken This is being developed in concert with the Office of by Clinical Professor Lesley Cala in her role as Convenor of Development & Alumni Relations and is currently a work in the Awards Committee, the Convocation Council has also progress. The Warden looks forward to reporting on this at made substantial progress in increasing the number of prizes the Second Ordinary Meeting for 2014. and awards, and in receiving increased funding for some of these awards. For example with the generosity of Professor Elections Bryant Stokes AM RFD KSJ, for the next five years, the One of the responsibilities of the Convocation Council is to Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence will be funded at the conduct periodical elections for four members of the Senate increased amount of $5,000 per year. and for the members of Convocation Council. 50th Reunion Luncheon During 2013, the current Convocation Council took a Since the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation has arranged decision to outsource the conduct of future elections to another very successful 50th Reunion luncheon for all the the WA Electoral Commission. The Warden was pleased to graduates of UWA who graduated during 1963. Planning is advise that under these new arrangements, the postal ballot now underway for this year’s 50th Reunion for the graduates conducted during February and March this year had been a of 1964, which will be held on 31 May at the University Club. success. As a result, later this year, Convocation Council will consider a recommendation to continue these outsourcing For each of these events, a souvenir booklet is produced arrangements. containing the biographies for each of the graduates of the reunion year. Given the considerable time and effort that is Electronic Voting required to prepare for these reunions of the entire university, Another initiative which Convocation Council is keen the Warden thanked Pauline Tremlett, Joan Pope and the to pursue is the introduction of electronic voting for Outreach Committee chaired by Tracy Taylor for all their good Convocation and Senate elections. The Council believes that work on these events. this initiative would result in greater online interaction with the members of Convocation, an increased participation rate, Communications Committee a more timely response (especially for overseas members), Since the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation Council has whilst reducing the overall cost per vote. approved the creation of a new Communications Committee to ensure the timely distribution of information to members However, before this can occur, significant changes will of Convocation and to coordinate how each item should be be required to relevant UWA Statutes. He indicated that best be conveyed – either through email news bulletins, by the Convocation Statutes Committee is currently liaising post, in Uniview, on the Convocation website or via LinkedIn with the University’s General Counsel regarding the or Twitter. specific amendments required. Once this is determined, a submission will need to be prepared for consideration by the Given the increased engagement that is being achieved Senate on whether these amendments should proceed in through this improved coordination of communication, the isolation or in conjunction with other amendments required Warden commended Arthur Hiemstra and his Committee for to the University Statutes. The Warden commended the their enthusiasm and dedication to this task.

The University of Western Australia | 09 Honours Committee As a result of these discussions, work is now progressing At the last Ordinary Meeting, the Warden mentioned on a number of potential initiatives towards improving that during 2013, the Convocation Council established engagement with UWA’s graduate community. an Honours Committee to take on the responsibility for nominating and preparing the submissions required for those The Warden then introduced Ms Brenda Tournier, and asked members of the University community worthy of recognition her to say a few words about her role and the initiatives to be considered by the Australian Honours Secretariat in being undertaken to improve engagement with UWA alumni. Canberra. Ms Tournier reported that she had the good fortune to meet The Warden reminded those present at the meeting to take and talk with UWA alumni volunteers at the Graduation the first step by nominating those who they believe should be ceremonies held recently. One of the volunteers was a considered for an Order of Australia. To ensure confidentiality, young Business School graduate who now works for BHP he asked all to provide him with suggestions by emailing Billiton Group. She spoke of how UWA changed her life and them directly to him at [email protected] . her time here as a student. It was clear that what meant the most to her were not the classes, but the people – the Membership Committee professors, the staff, the other students and the alumni who Another initiative of the current Council has been to establish walked her path with her and who are there still, today. a Membership Committee to fully consider the implications of each membership category. Ms Tournier stated that Alumni Relations is about people and relationships and encouraging a stronger community. Dr Susan King and the Membership Committee have taken on the challenge of addressing these issues and a She indicated that in October 2013 UWA launched a $400 multitude of others and it is expected that these improved million campaign, with the catch phrase ‘create the future’. arrangements will be considered by the Council of This campaign is vital to providing the funds to enable UWA Convocation later this year. to become a top 50 university world-wide by 2050. This is important because through innovative, world-class teaching, UWA Sports & Recreation Association student experience, research and alumni engagement, UWA In seeking to achieve greater engagement with our alumni, has the potential to make a momentous difference. to Perth, Convocation Council has for many years recognised the Western Australia, and the world. important role that UWA sporting clubs play in encouraging graduates to have an on-going connection with the Reaching the upper echelon of universities and having a University. global impact doesn’t happen without phenomenal effort. It will require support from the community to achieve this goal. The Warden indicated that as part of its “Promotion of Excellence” role, Convocation already funds the Sports Star 9. Convocation Officer’s report of the Year Award and two Sports Scholarships The Convocation Officer’s report appears as Attachment E of the First Ordinary Meeting 2014 booklet. The Warden Over the last six months representatives of Convocation invited those attending the meeting to review the list Council have met with representatives of the UWA Sports of Convocation members whose whereabouts have & Recreation Association in order to enhance the working become unknown since the Second Ordinary Meeting of relationship between both bodies. An invitation has also Convocation on 20th September 2013 and to notify the been extended for the UWA Sports & Recreation Association Convocation Officer if contact details were known to them. to attend Convocation Council meetings in order to improve communication and to foster joint initiatives for the benefit of 10. Other business the graduate community. Presentation to Terry Larder The Warden invited Mr Larder to the podium to be Collaboration with the Office of Development and presented with a Convocation medallion and a certificate Alumni Relations in recognition of his service and commemorating his The Warden reported that over the past six months, contribution to Convocation. substantial progress has been made in improving collaboration with the Office of Development & Alumni For a number of years, Terry has been the organiser for Relations through regular meetings with the Associate numerous alumni events, and from time to time he has Director, Alumni & Community Relations, Ms Brenda Tournier. written pieces for the Uniview magazine.

10 | convocation.uwa.edu.au At those times when Rita Clarke, editor of the Convocation There being no further business, the Warden declared pages in Uniview, was not available to prepare the material the meeting closed at 7.18 pm and introduced the for Uniview, Terry willingly gave his assistance to the extent guest speaker for the evening, Winthrop Professor, the of writing and editing material and laying out the pages. Honourable Carmen Lawrence, to speak on the topic “An avalanche of change: Will universities as we know them Terry was always present at Ordinary meetings, where he survive the onslaught?” Attachment A helped to welcome graduates, a great many of whom he knew by name. He often acted as Convocation’s official The Second Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2014 will photographer – all in his own time. Terry is always on the be held at 6:00 pm on Friday 12th September 2014, at the lookout for information that can help Convocation keep University Club of WA. 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 Courses A 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.

The University of Western Australia | 11 12 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Vice-Chancellor’s report to Convocation 12 September 2014

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 Attachment B 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 Strategic issues the previous Labor Government meant restrictions on the number of students each university could enrol were lifted, Federal Budget Reforms to Higher but the government still told us what we could charge for Education our courses. This should not be the role of government. The Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 was introduced to Parliament on 28 August and The University of Western Australia has for some time, along in the coming weeks and months our federal politicians will with other Australian universities, been calling for these decide on the future of higher education in this country. restrictions to be removed to allow universities to determine The Parliament will be asked to vote on what I believe are their own destiny without the heavy shackles of government the most sweeping reforms ever to be proposed for higher interference. education in this country, which include allowing universities to set their own fees, charging students real interest on It is for those reasons that I believe this aspect of the reform their loans, substantially reducing the level of taxpayer package proposed by the government is essential to the contribution to each student, and ushering in a new era long term sustainability of the Australian higher education of increased competition. The changes are extensive and sector and our ability to continue to be among some of the highly technical, so much so that it has taken many higher best institutions in the world. education professionals, including myself, some time to absorb what’s being proposed and deciphering what it I understand that many people are concerned that this means for universities and our students. could be the green light for universities to substantially increase their fees to the detriment of those with limited Since the May budget there has been extensive political financial means. I do not believe this will be the case. and media commentary and speculation about the budget Instead, I suspect some courses will increase in price, measures, including claims they will herald the arrival of the some will the stay the same, and others will cost less as $100,000 university degree. Such speculation is alarmist universities decide how they will compete based on quality and unhelpful. While it is pleasing on one hand that there and price, and the emergence of new players in the market. appears to be a strong level of support for universities based on the level of community interest in the changes, What is certain is that the reforms will pass unchanged it also creates the risk that the debate will be skewed by through the House of Representatives where the populism, politics and short-termism. 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

The University of Western Australia | 13 as we endeavour to plan for the future and position our enormously beneficial in UWA’s role as a key international universities for this new emerging competitive market. Until focus point in Western Australia to take education and we know the detail of the changes and what will be passed science to the rest of the world. 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 Teaching And Research of these reforms, and as a result, the future of higher education in this country. Most have less than three months Performance Parliamentary experience, a limited knowledge of the large UWA improves in the Academic Ranking of and complex businesses that are Australian universities and World Universities the challenges and opportunities we as a sector face. Only In just 12 months, The University of Western Australia has half the crossbenchers have studied at university. climbed three places in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, to be placed at 88th in the world. The result, Therefore, it is important the sector actively engages in the announced Friday 15 August by the respected Centre for political process. To help the Senators in their deliberations World-Class Universities at China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong and parliamentary debate on the matter, I have encouraged University, confirms UWA as one of the nation’s – and the them to visit their local university to learn more about the world’s – best tertiary education institutions. Only three workings of a university, including the funding structures, other Australian universities have been included in the 2014 the teaching and research initiatives, the community rankings: Melbourne University (ranked at 44), Australian outreach programs, and most importantly to sit down National University (74) and Queensland (85). UWA is the with the leadership team to talk about the details of the only university in WA to make the elite top-100 list. Our government’s reform agenda. climb from 91st in the world to 88th in one year confirms that the University’s strategies of attracting the most Changes are required to prevent Australia being left behind talented staff from around the globe, and increasing the in the ever-intensifying competitive global higher education numbers of publications in prestigious journals are working. environment. At the same time the sector has seen a steady This is important for us and I have thanked every member of decline in per student funding by successive governments. staff for their contribution to this great achievement. Australia ranks 25th out of 30 OECD countries for public investment in tertiary education, Australia publicly invests UWA Awarded “Five Stars Plus” rating in just 0.76 per cent of GDP in tertiary education, and Australia QS Stars University Rankings is investing 32 per cent less than the OECD average in I am also pleased to announce that, as a result of tertiary education. substantial effort and creative thinking by Planning Services and staff of the International Centre to gather and While there are many options available to policy makers, the submit the required data, the University has achieved a philosophy that underpins them are relatively simple. Either Five Stars Plus rating in the QS Stars University Ratings. the taxpayer is prepared to invest more in tertiary education Only ten universities worldwide have achieved this rating, and research or universities are given the autonomy to find which takes into account a range of factors, such as new sources of revenue. internationalisation, innovation and engagement, as well Local Government Amalgamations as research, teaching and facilities. Universities must be awarded Five Stars in all categories and a total score The University welcomes Cabinet’s decision to push ahead of at least 900 out of a possible 1000 to achieve Five with local government reform, which includes the extension Stars Plus status. UWA did especially well in research, of the City of Perth’s boundary west to include all of UWA’s internationalisation, and innovation. The Five Stars Plus Crawley campus and a residential area between the universities include MIT and Ohio State in the US, ANU, University and QEII Hospital. UWA currently straddles three Monash, UNSW and UQ in Australia as well as University local government administrative areas - Perth, Nedlands of Auckland, Universite de Montreal and Seoul National and Subiaco – with one boundary dissecting the campus University. This achievement is an endorsement of the work at Winthrop Hall and another isolating the main Crawley of the entire University community, and I anticipate that it campus from the University’s Faculty of Architecture, will be a useful addition to our international marketing and Landscape and Visual Arts. The University is a very large positioning arsenal, both at the university and faculty level. organisation with a $1 billion annual turnover and 3500 staff split between three local government authorities. Good Universities Guide This split adds unnecessary time delays and unnecessary In the same week as the University improved its AWRU expense to get the simplest things done around parking, ranking, it was reported in the local media that UWA waste management, public transport and planning. A move received the lowest rating of 1 star for teaching quality in the to bring the entire campus into the City of Perth will be

