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THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UTS SPRING 2019 | ISSUE 19 THE GAME CHANGERS ISSUE Contents 03 04 07 08 Welcome News 5 questions A place of in brief with Professor belonging Peter Scott 09 22 24 25 Midwife on Ahead of The power of Determined a mission the game values-driven to learn 10 leadership Alumni Awards 2019 Meet the inspiring UTS alumni whose creativity, determination and game- 26 28 30 31 changing achievements have been recognised this year World class The cell The gift of Tall tales from separator a safer society a UTS giant 32 33 34 Building for Entrepreneurs Network like tomorrow for good a natural 35 Photo finish MORE WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED As a UTS graduate, you’re part of a global network Tower Magazine is published for alumni and friends of the PUBLISHED BY MAHLAB of professionals. Stay connected with the latest University of Technology Sydney (UTS). 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UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F @UTSAlumni you with your future career or workplace needs and collaborating A lifelong with you to address the complex Welcome challenges facing the world. We are dramatically expanding and changing our education offerings connection and already partnering with businesses to deliver learning in the workplace. While many of you contributed Wherever your life and career take 1 Build your professional networks directly to our UTS 2027 strategy, you, by staying connected to UTS You’re part of a vibrant global community of we would always be delighted to UTS graduates — that’s an impressive network! hear directly from you about how you’ll have access to a range of UTS can support you in the months Connect with other inspiring professionals and exclusive opportunities and benefits. and years ahead. UTS thought leaders at exclusive events held The future is looking incredibly locally and internationally. bright for UTS, its students, alumni and the communities we seek to serve and strengthen. Earlier this year, for the fifth year in a 2 Refresh your skills in a changing world UTS TOWER You get a 10% discount on all UTS degrees and row, UTS was named Australia’s number one young university by short courses — a great reason to keep learning the Times Higher Education Young “ and updating your skills throughout your career. University Rankings. This year we 3 also jumped 20 places to 140th in the world in the QS World University Be the first to hear how we’re breaking Our alumni are a source of pride to ensure that we are in the best Rankings. More importantly, when 3 SPRING 2019 new ground and inspiration for me and the position to respond to the changing it comes to research impact and Stay up-to-date on our research breakthroughs broader UTS community. Now needs of learners, industry and our quality, we’re leading the country. numbering over 225,000, our community. The Australian Research Council’s and social justice projects and the extraordinary graduates are working in every Now more than ever, UTS is recent Engagement and Impact career journeys of your fellow graduates. From corner of the globe and making committed to personalised learning Assessment ranked UTS as number the Ultimo campus to far beyond, wherever UTS an impact in every field of experiences that prepare and one for research impact. is having an impact, you’ll be the first to know. human endeavour. support our graduates to succeed These results speak to the In this edition, you can in the future workforce, driving quality of our teaching, learning and read about the achievements innovation and entrepreneurship, student experience, the future- of 11 extraordinary alumni supporting open and rigorous focused design of our courses and whose creativity, innovation and public debate and delivering the life-changing impact of our determination have made them excellent, impactful research. research. Thank you for being an game changers in their industries. As alumni, you’re a vital part integral part of these stellar results. They have been selected from over of the UTS community and a key I hope you will stay connected with 60 nominees as our 2019 Alumni factor in our ongoing success. As UTS and your global community of Award winners. I encourage you to we transform the entire university game-changing alumni. read their remarkable stories on to focus on a lifetime of learning, pages 10–21. our commitment is to support the This year the university professional development of our launched its next long-term students and graduates throughout strategy, UTS 2027. With an their whole career and lives. ambitious vision to be a leading Whether you are a recent public university of technology graduate or already progressing in Connect with us! recognised for our global impact, your career, think of UTS as your Professor Attila Brungs Follow UTS Alumni (Official) on LinkedIn and we’re building on our strengths lifetime learning partner, helping Vice–Chancellor and President UTS Alumni on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 2206_TowerHouse-AlumniBenefits.indd 1 29/8/19 10:59 am Bob Carr steps into Innovative UTS business and climate podcast wins change role at UTS prestigious award Former foreign minister and The History Lab podcast, UTS powers NSW’s longest-serving premier, produced by UTS’s Australian Bob Carr, will help tackle climate Centre for Public History in ahead in change in his new job as an collaboration with community industry professor at UTS. radio station 2SER, was named rankings Professor Carr served as Silver Radio Winner at the 2019 Premier of NSW between 1995 New York Festivals Radio Awards. UTS has again been named the number and 2005, during which time History Lab is Australia’s first ANDY ROBERTS ANDY one young university in Australia by his government partnered with investigative history podcast, two major rankings systems: the Times the energy sector to develop exploring the gaps between Higher Education (THE) Young University the world’s first carbon trading the present and the past and UTS TOWER Rankings and the QS World University scheme. drawing listeners into the thrill of PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHOTOGRAPHS Rankings Top 50 under 50. It also introduced controls historical research. Worldwide, the university sits at on land clearing that were “It’s about making “ 13th place in the THE ranking, moving up instrumental in Australia history for your ears that is 5 three spots from last year and closing in reaching its Kyoto targets; accessible, well-researched and NEWS IN BRIEF UTS Central made its long-awaited 2019. It will be an inspiring space for on the Top 10. reformed water and energy use entertaining,” says co-creator debut on Broadway in August, a lifetime of learning, with study and UTS has also jumped 20 places in and sewerage; and created Dr Tamson Pietsch. opening its doors to staff, students exhibition spaces, sweeping outdoor the QS World University Rankings, and 350 new national parks under “We are proud of our ongoing SPRING 2019 and the public. terraces and an electronic retrieval is now listed as the world’s 140th best Australia’s first Wilderness Act. commitment to doing history in Located between the Tower system reaching beneath the university. It maintained ninth position Carr’s new three-year public. Audio provides an intimate building and the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Green. among Australian universities. role will be based jointly in the and innovative medium to reach UTS and IT, UTS Central is the final major The UTS Reading Room, with In the latest QS assessment, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures new audiences and share the capital development project delivered its light-filled, triple-height atrium ranked highest for employer reputation, and the UTS Business School. It work of the university.” as part of the UTS City Campus overlooking the Alumni Green, will also reflecting the focus on preparing follows his successful five-year With two hit seasons under Central Master Plan. open in late 2019 and will be accessible graduates for the fast-changing term leading the Australia–China its belt, the team behind the Students and staff can now to all who wish to read, research, workforce. UTS’s rise in ranking was also Relations Institute at UTS. podcast is about to commence access collaborative learning collaborate and reflect.