14 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Hobson’s Australian Good Universities Guide (GUG). It also the current contract will expire at the end of 2014 and the showed that we were assessed exceptionally well in student tender process will commence shortly. 2111 students have starting salaries and student-staff ratios, but suffice to say, nominated mid 2014 as their completion period and are we are seeking to reconcile these two ratings. This one star likely to be eligible to graduate in September 2014. for teaching is a concern to us in our pursuit to be a world class university in terms of the student experience, and to Perth Festival address some of these teaching concerns, we are pushing The 2014 Perth International Arts Festival, broke all forward with the Education Futures project. box office records and provided a month’s worth of extraordinary memories. Events in this year’s Festival took Education Futures a gross box office income of more than $6 million with The Education Futures Project, UWA’s ambitious new around 200,000 tickets sold and 500,000 attendances. vision for the future of teaching and learning, was launched 38,500 people attended the Perth Writers Festival and on 13 May by Project Director and Dean of the Faculty the Lotterywest Festival Films and visual arts program of Education, Winthrop Professor Helen Wildy. The continues into April. Perth International Arts Festival was Attachment B Education Futures Vision is the first stage of the University’s founded in 1953 by The University of Western Australia. It response to the changing nature of students, technology is the longest running international arts festival in Australia and workplace expectations. The vision spells out seven and Western Australia’s premier cultural event. The Festival key statements designed to build on practices already has developed a worldwide reputation for excellence in its in place and encourage new initiatives in Transformative international program, the presentation of new works and Teaching; Evidence-Based Teaching; Experiential Learning; the highest quality artistic experiences for its audience. Integrated Research Experiences; Optimised Resources; Festival Director Jonathon Holloway has been remarkable Vibrant Campus Environment; and Global Citizenship and in leading the artistic formulation and delivery of the 2014 Leadership. program and the University is proud to be associated with his success. We look forward to the 2015 Festival with eager expectation. Activities In the Zone Business Forum Open Day In the Zone 2014: A New Narrative of Prosperity and Power UWA came alive on Sunday 10 August as we welcomed was held on 1 May at the University Club, marking five years large crowds attending presentations, displays and of regional dialogue between leaders and influential thinkers activities across campus. An attendance of between facilitated by the UWA. The forum revealed optimism about 18,000-20,000 people was estimated, which is a fantastic relationships in the Indo-Pacific Asia zone over the next two result in a competitive admissions year with a half-cohort decades, despite potential for inter-country competiveness, of graduating school students. It was great to encounter issues around resource access and changes in countries’ so many future students, their families and the wider military strength. The stand-out session was moderated community enjoying the wonderful atmosphere on campus. by Professor Stephen Walt, Harvard Kennedy School of I have thanked all of the staff and student volunteers who Government, in a high-level discussion about the relationship gave their time to the event and the many staff who worked between economic powerhouses the United States and tirelessly towards making the day happen. China in the region. Participants included Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Peter Graduations Update Varghese; Professor Brahma Chellaney, from the Centre for 2516 graduands attended the Autumn Graduation Policy Research in New Delhi; Japan’s former Deputy Foreign Ceremonies with 1282 in Absentia. 2985 bachelor degrees Minister, Hitoshi Tanaka, and Director of the Perth USAsia were conferred and 99 PhDs. This season included the first Centre, Gordon Flake. The Hon. Julie Bishop MP, Foreign visually-impaired graduate from UWA, Ms Claire McGlew, Minister, hosted a diplomatic delegation of 80 Canberra- who graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education. It based heads of diplomatic missions to the opening session also included UWA’s first two Doctors in Clinical Podiatry. of the In the Zone Business Forum, which also included a A new Graduation Team successfully organised and day trip to the Pilbara with visits to BHP-Billiton, Rio Tinto and coordinated the delivery of the 2014 ceremonies and I Woodside and an Indigenous rock art site. Their attendance commend their efforts. Following an extensive tender is part of a wider visit to Western Australia designed to process, the University appointed Phillips and Father expose the diplomatic corps to WA trade and investment in January as the new preferred supplier of Academic opportunities, as well as WA’s regional diversity and rich Regalia for the next 4 years. Phillips and Father offer UWA produce. This prestigious forum was a triumph for the graduands an online ordering system and the convenience University and was made so successful by the hard work of of picking up and returning academic regalia on campus. Director of the Energy and Minerals Institute, Tim Shanahan, The provision of photographic and framing services under and In the Zone Director, Shaheen Hughes.

The University of Western Australia | 15 Woodside/UWA Partnership in Myanmar Research Woodside and UWA have formed a partnership to support the developing nation of Myanmar, formerly Future Fellows Burma, as the country restores its education system. The Four researchers from The University of Western Australia Woodside Myanmar Postgraduate Scholarship will provide will receive more than $3 million from the Australian an opportunity for a Myanmar national to complete a Research Council Future Fellowship scheme to fund a postgraduate degree in an area relevant to public health at diverse range of projects - from the origin of life on Earth UWA. The Myanmar scholarship as a significant three-way and a history of Soviet war experiences to the future of partnership that will help build an educational legacy for the crops in a phosphorus-scarce world, and 3D optical people of Myanmar. microscopy expected to facilitate unprecedented insights into the structure of tissue. The four new UWA Future Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Fellows, whose projects will be funded over four years, are: Officially Opened by Prime Minister Western Australia’s premier adult medical research institute, Associate Professor Megan Ryan, of the School of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, has officially Plant Biology, who will investigate how plants adapt to opened its doors. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott launched fluctuations in phosphorus. Phosphorus is commonly used the state-of-the-art research facility on 11 March, along on farmland to ensure high yields, however rock phosphate with the Premier and Governor of Western Australia. This reserves are declining and leaching of phosphorus from marks a major milestone for medical research in Western farmlands into native vegetation and water bodies causes Australia, as it brings together laboratory-based and clinical significant environmental degradation. As a result, more researchers from several organisations, all under the phosphorus-efficient farming systems are urgently required. umbrella of UWA. The high spec 10 storey building within the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre is home to leading Dr Peter Munro, an Australian Postdoctoral fellow with researchers from The University of Western Australia and the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering and other affiliates from the former Western Australian Institute the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis for Medical Research (WAIMR). The Harry Perkins Institute (CMCA), will enable 3D optical microscopy to image deeper of Medical Research stands out as our State’s leading adult within tissue, ultimately aiding research fields such as medical research institute, investigating the genetic and neurobiology. environmental causes of a range of diseases. The Institute will be led by Winthrop Professor Peter Leedman and the History Professor Mark Edele, of the School of Humanities, University is privileged to be a major partner. will undertake a project which aims to write a history of Soviet war experiences and chart the varieties of wartime Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre experiences on Soviet-held territories between the outbreak Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Curtin MLA, The of the Second World War in Asia in 1937 and the end of the Hon. Julie Bishop, unveiled a foundation stone to mark counter-insurgency in the western borderlands by 1950. the start of work on the site of the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre on 30 May. This $62 million development Assistant Professor David Wacey, of the School of Earth will create a world-class facility that will position the and Environment and the CMCA, will commence a project State - and the nation - as the leading oceans research which aims to provide new insights into the origin of life on Centre within the Indo-Pacific region. The new centre - Earth, life’s diversification through the Precambrian, and expected to be completed by mid-2016 - is being built the co-evolution of life and early Earth environments. This as part of collaboration between UWA, CSIRO and the project will be discipline-leading in that it would take the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). It has been study of early life to the sub-micrometre and hence sub- made possible by a $34 million grant from the Australian cellular level. Government as part of the Education Investment Fund, and contributions from the three organisations. Located Mid-Career Research Award on the western side of UWA’s Crawley campus, it will be Outstanding researcher, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, complemented by a seawater facility at Watermans Bay has won the Endocrine Society of Australia’s Mid-Career which is currently undergoing an $11 million refurbishment, Research Award. The award is the latest in a series of funded by UWA, CSIRO and the State Government, through honours for Associate Professor Pfleger who heads the the Department of Fisheries. 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

16 | convocation.uwa.edu.au different stimuli from light and taste to neurotransmitters. Anna Nowak, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Associate Professor Pfleger has made significant aiming to predict whether a mesothelioma patient would contributions to understanding GPCRs that control multiple respond to radiotherapy and avoid treating some patients facets of the endocrine system, his most recent work unnecessarily; and another for Associate Professor Pilar focusing on the implications for chronic kidney disorders. Blancafort, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human The Mid-Career Research Award was presented following Biology, to explore new genome-based therapies for his award lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the advanced breast cancer patients, who face limited Endocrine Society of Australia in Melbourne on 26 August. treatment options.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Biology International Animal Care Accreditation launched The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of On 1 August, Senator Chris Back, on behalf of the Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) has Federal Minister for Education, opened the ARC Centre awarded UWA full accreditation. This is a first for Australia of Excellence in Plant Biology. The decision to base the and the 39th country in the world (900+ institutions) and Attachment B Centre at UWA recognises our strong record of innovation one of 134 accredited units in Pacific Rim. This recognition in plant science over the past decade which has focused is testament to the dedication and commitment of the staff on understanding the molecular mechanisms that underpin in ACS, who strive to provide the highest standard of animal how plants use and convert energy inside their cells. During care for the University. this time, the University has attracted 55 postdoctoral and independent research fellows from around Australia and Highly Cited Researchers overseas to undertake research in this field at UWA, joining Six researchers from UWA have been recognised as some an already strong team of Australian researchers. This of the most influential scientific minds in the world. clearly demonstrates the importance of critical mass in research, both as a driver of excellence and as leading light Winthrop Professor Harvey Millar and Professor Ian Small, on the international stage. from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Winthrop Professor Carlos Duarte, FutureHealth WA Director of UWA’s Oceans Institute, and Australian Laureate More than $1.85m in funding has been awarded to 22 Fellow Professor Richard Hobbs, Winthrop Professor medical researchers at The University of Western Australia, Christine Foyer, and Adjunct Professor Mark Chase, all as part of the State Government’s bid to improve the from UWA’s School of Plant Biology, have been included national competitiveness of WA researchers in attracting in the prestigious Thomson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited national medical and health research grants. The Minister Researchers list. for Health awarded over $1.85m in funding to 22 UWA medical researchers, as part of the State Government’s bid Their inclusion reflects the significance, quality and impact to improve the national competitiveness of WA researchers of the many scientific publications they have published in in attracting national medical and health research grants. collaboration with other scientists and students from the The FutureHealth WA initiative has been established to help University. Western Australian researchers access a greater share of national research funding and enhance the State’s health Microscope in a Needle and medical research capability. UWA was successful in UWA has again earned a place in the finals of the 2014 gaining $885,000 in project grant funding for 16 “near- WA Innovator of the Year awards with the world’s smallest miss” applicants for the 2013 round of the National Health microscope – which can fit into a needle and is capable and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). A further six of detecting cancer cells often missed by surgeons. researchers were awarded $300,000 in total for “near miss” The microscope in a needle, which may be used during NHMRC Early Career and Career Development Fellowships. operations to remove breast cancer tumours, was UWA affiliate, the Telethon Kids Institute, will receive eight developed by a team from UWA’s Optical + Biomedical “near miss” project support awards, three “near miss’ Engineering Laboratory, in collaboration with clinicians from fellowship awards and Health Database Support for the Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Raine Study and Developmental Pathways Project. and with support from Cancer Council WA and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The winners will be announced Cancer Council Grants at an awards ceremony on 5 November. More 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

The University of Western Australia | 17 People And Resources to Western Australia and particularly this university. Our engagement with the wider community locally, nationally WA’s next Governor, Kerry Sanderson AO and internationally is already in sharp focus with activities Another of UWA’s extraordinary graduates, former such as the Perth International Arts Festival and the In The Fremantle Ports chief Kerry Sanderson AO, is to be the Zone conference. Professor Anderson will commence on 1 next Governor of Western Australia, and I believe this October 2014. is an outstanding choice. An economics and science graduate of the University, Mrs Sanderson was also Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation) awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2005. She exemplifies Professor Gilly Salmon has been appointed to the the University’s principle of service to the community. position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation) In addition to being widely respected for her business and will commence at UWA on 1 October. Professor acumen, Mrs Sanderson is well known for her commitment Salmon has come to UWA from Swinburne University to championing industry, research and the community. She where she held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor was the Agent General for Western Australia in London from (Learning Transformations) since 2012. In this role, she 2008 to 2012 and actively promoted and facilitated support was responsible for strategy and implementation of for Australia’s successful bid for the Square Kilometre learning, assessment, teaching and digital technologies. Array Project. For 17 years from 1991 Mrs Sanderson This included the development and implementation of was Chief Executive Officer of Fremantle Ports, Western the Learning and Teaching Strategy and the Learning Australia’s major general cargo port. Under her leadership, Innovation Strategy as well as key management of strategic trade through Fremantle Ports grew substantially, and the partnerships. Professor Salmon researches and publishes organisation was acknowledged for its excellence under widely on the themes of innovation and change in Higher the Australian Business Excellence Framework, receiving Education and the exploitation of new technologies of all a rare Gold Award, the People Award and the Excellence kinds in the service of learning. This newly created role, Award in 2007. Mrs Sanderson was named an Officer of under the direction of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2004 Queen’s Birthday will provide academic leadership to support and further Honour list for service to the development and management develop education strategies and teaching and learning of the port and maritime industries in Australia, and to policy within the University. public sector governance in the areas of finance and transport. She was the inaugural inductee to the Lloyds Dean of Law List Shipping and Transport Hall of Fame, and received an Following an extensive international search, Winthrop award from Australian Institute of Export in 2008. In 1996, Professor Erika Techera has been appointed as Dean of she was named Telstra WA Business Woman of the Year. Law. Professor Techera has been acting as interim Dean of Mrs Sanderson is currently the Independent Chairman of Law for the past 15 months, having overseen the successful the State Emergency Management Committee and holds introduction of the Law School’s Juris Doctor (JD) program, several non-executive director positions in the commercial developed new postgraduate programs, recruited high sector as well as roles in the community and not-for-profit quality research active staff and enhanced research across sector. Mrs Sanderson will take over on October 20 from a range of areas. Before joining UWA in 2012, Professor the Honourable Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC, also a Techera was Director of the Centre for International & UWA graduate. Environmental Law at Macquarie University and also served as Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Futures. She also Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community and practiced as a barrister in New South Wales. Her area of Engagement) research is international and comparative environmental Professor Kent Anderson has been appointed the Deputy law with a particular focus on marine environmental law and Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement) and will lead heritage law and policy. UWA’s engagement with the wider community to reinforce the University’s commitment to excellence. Professor Chief Information Officer Anderson has an eclectic background – he grew up in Ms Assine George has been appointed to the position of Alaska and speaks Japanese. He studied in Japan, the Chief Information Officer. This role, under the direction United States and the United Kingdom, specialising in Law, of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), is a key strategic Politics, Economics, and Asian Studies. Before academia, leadership role within the University. The role is pivotal in Professor Anderson was a commercial lawyer in Hawaii UWA achieving its goal of greater international recognition and an airline executive in marketing. His most recent which will not be reached without the information roles have been Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at the resources, services, systems and infrastructure which University of Adelaide and Professor of Law in the Adelaide support, stimulate and innovate education, research Law School. Professor Anderson brings with him a strong and community engagement. Ms George has worked expertise in the Indo-Pacific zone, a region so important across Australia and Asia in executive leadership roles

18 | convocation.uwa.edu.au with organisations including The Benevolent Society, New Australian of the Year awards. Winthrop Professor Siddique York Life Insurance (Hong Kong) and the Commonwealth won the Professions Award for excellence resulting in major Bank. She has held responsibilities for technology strategy social, scientific or economic impact at a state, national and governance, development of high performing teams, or international level. He was deservedly recognised as delivery of business solutions and several organisation-wide an international leader in crop science, dryland agriculture transformations. She joined UWA on 1 September and will and food production systems, and as an agent of change lead the Information Services team in collaborations with for Australian farming techniques. Professor Siddique’s the University community to deliver innovative solutions research and collaboration with others has helped Australia for our education, research, community engagement and become one of the major grain legume exporting nations operational needs. in the world. Timothy Lefroy (21) from Moora, won the Youth Award for excellence in commitment to citizenship; Director, Marketing and Communications mentoring; leadership and artistic pursuits resulting in a Karen Carriero commenced as Director of the Marketing positive impact on the lives of others at a state, national & Communications division at the beginning of June. Ms or international level. Mr Lefroy has achieved strong Attachment B Carriero was Curtin University’s Chief Marketing Officer academic results while also demonstrating leadership with responsibility for web and digital marketing, brand in his community through roles in Youth Parliament and and campaigns, marketing analytics, publishing and future the WA Electoral Commission. He is an accomplished student services. Prior to joining Curtin, Karen has held athlete and Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Crawley. For his senior roles responsible for the areas of brand strategy, Honour’s thesis, Timothy is researching the viability of family marketing operations, public affairs, product development, farming in WA and the advantages of alternative business digital marketing and sales functions within organisations structures. The University is proud of staff and students of such as Tourism WA, RAC of WA, Commonwealth Bank the calibre of Siddique and Tim and I have congratulated and Bankwest. Karen joins the University to take an active them on behalf of the entire UWA community. role in shaping UWA’s new brand strategy, improving our marketing and sales capabilities and strengthening our Queen’s Birthday Honours external reputation. Several graduates and staff received honours at the Queens Birthday Honours List:. Chief Scientist of Western Australia Professor Peter Klinken has been appointed the new Chief ÌÌ Dr Megan Clark, AC (BSc 1981; HonDSc 2006): For Scientist of Western Australia, the third UWA researcher eminent service to scientific research and development to be appointed to the role. Professor Klinken is highly through fostering innovation, to science administration regarded for advancing the understanding of genes through strategic leadership roles, and to the involved in leukaemia, cancer and anaemia, and his many development of public policy for technological sciences. research achievements include the discovery of a gene ÌÌ Mr Frank Cooper, AO (BCom 1977): For distinguished that supresses the growth of tumours. He played a key role service to the community through leadership and in establishing the State’s premier adult medical research financial management roles with cultural, medical institute, the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research research, sporting, child health, and educational (previously the Western Australian Institute for Medical organisations. Research) in 1998. Under his stewardship, the institute ÌÌ Professor Barry Ninham, AO (BSc 1957; MSc 1959; attracted world-class national and international researchers HDSc 2010): For distinguished service to physical to the State and made many acclaimed medical discoveries. sciences through landmark theoretical and practical Professor Klinken also spearheaded the development of advances in colloids and surfaces, and as an academic, two new state-of-the-art medical research facilities, Perkins educator and mentor. North in Nedlands (QEII Medical Centre) and Perkins ÌÌ Professor Terence Nolan, AO (BMedSc 1974; MB BS South in Murdoch (Fiona Stanley Hospital). Outgoing Chief 1977): For distinguished service to medicine as a leader Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley AO, served in the position in the field of epidemiology and population health, to for seven years (2006 to 2013) and oversaw tremendous policy development and advisory roles in immunisation, growth in citizen science. She has been recognised for and to education. this enthusiastic and passionate advocacy for science and ÌÌ Professor Alan Rosen, AO (MB BS 1971): For science education with an induction into the WA Science distinguished service to medicine in the field of mental Hall of Fame. health as a psychiatrist and clinician, to national health service reform, and to professional organisations. West Australian of the Year Awards ÌÌ Dr Carl Vine, AO (HonDMus 2010): For distinguished Director of the UWA Institute for Agriculture, Winthrop service to the performing arts as a composer, conductor, Professor Kadambot Siddique AM, and student, Timothy academic and artistic director, and to the support and Lefroy have been named winners in the 2014 West mentoring of emerging performers.

The University of Western Australia | 19 ÌÌ Associate Professor Nadia Badawi, AM (PhD 1998): For for his ongoing work at the Australian Research Council significant service to paediatrics and neo-natal intensive Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology, where he is a care medicine as a clinician and researcher, and to the Chief Investigator. promotion of research into cerebral palsy. ÌÌ Mr Frank Conroy, AM (BCom 1974): For service to I was extremely pleased that Emeritus Professor Robson Australian society through business. was inducted into the WA Science Hall of Fame. My ÌÌ Dr Margaret Henderson, AM (BA 1966; PhD 1981): predecessor is one of Australia’s leading science education For significant service to the community through the figures and agricultural scientists. His early research on the preservation and documentation for Western Australian mineral nutrition of plants and soil fertility contributed to history, and to public health. the prosperity of farming communities and the continued ÌÌ Winthrop Professor Bill Louden, AM (BA 1976): For success of the State’s lucrative grains industry. He counts significant service to higher education in Western his impact of graduate students and their contributions Australia as a leader in teacher education and sector to science and agriculture as one of his greatest reform. achievements. He has received many accolades, including ÌÌ Mr Gregory Martin, AM (BCom 1973; BE 1969): For the Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, the Fiona significant service to transport, particularly through the Stanley Medal and his appointment as an Officer of the development of policy and industry reform, and through Order of Australia. executive roles in transport policy, planning, road infrastructure and network management. Leading Alumni Awards ÌÌ Mr Murray Meaton, AM (BSc (Agrig) 1971; BEc 1980): The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics For significant service to the energy and resources recognised the contributions of two leading alumni at its sector in Western Australia, particularly through the recent Inaugural Alumni Achievement Awards. Dr Harold administration of mining royalties, and to the community Clough AO OBE was recognised for his commitment to of Melville. industry, community and education with the Inaugural ÌÌ Mr Rodney Mollett, AM: For significant service to the Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Malone, who set built environment and the architecture profession up iiNet in his parent’s backyard and developed it to be through contributions to professional bodies, and to the Australia’s second-largest internet service provider, received community of North Beach. the Changemaker: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award. ÌÌ Professor Harry Phillips, AM (BA 1973): For significant Dr Clough and Mr Malone embodied the Faculty’s vision to service to education, particularly in the fields of politics empower people to change the world. These are graduates and civics. who have, and continue to, inspire and motivate members ÌÌ Mr Michael Poole, AM (BSc 1965): For significant service of their communities to innovate. to environmental science as a leader, researcher and adviser to government. MH17 ÌÌ Winthrop Professor Samina Yasmeen, AM: For It was with deep sadness that I placed a commemorative significant service to international relations as an wreath on 22 July on the steps of Winthrop Hall, in memory academic, adviser and social welfare advocate. of those who lost their lives in the tragic downing of MH17. ÌÌ Dr Alastair MacKendrick, OAM: For service to medicine, Two of our incoming international students were among and to community health in rural and remote areas. those who lost their lives. Twenty year olds, Richard Mayne, ÌÌ Dr Peter McInnes, OAM (Deceased 1 Feb 2014): For from Leeds University and Ben Pocock from Loughborough service to primary industry. University were due to commence a study abroad program ÌÌ Mr Ian Cowie, PSM (BA (Hons) 1983): For outstanding at UWA this semester. A university alumnus, Nick Norris, public service, particularly to the City of Gosnells. was travelling on flight MH17 with his three grandchildren. The UWA community congratulates all recipients on an He was an Arts and Education graduate of UWA and a honour richly deserved. successful Perth businessman. The University community was shocked and sorrowed by the tragic loss of life and Premier’s Science Awards staff and students were encouraged to use counselling UWA’s strength in science was recognised as staff won services available if required. major categories in the 2014 Premier’s Science Awards. Professor Ian Small was named the WA Scientist of the Lung Institute of WA Year, the University’s Centre for Integrative Bee Research Winthrop Professor Geoff Laurent has commenced as (CIBER) won the Chevron Science Engagement Initiative the Director of the Lung Institute of WA, taking over from of the Year, and Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO was inaugural director Winthrop Professor Philip Thompson, inducted into the Hall of Fame. Professor Small’s win was who founded the Institute 15 years ago. The Institute followed by a Federal Government announcement that he supports high quality research into the treatment and has been awarded a 2014 Australian Laureate Fellowship management of lung diseases such as asthma, chronic

20 | convocation.uwa.edu.au bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, New Colombo Plan Pilot Program lung cancer and mesothelioma. Professor Laurent will hold Two high-achieving science students from UWA have his new position concurrently with the directorship of the been awarded prestigious scholarships under the Federal Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine. In this Government’s New Colombo Plan Pilot Program – a dual role he will be able to promote stronger collaborative program that aims to improve knowledge of the Indo-Pacific research, and enhance the University’s success in winning in Australia. As part of their scholarship, Eliot Courtney and competitive research funding. Prior to his appointment Anton Lucanus will spend a semester abroad in an Indo at UWA in June 2012, Professor Laurent was the director Pacific country of their choice – Indonesia, Singapore, Hong of the Centre for Respiratory Research and head of the Kong or Japan – where they will study the local language Department of Internal Medicine at University College as well as participate in an internship or mentorship London. He will continue as an Honorary Fellow at UCL opportunity in their host country. The New Colombo Plan while at UWA. has two key elements: a mobility program that supports Australian undergraduates to undertake study or internship/ Excellence of Research Award in Ageing mentorship in the Indo Pacific region; and the scholarship Attachment B Winthrop Professor Osvaldo Almeida has been recognised program, which is the award Eliot and Anton received. for excellence in research with a prestigious Royal Australian Earlier this year, UWA was successful in receiving mobility and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Senior Research grants for Singapore and Hong Kong as part of the New Award. The annual award was established in 1978 and Colombo Plan Mobility Program. recognises excellence in research in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. In its 35-year history, this is only the UWA at the Commonwealth Games second time a Western Australian has received the award. The University of Western Australia had one student Professor Almeida delivered the keynote address: and two graduates representing Australia at the 2014 “A systematic approach to prevent depression in later life”. Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow. Jessica Pengelly, aged 23, of Innaloo, is a third-year student in sports science and World Leading Physicists exercise health and finished 7th in the womens final of the Two internationally acclaimed physicists from The 400m individual medley. University of Western Australia whose technology has been extensively used by the defence sector have won a WA Premiers Book Awards prestigious national award. Winthrop Professor Eugene Seeking Wisdom: a centenary history of The University Ivanov and Winthrop Professor Michael Tobar, leaders of Western Australia written by Winthrop Professor Jenny of the Frequency Standards and Quantum Metrology Gregory has been shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Research group at UWA, were recently presented with a Awards, with the ceremony to be held in September. Science and Technology Award at The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Clunies University Hall Architecture Award Ross Awards Dinner held at Perth Convention Centre. University Hall has won the Harold Krantz Award for The hi-tech company Poseidon Scientific Instruments Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing at the Australian (PSI) supported Professor Tobar and Professor Ivanov’s Institute of Architects 2014 WA Architecture Awards. research projects over a long period, with the help of eight Designed by HASSELL and constructed by Probuild, collaborative research grants totalling $5 million from the University Hall is UWA’s largest residential hall and Australian Research Council. provides accommodation for more than 750 students. The completion of University Hall last year transformed the Philip Mead appointed Chair of Australian previous 250 room ‘Currie Hall’ into a 750 room residential Studies at Harvard University college. Among some of the features of University Hall are Winthrop Professor Philip Mead has been appointed new buildings that create a series of cloistered courtyards, to the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in a striking visual entrance of colonnades, a range of Australian Studies at Harvard University. W/Prof Mead is sustainability initiatives incorporated into the design and a distinguished scholar of Australian literary and cultural cloisters to complement other historic buildings across history, as well as Chair in Australian Literature at The the campus. The landscape architecture further integrates University of Western Australia. He will join the ranks of the hall with the surrounding campus environment and other eminent Australians that have held the prized position, extends the “university in a park” theme. University Hall including Gough Whitlam, Dame Leonie Kramer, Manning underscores the growing international reputation of UWA, Clark, Geoffrey Blainey and Mick Dodson. and will proudly play a part in the University’s goal to reach the world’s top 50 universities by 2050.

The University of Western Australia | 21 CASE Award for UWA Centenary Ambassador to the United States, The Honorable Kim Celebrations Beazley AC to share his views on the current state of UWA’s Centenary celebrations have been recognised with US-Australia relations. Ambassador Beazley’s is the first a prestigious Grand Gold award as part of the Circle of in a series of presentations to be hosted by the Centre, Excellence awards program from CASE, the international which aims to become a leading policy think tank on the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The Australia-Asia-US strategic and economic relationship, a CASE Circle of Excellence awards support international teaching and research centre, and a conduit for a deeper tertiary advancement teams to gain recognition, understanding in Australia of US business, culture, history, benchmark excellence, strengthen on-campus credibility politics and foreign policy. The second lunch the Centre and help build the advancement community. The Grand hosted on 25 March was for the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Gold award acknowledges UWA’s year of celebrations, Ray Griggs. including the flagship event LUMINOUSnight, Centenary Alumni Weekend, and UWA Gives Back, culminating Centre for Safety with the launch of the New Century Campaign. CASE The Centre for Safety, an initiative originating from a offer Grand Gold awards rarely, and each member of $1m investment within the UWA-Rio Tinto Education the UWA community should be proud to receive this Partnership, was launched at a function hosted by the outstanding award, particularly Dr Sue Boyd and the Senate Energy and Minerals Institute on 31 March. The Centre is leadership team for their tireless work on the Centenary led by Winthrop Professor Mark Griffin, an organisational and forethought in preparing the campaign over a decade psychologist who has extensive experience working ago. The University has made tremendous progress since throughout Australia, Europe and the USA investigating the New Century Campaign launch last October, having areas such as safety, well-being, organisational health, raised $210 million in support of enquiring minds; cutting- culture and leadership. The Centre for Safety will enhance edge research to create a better future; new research and all aspects of safety innovation by strengthening the teaching and learning facilities. network of safety expertise across biomechanics, business, engineering, health, psychology and sports science. The Uthman Badar Lecture breadth of research spans safety leadership, dynamic safety On 18 August I was informed that a Guild Club, the UWA capability, employee well-being, fatigue management, Muslim Student Association, had invited controversial mental health and environmental management, through to Muslim activist, Uthman Badar, to speak at a lecture automation and remote monitoring, resilience and process under the title, “Gaza in Crisis”. This event had not been engineering, sustainable practice, and social impact. sanctioned or supported by the University. I issued a statement to the West Australian newspaper stating that National Resource Sciences Precinct the University’s position on all visitors to campus is that (NRSP) they are required to adhere to the University’s Code of The National Resource Sciences Precinct (NRSP), launched Ethics and Conduct. The University is committed to the on 8 April by the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for principles of tolerance, equity and the appreciation of Industry, and the Hon Bill Marmion MLA, Minister for diversity and invited Mr Badar to give an explicit, written Mines and Petroleum, is a collaboration initiated by three public assurance that he is opposed to the cowardly and Foundation Partners (UWA, Curtin University and CSIRO) to barbaric act of so-called “honour killings” in all contexts. strengthen, build, diversify and promote current and future The following morning, the Association cancelled the lecture strength in resource sciences in Australia. The Foundation and I thanked their representative for taking decisive and Partners have strong international links with both research appropriate action. providers and industry that will form the basis for enhancing the NRSP as a truly global research entity. The NRSP has Perth USAsia Centre been successful in attracting grants worth around $20M Former Federal Government Minister Stephen Smith has over the next 3 years and committed activity from the joined the board of the Perth USAsia Centre. Stephen’s vast partners (including the grants) of around $50M. There is an experience as the Australian Minster for Defence and before active pipeline of prospects being pursued including some that, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be of great benefit energy and geoscience projects as well as range of Joint to the Perth USAsia Centre’s ambition of becoming a Appointments with the CSIRO. leading policy resource for the people of Western Australia, Australia and the region. Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and UWA Childcare Centre wins National Award former Education Minister, Dr Liz Constable, and Mayor of UWA’s Early Learning Centre is the first child care centre the City of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi, have also joined the board. in the State to be awarded a national “excellent rating”. WA Minister for Community Services Tony Simpson presented On 4 March, the Perth USAsia Centre hosted one of the Centre with a trophy. Services awarded the ‘excellent’ Australia’s most outstanding political leaders and current rating must demonstrate exceptional education and care,

22 | convocation.uwa.edu.au 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 Attachment B 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 Johnson Vice-Chancellor

The University of Western Australia | 23 24 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Guild President’s report 21 March 2014

Maintaining a positive bottom line Along 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. Attachment C

If someone asked me to describe the role of Guild Front line services President, I would say constant, exhilarating, and an Apart from representation of students to the university amazing experience. The first half of this year has been the Guild main role is to provide front line services such about two big things, developing a strong professional Guild as catering and most importantly Student assistance. We and to maintain a positive operating bottom line all while decided to make a conscientious attempt to increase the keeping front line services and the student experience at quality and effectiveness of each of these areas. From the heart of this wonderful organization. taking feedback from both the university and students we have improved the appearance and range of the catering In addition to being the Chief Executive of the Guild on an outlets and student assistance has been increasing operational level, the Guild President acts as the voice of throughout the year with the highest number of students students to the university. This year I have been actively seeking assistance and gaining a positive outcome. involved in putting the student voice to a range of University decision making bodies, most notably the University Our Student Assist department has developed improved Senate, Academic Council, the Teaching & Learning links and communication with the University and each Faculty Committee, and the Facilities Development Committee and Department at UWA. This has resulted in more ‘real outcomes’ any other committee that will take my unbridled enthusiasm. for students as our team has achieved results through active engagement and dialogue with Faculties and the University. Professional Guild Our team also provides feedback to the University on issues The expectations of the Guild from both the University and which it feels need to be raised in order to support the UWA students has increased from previous years. No longer was goal of reaching a top 50 university status of the future. it appropriate for the Guild to be seen as an organization struggling to remain relevant while providing a baseline Student Experience level of services each year. Rather to provide a cohesive At the beginning of the year we wanted to begin to create professional body meeting and exceed the expectations of a campus experience you wouldn’t want to leave. And those within and external to the university. while there is a long way to go, we brought Peking Duck and one of the biggest music concert we have seen during With the move to the south wing and a more professional orientation week, supported and approved more diverse work environment, along with the addition of some fantastic and engaging club events, yoga on lawn every week, more new employees, we have seen an environment of high themed weeks than ever before and the list goes on. I can’t quality and efficient service delivery while maintaining a fun wait to see what huge amount of things the 101st Guild and personable Guild that has the ability to change and council team have planned for the second half of 2014. move with the demands of students. To date the Guild events team has overseen and helped students stage 395 events.

The University of Western Australia | 25 University Deregulation Finally, after a long time in negotiations with the university Deregulation of the Tertiary Education sector has been and architects, Guild Council has approved the construction a growing concern for Universities and students since of two new outlets in the refectory that will hopefully be the Federal budget in May. While not a surprise to many, serviced by independent outlets, Subway and Boost. We deregulation has the ability to be a catalyst for massive are only waiting on the final contracts to be approved by change in the University environment. The new policy the University and hopefully construction will begin in the direction soon to be debated in the Senate will without a summer of 2015. doubt end with students being expected to pay more for their degrees and will carry HECS debt further into their 2014 has been a huge learning experience for me and I lives. We hope the university will be able to improve the would like to thank Convocation and all the members of the delivery of courses on par with the expectations of students community that I have met during my time as President for and their fees. We also hope that UWA maintains a student the positive influence they have had. 2015 looks to be an cohort from a diverse range of backgrounds. exciting but challenging time for students and the university and I know the Guild is ready to take on the challenge and Functional Reviews continue to flourish. The university has undertaken a significant project to do in-depth diagnostic including detailed mapping and analysis Tom Henderson of selected University functions and processes. The Office Guild President 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 Projects As 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.

26 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Warden’s Report

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. Introduction Last year during our centenary celebrations, we As a result, Convocation still retains all of its original legal examined our rich history, celebrated the contribution responsibilities, including the right to elect four Convocation that Convocation had made to UWA, and investigated the members to positions on the Senate, the responsibility reasons for the role and functions of Convocation as they to review any changes to UWA Statutes before they are had evolved over the last 100 years. forwarded to State Parliament, and the duty to convene two Ordinary Meetings of the University community where all This year, we are looking forward to a new century in which members of Convocation have the right to receive reports the contribution that graduates and the other members of from, and question the Vice-Chancellor, the President of Attachment D Convocation can make will be of increasing importance the Student Guild and the Warden on any aspect of the to our University. The challenge faced by Convocation University’s operations. Council and our colleagues in the Office of Development & Alumni Relations, is how best to structure and organise our This left the role of Convocation difficult to explain, as it resources to deliver the outcomes that our graduates and still retained its governance responsibilities but was not UWA require, so that we can achieve our joint objective of recognised as part of the governing authority. This situation having The University of Western Australia become one of was compounded further in subsequent years when UWA’s the world’s top fifty universities by 2050. historians incorrectly interpreted the changes made to the UWA Act by stating that all its governance roles had History been eliminated. To solve this dilemma, during Malcolm In addressing this challenge we need to be aware of the Orr’s term as Registrar, the University administratively context and history of Convocation as it evolved over the changed the name of Convocation to the ‘UWA Graduates last 100 years. Association’ and promulgated the notion that it was only an association of graduates (similar to the alumni associations Between 1913 and 1944, the Senate and Convocation of other universities). jointly governed the University. Convocation performed the role of the “Upper House” in a bi-cameral system of However, while the perception may have been that this governance for UWA where the Senate was the “Lower change would solve some short term issues regarding how House”. During this period, Convocation undertook the best to portray Convocation, it resulted in a range of new review role ascribed to the “Upper House” in accordance issues of comprehension, as it was not formally constituted with precedents dating back to Oxford University in the as an association, was still part of the University and still sixteenth century. retained legal responsibility for its residual governance roles.

The University of Western Australia | 27 As a result confusion reigned, with many senior Promotion of Excellence Role administrators believing that Convocation was no longer ÌÌ To promote the ideals and purpose of the University part of the University, but a separate external association, and Convocation to graduates and undergraduates, often likened to a “Friends of UWA Group”. All these other members of the University and the community events inadvertently resulted in many within the University of Western Australia. community overlooking one of the inherent strengths of Convocation and that is its unique relationship with its Fund-raising and Development graduates as an integral part of UWA. One responsibility not mentioned in the Act and Statutes is the need to fund-raise. Given the increasing importance While most universities view their alumni as external of this activity, during 1985 an Office was established to stakeholders, the UWA Act created Convocation as an integral coordinate these activities, which has since grown into the part of the University. In Section 4 of the Act and in Statute 17, current Office of Development & Alumni Relations. it states that the University shall consist of the Senate, the staff, the students and the members of Convocation. Initially there was a close working relationship between this Office and Convocation with the statutory mailing list As a result, while past graduates (and the other members maintained by Convocation for its electoral responsibilities of Convocation) may not regard themselves as on-going being used as the basis for the database now established members of the University, legally this is their status under for development activities. When a decision was taken to the UWA Act. The current staff and students are an important improve the functionality of this database, Convocation part of the University for the duration of their employment or contributed 50% to the cost of purchasing the Raiser’s studies, but it is only the members of Convocation who are Edge software now used for this purpose. granted life-long membership of the University. In addition, to facilitate a more comprehensive approach This unique relationship has the potential to be a significant to communicating with graduates, Convocation offered to “point of difference” for UWA and therefore to enhance the cease the production of its own magazine and combine benefits that may accrue to the University and graduates resources with the Office of Development and Research through this association. News to produce the magazine Uniview each year.

Part of the challenge faced by the current Council of Independent Operation Convocation is to rectify this misinformation and to However, over the years this collaboration appears to have promulgate a clear understanding of the roles and functions given way to a policy of “separate development”. Instead of of Convocation. working together in a complementary manner, both groups have adopted an independent approach to their common Roles of Convocation constituents with very little communication and coordination In the current version of the UWA Act and Statutes, between them on policy and implementation issues. Convocation has been assigned five key roles. These can be summarised as follows: As a result, up until recently significant duplication and overlap could be observed between the activities Representative Role undertaken by Convocation and the Office of Development ÌÌ To represent the interests and opinions of members and Alumni Relations. through effective communication and to present such views to the University and the community of Joint Initiative Western Australia; However, one of the developments I now wish to report is Governance Role a new joint initiative between Convocation Council and the ÌÌ To encourage members of Convocation to participate in Office of Development & Alumni Relations to address this the governance of the University through the election of isolation and inadvertent duplication. Convocation members to the Senate and the review of amendments to University statutes; We all believe that the current arrangements are sub- Contribution Role optimal and can be significantly improved. Everyone agrees ÌÌ To encourage members to support and contribute that improvement is required and that all options should to the intellectual and cultural prosperity of the be investigated including a new structure and organisation University community; “from the ground up” that best suits the needs of The Member Interaction Role University of Western Australia in the years to come. ÌÌ To promote professional and social links between members of Convocation by creating and supporting The next step is to undertake a detailed consultation process opportunities for graduate interaction; and with key stakeholders to confirm or define the problem. Only

28 | convocation.uwa.edu.au once agreement is reached on the nature and extent of the 50th Reunion Luncheon problem, can action commence to explore the ways in which Since the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation has arranged these problems can best be addressed for the benefit of the another very successful 50th Reunion luncheon for all the University and our engagement with its graduates. graduates of UWA who graduated during 1964. Planning is now underway for next year’s 50th Reunion for the Tonight, I wish to report on a “work in progress” rather than graduates of 1965. an agreed outcome. However, the beginning of a new era forging a closer working relationship between Convocation For each of these events, a souvenir booklet is produced and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations is containing the biographies for each of the graduates of within sight. Much still needs to be done, but the basic the reunion year. Given the considerable time and effort principles have been agreed and the opportunities for that is required to prepare for these reunions of the entire improvement are vast. university, I wish to thank Pauline Tremlett, Joan Pope, Juanita Perez and the Outreach Committee chaired by UWA’s Functional Review Program Tracy Taylor for all their good work on these events. This review of the roles and functions of Convocation and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations parallels a UNISON Events similar program initiated by the Vice-Chancellor to conduct UNISON (University Societies and Organisations Network) a series of Functional Reviews of the services provided by is a voluntary cooperative network of UWA based societies the University. He has established an Office of Operational and organisations which have a mutual interest in the Excellence headed by Professor Ian McArthur and assisted welfare of the University community. The societies and by Ernst & Young, to review and improve the coordination organisations which make up UNISON provide a wide of a range of functions that impact on the way that UWA range of intellectual, professional, cultural and charitable provides services and is perceived by those who interact opportunities for involvement in the University. with the University. Further information on this program is available from www.ooe.uwa.edu.au Each year Convocation hosts four get-togethers for UNISON so that the representatives of these societies and The review we are undertaking will align with the objectives of organisations can meet and exchange information to the this program and hopefully ensure a more effective outcome mutual benefit of both the organisations and the University. for both graduates and the University as we progressively develop a more cooperative working relationship. Since the last Ordinary Meeting, Convocation Council Attachment D has hosted two UNISON events. Both have been well I look forward to providing you with a report on progress in attended and provided the opportunity to meet and this important area at the First Ordinary Meeting for 2015. discuss issues of common interest. Further information on UNISON is available from the Convocation website at Scholarships, Prizes and Awards www. convocation.uwa.edu.au/events/unison One key way in which Convocation addresses its “Promotion of Excellence” role is through the allocation of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community and prizes and awards to promote academic excellence. Each Engagement year Convocation provides 58 prizes and awards and we As indicated by the Vice-Chancellor in his report, the are keen to increase both the number and the financial University has established a new position of Deputy quantum of these awards. Vice-Chancellor Community and Engagement to provide strategic leadership in the University’s relationship with its Over the past twelve months a considerable amount of key stakeholders including community groups as well as work has been undertaken by the Awards Committee graduates and alumni. to realign these prizes and awards with the new UWA course structure. In the new organisational structure implemented for UWA earlier this year, this position will play a vital part on Due to the excellent work undertaken by Clinical Professor coordinating the input and activities provided by the University Lesley Cala in her role as Convenor of the Awards for graduates and the other members of Convocation. Committee, we have also made substantial progress in increasing the number of prizes and awards, and in Convocation Council therefore looks forward to working receiving increased funding for some of these awards. with the successful applicant for this position, Professor For example with the generosity of Professor Bryant Stokes Kent Anderson when he takes up his new role on 1st AM RFD KSJ, for the next five years, the Matilda Award for October this year. Cultural Excellence will be funded at the increased amount of $5,000 per year.

The University of Western Australia | 29 VALE Dr Sue Baker With the aim of increasing the number and value of It is with deep sadness that I advise that, on Tuesday Convocation awards, Sue successfully established 12th August 2014, Dr Suzanne Baker, a former long serving collaborations with the University Research Committee, Warden of Convocation, passed away unexpectedly at the the Postgraduate Student Association, the Guild and the age of 59. UWA Sports Association. During her term as the Warden of Convocation, the number and value of Convocation Sue’s relationship with The University of Western Australia Scholarships and Prizes grew to the point where there began with her student days when she gained a B.Sc. are now more than 58 undergraduate and postgraduate (Agric) with First Class Honours in 1979 and a PhD in 1985 scholarships, prizes and awards given annually. and continued when she was appointed jointly by the CSIRO and the University to a lectureship in 1986, which In her nine years as Warden, Sue saw Convocation through position she held until 1994. some challenging periods and at the end of her term she left it in a very healthy state, a body held in great esteem In 1995, whilst employed by CSIRO as Principal Research by the Senate, the Executive and the graduates of the Scientist, CSIRO Animal Production, Sue was appointed as University – all of whom make up the body of Convocation. an Adjunct Senior Lecturer by the University in recognition of her regular and significant contribution to the activities In recognition of her outstanding voluntary service to the of the University. Sue had responsibility for undergraduate University, in 2010 Dr Sue Baker was awarded the UWA and postgraduate teaching and held this honorary post until Chancellors Medal. 2006 when she was re-appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor for a further term of three years. For over twenty five years Dr Suzanne Baker gave sustained and outstanding voluntary service to the University, through During her years of study, Sue had developed a great love membership of Convocation and through her adjunct and appreciation for the University and the opportunities academic appointments. In all of her dealings, both within it had given her. She felt that one way in which she could and without the University, she has acted in the best make a worthwhile contribution would be to stand for interests of the University and Convocation and in so doing election to the Council of Convocation. In 1983 Sue stood she has proved herself to be a true citizen and ambassador for, and was elected a member of the Standing Committee of The University of Western Australia. of Convocation – now the Council of Convocation. Since that time Sue served on the Council in various capacities Her passion, enthusiasm and dedication for facilitating for a total of twenty five years. closer engagement between graduates and the University will be greatly missed. However, it is in her role as Warden of Convocation that Sue is deservedly worthy of recognition for her outstanding Our thoughts are with her husband, Barrie Purser and their service to the University. Elections for the Warden and family, colleagues and friends as they come to terms with Deputy Warden of Convocation are held annually and this sudden loss. Sue stood for and was elected first as Deputy Warden from 1994 to 1996 and then Warden from 1996 to 2003 and To commemorate Sue’s immense contribution to again from 2006 - 2008. In total Sue served as Warden for Convocation, at its last meeting, the Council of Convocation a period of nine years (1996-2003 and 2006-2008) making agreed to name a Post Graduate Research Travel Award in her the second longest serving Warden in Convocation’s Sue’s honour. If you would like to contribute to the monies 100 year history. required to fund this initiative, please contact Juanita Perez in the Convocation Office either by phone at 08 6488 1336 As the Warden of Convocation, Sue attended meetings of or via email at [email protected] . the Senate over a nine year period, first as an Observer, then as a member Ex-Officio and finally as a Convocation All members of Convocation Council who were aware elected member. of Sue’s outstanding contribution to our University, felt that an annual award in her name would be a fitting tribute to As Warden, Sue’s approach to the role was inclusive; her memory. her focus was the graduate community and the establishment of complementary and supportive actions Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM with the administration of the University. WARDEN OF CONVOCATION

30 | convocation.uwa.edu.au Convocation Officer’s report

The 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.

Architecture, Landscape 1982 Anthony J Lambe 2000 Matthew D Scott and Visual Arts 1982 Brenda J Ward 2000 Daniel P Venworth 1993 Megan K Watters 1982 Wendy R Whyatt 2000 Kate Warner 1995 Giles A Harden Jones 1986 Janice T Soemartopo 2001 Dan A Beck 1998 Katherine M Moroz 1987 Arthur C Hanlon 2001 Alicia L Brescianini 2000 Edith I Cox 1988 Elisabeth M Colquhoun 2001 Russell B Gee 2000 Brett C Lanagan 1988 Penny M Sandover 2002 Sonia L Lenegan 2001 Nick A Walker 1989 Andrew D Cassidy 2002 Lily Tan 2002 Sidney S Thoo 1989 Ismail Hasan 2002 Emilie A White 2003 Matthew J Wellinger 1989 Fiona D Johnson 2004 Evelyn M Fong 2007 Chandima N Hiyare Hewage 1990 Travis Cranley 2004 Marzuin Marzudi 2007 Joshua R Saunders 1990 Dianne Jeffery 2004 John J Stubley 2008 Stacey D McCarthy 1991 Andrea L Mayes 2004 Seok T Tan 2010 LuYao Che 1993 Adeline Ang 2004 Kerry-Lynn Williams 2010 Paul Leow 1993 Kirsty Holmes 2004 Angela M Yelverton 2011 Henry Lie 1993 Roelf C Janssen 2005 Sheree N Casella 2011 Christopher D Prince 1993 Alex D Johnston 2005 Craig Chalmers 2012 Jackson T Harvey 1993 Penelope A Mackinlay 2005 Stephanie L Cooke 2013 Benjamin L Proudfoot 1994 Michelle de Kluyver 2005 Kristie M Cote 2013 Hao Zhang 1994 Michelle A Forster 2005 Rose M Hayden 1994 Nicola L Mcgeown 2006 Lauren A Bawden Arts 1994 Barbara S Wise 2006 Nicole J Coronado-Briceno 1945 Beryl J Hands 1995 Kay Anthony 2006 Erin L Di Grandi 1954 Fiori Rinaldi 1995 Dorothy E Stubbs 2006 Raluca M Dumitru 1962 Colin M Mayrhofer 1996 Donatella L Antoniazzi 2006 Vanessa N Macknay 1963 Robert D Leaversuch 1996 Richard M Oddy 2006 Rachael P Scotland 1964 Kenneth Choularton 1996 Josh L Williams 2006 Joely-Kym Sobott 1967 Merril R Claessen 1996 Lynita A Zuvela 2006 Ka Ling Tsang

1968 Gordon G Black 1997 Sarah L Hudson 2006 Ross W Van der Watt Attachment E 1969 James A Battye 1997 Paul A McCarthy 2006 Ching A Yap 1969 Christine M Gould 1997 Daniel S Palmer 2007 Kathleen M Brown 1973 Wesley N Campbell 1998 Erin S Kitchingman 2007 Andrew G Greeuw 1973 Alison L Clifford 1998 Phoebe Papadimitriou 2007 Monica A Hosken 1973 Camille J Lord 1998 Derek O Smith 2007 Kelly R Kent 1975 Sally J Morgan 1998 Nicole E Stuart 2007 Wai Lam K Lai 1976 Wayne R Bougher 1998 Diana H Takayama 2007 Anna Lambeck 1976 Dorothy M Richards 1999 Yean Ling Cheah 2007 Chun Chu Li 1976 Rachel C Storer 1999 Elizabeth Fells 2007 Chi Kitt K Mak 1979 Kathleen A Barrett-Lennard 1999 Jennifer L Hoffman 2007 Olivia Norris 1979 Anthony F Doney 1999 Sarah G Minchin 2007 Pei Y Pang 1979 Sally E Drake-Brockman 1999 David Whiteley 2007 Mark L Teale 1980 Marilyn A Boyle 2000 Noella N Berko 2008 Jenna M Basinski 1980 Theresa L Smith 2000 Janet M Blagg 2008 Chi Man Cheung 1981 Royd N Burgoyne 2000 Dion B Bradstreet 2008 Jake Hudson 1981 Mary E Carter 2000 Judith M Harley 2008 Hiu Man Lui 1982 Rosalie A Dwyer 2000 Ernesto R Ramirez 2008 Alexander J Ntoumenopoulos

The University of Western Australia | 31 2008 James Trimble 1977 Weng Onn Tang 1998 Nicholas Kwok 2009 Jeremy F Brennan 1978 Suet H Long 1998 Gus E Lee-Steere 2009 Kai Yin Chan 1978 Rodney C Monger 1998 Anna L Mc Court 2009 Adrian Chow 1979 Peter N Wood 1998 Joo T Phua 2009 Melanie R Harding 1980 Siew Cheng Chong 1998 Marco G Poelzl 2009 Jarrad M Murdock 1980 Patrick J Lannon 1998 Daniel R Vovil 2009 Julie O’Donnell 1982 Michael G Williams 1999 Adam D Baillie 2009 Jenean Walters 1983 Geoffrey A Edwards 1999 Aoife C Cosby 2009 King Lai Yeung 1983 Beatrice A Jackson 1999 Brian H Duffield 2010 Peta Braedon 1983 Yue-Kong Lee 1999 Eddie S Ho 2010 She W Chan 1983 Owen W Thomas 1999 Kian Wah Hong 2010 Kate E Crowhurst 1983 David Wan 1999 Duncan G MacKintosh 2010 Ho Yin Leung 1984 Omar Bahemia 1999 Zaid Mohamed Ali 2010 Melanie J McGrath 1984 Carolyn P Johnson 1999 Cathlin K Rossiter 2010 Mellissa M Stirling 1984 Les Kozel 1999 Wee L Tong 2010 LaLa A Trail 1984 Josephine Lim 1999 Andrew R Wallwork 2010 Isabelle Udall 1984 Stuart C Monley 2000 Sze Sze Chau 2011 Sunissa Brown 1984 Sammy Yap 2000 Chong Min Gan 2011 Man H Chan 1986 Jean E Gear 2000 Ai Lin J Ho 2011 Chung M Chan 1986 Mark Van Weelde 2000 Siao-Fern S Hon 2011 Ho Yan Cheung 1989 Ingeborg K Isleib-Grauert 2000 Lindsay Jackson 2011 Raneem I Demyati 1989 Prudence A Wright 2000 Suzanne Lee 2011 Libby R Douglas 1990 Nicholas Cusack 2000 Foong Yen Lee 2011 Oi M Ma 1990 Poh-Hoon Khor 2000 Cecilia Leong 2011 Ivana Ninic 1990 See Sim 2000 Shirlyn Lim 2011 Romy E Stein 1990 Alfred Wong 2000 Tian Sing Lim 2011 Victoria L Tan 1991 Penelope Jones 2000 Julia K Nunn 2011 James Tan 1991 Craig A Lee 2000 Choon Bheng Ong 2011 Caitlin E Thomson 1992 Sandra K Oats 2000 Richard K Tan 2012 Kiya Alimoradian 1992 Chuck-Thiam Yeoh 2001 Danielle F Branston 2012 Stephanie I Ao 1992 Matthew A Yovich 2001 Woon Hui Cheah 2012 Levi J Castlehow 1993 Thomas C Barker 2001 Joshua B Crabb 2012 Amalia J Croasdale 1993 Leanne M Gordon 2001 Irene H Gan 2012 Jennifer E Hatton 1993 Andrew T Lai 2001 Poh Meng Leow 2012 Ayesha Saleem 1994 Patricia Bresland 2001 Anthea J Moffat 2012 Toby M Simmer 1994 Sarah J Dawson 2001 Glen P Novotny 2012 Lisa M Southey 1994 Michelle E Gan 2001 Karen M Panarese 2012 Alexis J Vassiley 1994 Edwin Kow 2001 Ryan X Parkin 2013 Summer M Bonney-Tehrani 1994 Ka Kit Lei 2001 Shiau Yin Tew 2013 Katrina M Hannah 1994 Maya D Pranoto 2001 Seek Onn Yit 2013 Seema O Huneidi 1994 Marc Song 2002 Carmen Campeanu 2013 Mireille R Keogh 1994 Gillian L Sturgeon 2002 Chia Chien C Chang 2013 Robert J Malcolm 1995 Sieh I Ong 2002 Yong Ping A Chia 2013 Mariyam Neeris 1995 Gary Romano 2002 Roberto B Galad 2013 Liam S Smith 1996 Aster K Chan 2002 Eng Seng Lim 1996 Adam R Vart 2002 Paul D Lingard Business School 1996 Surendranath R Watson 2002 Kylie A Smith 1967 Francis J Harman 1997 Nicholas J Burridge 2002 Luke J Stanley 1967 Abdillah Toha 1997 Emily C Chee 2002 Cecilia Tan 1970 Christopher E Bennett 1997 Ian P De Cruz 2002 Sankaranarayana Udaya 1971 Michael E Scivolo 1997 Fui-Meng Goh Sankar 1974 Thomas M Frost 1997 Justin Sykes 2003 Toni N Abbott 1975 Simon A Raybould 1997 Wai Y Tsui 2003 Kevin P Gill 1975 Norman A Sinclair 1997 Daniel Onn Chean Wong 2003 Edward Goodwin 1977 Kim R Geddes 1998 Lokesh Chugh 2003 Katherine C Griffin 1977 Geoffrey Owen 1998 Kenneth Kua 2003 Terence B Hah

32 | convocation.uwa.edu.au 2003 Noelle Lai 2008 Bree R Ellis 2012 Xu Zhang 2003 Jessica Lee 2008 Yijie Guo 2013 Darran P Ang 2003 Jacqueline M Lim 2008 King W Ip 2013 Doris Brkic 2003 Ellen Lu 2008 Glen Kanevsky 2013 Jingyue Cao 2003 Charles M Ryan 2008 Jian Y Li 2013 Chen Chen 2003 Shannon Teo 2008 Cathryn Ng 2013 Tanya M Chung Nien Chiu 2003 Belsa Wong 2009 Janette V Alcaraz 2013 Georgia V Drake-Brockman 2003 Long K Wong 2009 Tiffany H Chin 2013 Karen L Fernandes 2003 Made S Yuliawati 2009 Gabrielle Chua 2013 Nai Yu Goh 2004 Craig S Anderson 2009 Hoi Pong Long 2013 Hee Seob S Joung 2004 Karmen Bakovic 2009 Kundai L Mtsambiwa 2013 Wing L Lau 2004 Jodie A Bonner 2009 Cheuk Ling L Ng 2013 Jeanette Liam 2004 Calvin Chan 2009 Kah Yee Persis Y Ngan 2013 Yong Z Lin 2004 Grace Chan 2009 Goon Hong Quek 2013 Yolanda Long 2004 Craig R Cochrane 2009 Xiao Min Shen 2013 Ying Lu 2004 Selwyn N D’Rozario 2009 Megala Thankaraju 2013 Belema M Morison 2004 Joann Gor 2009 Samuel W Tiller 2013 Naomi Munford 2004 Harun Harun 2009 Vinith Venugopal 2013 Tian Qin 2004 Sharon N Lim 2009 Elizabeth M Young 2013 Chao Zhang 2004 Timothy J Lim 2010 Nicholas F Day 2013 Yixin Zhu 2004 Wee Kheon Loh 2010 Adam C D’Monte 2014 Penny Chung 2004 Justin D Power 2010 Sin Ying Ho 2014 Tak Wa Fung 2004 Myles L Quinn 2010 Yunru Jia 2014 Nick Hudson 2004 Andrew T Soetanto 2010 Kristine J Kesavan 2014 Martin T Langham 2004 Margaret Soh 2010 Ahmad R Kuhail 2014 Seng Wee Peh 2004 Eilin Yap 2010 Christopher R Nissen 2014 Ashleigh R Weaver 2005 Sloan Croft 2010 Gareth S Nunn 2005 Joanna N Kretowicz 2010 Brendan O’Reilly Education 1960 James N Rolfe 2005 Louis J Martin 2010 Kin H Shu 1971 Paula P Miller 2005 Robert J Morgan 2010 Garett C Sim 1974 Susan E Farrall 2005 Marlene Sugiharta 2010 Carol Y Wen 1974 Visit Kasempimolporn 2005 Natalie J Thomas 2011 Mihir K Gandhi 1974 Elizabeth T Munro 2006 Sze L Chau 2011 Keith Harris 1975 Leigh C Gouge 2006 Weng Hong Lam 2011 Hin T Lee 1976 Wayne B Banks 2006 Weifen Liao 2011 Rhys T Miller 1977 Kevin M Geraghty 2006 Ronnie K Liew 2011 James P Naughton 1977 Gerald F Lloyd 2006 Muhamad Sjahrul S Ralie 2011 Sarah F Oldfield 1977 Muhammad N Mastuhu Siregar 2011 Kian Seng K Peh

1978 Warwick J Connor Attachment E 2006 Wenlong A Tan 2011 Ying Ying Y Sim 1978 Raymond J Toia 2006 Yilin Zhu 2011 Jonathon Williams 1979 David G Berglund 2007 Lian H Chaw 2011 Fei Xiong 1979 Maree H Gray 2007 Shuk M Choy 2011 Wenqin Zhang 1979 Alan R Perkins 2007 Melissa K Hartmann 2011 Sarah X Zhang 1979 George Verevis 2007 Amadea Immanuel 2012 Natasha Alexandra 1981 Hugh K Cowan 2007 Esta Lestari 2012 Christopher K Emmanuel 1982 Carolyn A Browning 2007 Chui Fang A Lim 2012 Joanna Fang 1983 Mark P McGowan 2007 Kyle B Macmillan 2012 Christina Gravdahl 1985 Marie D Lutze 2007 Zi Nai 2012 Ying Y Lee 1985 Janet S Reading 2007 Shuying N Ow 2012 Jia Li 1985 Jacqueline D Reid 2007 Lee L Sim 2012 Yunjian Lu 1986 Devadas N Govindasamy 2007 Harjinder Singh 2012 Yee W See 1986 Peter A Hamilton 2007 Aileen Tang 2012 Ayman A Sherbini 1987 Mark C Stewart 2007 Xiaodan Tang 2012 Todd J Stewart 1988 Radmila Lewis 2007 Wei Loon Teo 2012 Su Lin L Wong 1989 Jon P Hanna 2008 Matthew J Armstrong 2012 Hao Xu 1990 Alan T Lo 2008 Han Peng Ch’ng 2012 Yuanxuan Zhang

The University of Western Australia | 33 1991 George Kavvadias 2012 Tsz Y Li 1999 Roger J Ooi 1991 Jennifer R Watson 2012 Lucy R Martins 1999 Peter A Retallack 1992 Kanu C Patel 2012 Garth P McKenna 2000 Kok K Koh 1993 Mark M Jones 2012 Rhianydd T Meredith 2000 Bill R Poole 1993 Natalie Lynn 2012 Nadia S Shaikh 2000 Jenny M Rowland 1994 Rachel J Arnold 2012 Keith A Wetton 2000 Ben W Schmitt 1994 Gloria A Pereira 2013 Nadiyah A Alsalmi 2000 Sherry Tan 1994 Sulekha Surash Kumar Nair 2013 Benjamin H Dawkins 2001 Stewart M Johnson 1997 Aaron J Ritchie 2013 Benjamin Golightly 2001 Jiang Long Tan 1997 Swantono 2013 Sterling S Wu 2001 Mari Wang 1998 Lely Thamrin 2002 Pak Kin Chan 2000 Yuk L Chan Engineering, Computing 2002 Ee L Fong 2000 Mark Sweeney & Mathematics 2002 Sarah L MacNish 1948 Donald C Emery 2001 Carmen Andrijich 2002 Joel G McLure 1951 William J Draffin 2001 Sonia M Hayward 2002 Heather T McPherson 1952 John E Maitland-Carter 2001 Brooke M Lyons 2002 Sze H Ng 1957 Hugh A Knox 2001 Michelle P Wood 2002 Weisia Tan 1957 Adrian R Turnbull 2002 Janelle T Black 2003 Ryan P Adams 1961 Ming-Sinn Chew 2002 Benjamin P Knights 2003 Midhat Bahtijarevic 1966 William J Duffy 2002 Nga Wai V Lee 2003 David A Deany 1969 Ronald J Renton 2003 Ping Lam B Chiang 2003 Mariza C Ho 1972 Hiang S Tey 2003 Nathan J Heddle 2003 Wen-Fei F Wong 1973 Siripong Hungspreug 2004 Sara Ceccarelli 2003 Yosan 1973 Kenneth H Law-Davis 2004 Brian Gan 2004 Jeffrey A Hunt 1973 Kam-Leng Wong Kam-Leng 2004 Anna R Hoar 2004 Virginia B James 1978 Mohammad J Mohammad 2005 Chelsea P Rodd 2004 Fiona J Johnson Satap 2005 Ryan T Walker 2004 Libor Masek 1979 Harjono Zainal Abidin 2006 Nancy D Fairburn 2004 Brett Miller 1982 Glenn D McRobb 2006 Jacqueline E Howe 2005 Robert H Mellor 1983 Edoaldo Di Dio 2006 Man S Hui 2005 Endriko R Winata 1983 Hiang-Lin Tan 2007 Matt M Ward 2006 Sandeep S Godrei 1984 Dirk S Van Noort 2007 Gordan Wong 2006 David R Scott 1985 Gerard E Aroozoo 2008 Naomi R Byrne 2007 Jonathan G Hesselberg 1986 Roslan Bin Mamat 2008 Orin Casey 2007 Wei C Lum 1986 Jose F Sanchez 2008 Wei Cheng 2007 Sze H Tse 1986 Hamish G Tyrwhitt 2008 Jeremy L Evans 2007 Jayashree D Valyutham 1987 Giang Nhuong Phung 2008 Katherine B Goh 2007 Jia Yu 1988 Ian C Bruce 2008 Nicole A Huggins 2008 Chee K Chia 1988 Richard D Mann 2008 Billie M O’Halloran 2008 Soo Fung F Chok 1990 Lynore Avery 2008 Sally E Wals 2008 Matt P Harley 1991 Gavin F Chafin 2009 Andrea J Fry 2008 Shijin Jacob 1992 Michael C Stellamanns 2009 Elizabeth J Hawdon 2008 Michelle C Leone-Smith 1994 Rajiv N Niles 2009 Melissa A Klemm 2008 Jayanth Munipalli 1994 Julian D O’Hara 2009 Kiki Nhi Lam N So Ramaswamy 1995 Leith C Collins 2009 Jason A Wong 2008 Andrianto R Winata 1995 Robert J Cronin 2010 Edwin Dinauto 2009 Tarun Bakshi 1995 Sio K Lam 2010 Christopher J Gregory 2009 Budianto 1995 Alvin T Yuen 2010 Roberta Sampson 2009 Michael L Eastwood 1996 Christina Chong 2010 Ann H Thomas 2009 Janarthanam Rajeswaran 1996 Suruj B Maharaj 2011 Rudy Lee C Ah Sen 2009 Wei Ping Tan 1996 Mark A McPartland 2011 Hnin S Khin 2009 Dyi Zen Tan 1997 Li Peng Hiew 2011 Margaret Kwan 2009 Quenten O Thomas 1997 Yasuhisa Inoue 2011 Matthew J Sims 2009 Scott D Wishart 1997 Adam B Mulley 2011 Jennifer S Wong 2010 Yashawanth A Bhat 1998 Josh R Gunputh 2012 Durayra H Al Maqbali 2010 Laura M Clayson 1998 Kok Joo Low 2012 Elisabeth A Fraser 2010 Samantha L Haines 1998 Jeff Ly

34 | convocation.uwa.edu.au 2010 Bradley J Mumford 1997 Dobrosav Maric 1990 Li-Ai Gamble 2010 Xue Wu 1997 Jervis A Tilly 1990 Michele L O’Sullivan 2011 Tamure R Challenor 1997 Janet M Woollard 1992 Dean N Litis 2011 Mohanish Dubey 1998 Brett R Dix 1993 Matthew Curwood 2011 Edwin C Goh 1998 Somlak Jutunka 1994 Melanie A Binet 2011 Yannick L Ha Kong 1998 Irene K Kretowicz 1995 Igor Bogdanich 2011 Nathan P Henry 1998 Michael T Ponchard 1995 Valeria J Cooney 2011 Nabeel A Khan 1998 Mark C Weeks 1996 Heather M Goodwin 2011 John W Ngui 1999 Mohammad-Reza Jalal 1997 Christopher R Savundra 2011 Mingyu Shi Kamali 2000 Danielle C Bowyer 2011 Yick Fei Sun 1999 Hanjong Kim 2000 Julie M McLean 2011 Qin Wan 1999 Simon E Petersen 2001 Riri P Dewi 2012 Ataollah Asgharian 1999 Marcus J Willson 2004 Pattariya Choatpatsumol 2012 Aaran P Dobrich 2000 Gowrama D Ramanah 2004 Penelope M Smuts-Steyn 2012 Viraj V Gharat 2001 Guy H Gersbach Cox 2012 Malinderjit K Nirmaljit Singh 2002 Farag A Ahmed 2005 Daniel S Johnson 2012 Wei Jie A Tan 2002 Victoria B Burrows 2006 Steve V Huynh 2012 Rohit Tripathi 2002 Ken A Street 2006 Katia N Nadalin 2012 Yashasvi Tyagi 2003 Seyed A Rezaei 2006 Meng-Yen Phua 2013 Jai Kant 2004 Benjamin Macey 2006 Tarin J Scott 2013 YaoLong Lim 2004 David Ryder 2006 Clara V Wren 2013 Choi Seng S Ling 2005 Balasuriya A Balasuriya 2007 Tahlia S Hall 2013 Abdulrahman A Qasem 2005 Nanni B Concu 2007 Yu Y Hii 2013 Wael S Saeed 2005 Titik Kustiati 2007 Danielle J Moylan 2014 Yvette M Coles 2006 Terence U Chan 2008 Patricia J Alexander 2014 Tris T Le 2006 Bree J Hoskin 2008 Kyle T Martin 2006 Rebecca J Lloyd 2008 Stephenie S McHenry Graduate Research School 2006 Anothai Pocathikorn 2008 Arabelle E Sinclair 1973 Allan N Smith 2007 Nicola M Benwell 2009 Maureen M Kiss 1976 Elizabeth M White 2007 Dyah I Kusumastuti 2009 Alexander W McGregor 1977 Bruce R Maslin 2008 Teuku R Ferasyi 2009 Piers Yates-Round 1978 Peter Conole 2008 Andrew Jardine 2010 Aidh S Albaqme 1978 Tran Van Muoi 2008 Justin H Parker 2010 Daniel R Debuf 1979 Charles R Cochrane 2009 Deborah J Read 2010 Ailing K Ho 1979 Alan W Everett 2009 Behzad Sadeghzadeh 2011 Sarah M Edgar 1980 Trevor M Ellis 2009 Seyed M Tabatabaei 2011 Julian W Storm 1980 Andrew M Paterson 2010 Faisal R Al-Osaimi 2013 Teleisha J Wall 1982 Brian F Usher 2011 Mariska M Pitoi

1983 Ronald W Hogg Attachment E 2011 Peter V Simpson Life & Physical Sciences 1983 Matthew W Knuiman 1951 Malcolm B Macmillan 2011 Jennifer L Smith 1986 Charuwan Supasatian 1953 John M Woulfe 2011 Saeedreza Vessal 1987 Sookwat Chandraparnik 1959 Helen R Trowell 2012 Laith Al-Eitan 1987 Ian J Colquhoun 1961 John Ross 2012 Mobin Salasi 1988 Stephen W Doyle 1970 William J Broughton 2012 Baiq E Yusiharni 1989 Paitoon Poonsavasde 1970 Michael A Gurry 2013 Alex E Armstrong 1991 Srisuda Thippayarugs 1970 Adrian N Larking 2013 Anna Donald 1992 Natashia L Boland 1972 Robert J Aird 2013 Esther Levy 1992 Caecilia Ingriani 1972 Graeme K Brew 1992 Kritsri Samabuddhi Law 1972 Robert C Slater 1993 Worayudh O Pathipanawat 1974 Evan S Kakulas 1975 Heather D Vance 1994 John N Pearson 1974 Barbara E Whittle 1976 Michael I Rebeiro 1995 Ching Yan How 1979 Helen P Lawrence 1978 Terry D Lock 1995 Chanvit Leelayuwat 1981 Susan J Ellis 1978 Michael G Morgan 1995 Maureen A Perkins 1986 Salvatore Pillera 1978 Michael C Tindall 1996 Craig A Russell 1989 Catherine E Anderson 1978 Rodney C Wallis 1997 Qi Cui 1989 Wilhelm Loffelmann 1979 Andrei P Brazowski

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Attachment F

Attachment F In Memorium – Dr Sue Baker

University and Senate Committees served on ÌÌ Member of the Senate of The University of Western Australia 2002 – 2007 ÌÌ 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 on ÌÌ 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 Convocation ÌÌ Member of the Standing Committee of Convocation – now the Council of Convocation.

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

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