Appointments, achievements

Karen Becker is the inaugural head of the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Moreton Bay campus. She moves from deputy head of the university’s business school.

Nat McGregor has left Uni Newcastle, where he was chief operating officer. He moves to the Garvan Institute of Medical Research where he will also be COO.

Ariadne Vromen joins the ANZ School of Government as the new Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration

Mary-Anne Williams from UTS wins a Google award to work with the company on education content development for its open-source learning platform, TensorFlow.

Universities Australia teaching awards

 Blake McKimmieBarbara Masser and Mark Horswill (Uni Queensland) are the university teachers of the year.  Other awards announced at the Universities Australia conference include.

 Teaching excellence: Kay Colthorpe (Uni Queensland). Demelza Ireland (UWA). Kate Ames (CQU). Denise Jackson (Edith Cowan U). Amy Maguire (Uni Newcastle). Richard John (Griffith U).

Partnerships:  * BCII Engagement team @ UTS – Bern Le Hunte, Amanda McGregor, Alex Baumber, Paul Brown, Betty O’Neill, Beth Wilson.  * Indigenous health education @ Uni Queensland – Leanne Coombe, Alison Nelson, Renee Brown, Jodie Copley, Anne Hill, Emma Crawford, Condy Canuto, Jon Willis, Lisa Fitzgerald, Murray Phillips. * Risk aware @ Flinders U, Uni Adelaide, UNE, UW, ACU – Amanda Dudley, Jade Sheen, Wendy Sutherland-Smith, Jane McGillivray, Reg Nixon, Rachel Roberts, Michael Proeve, Debra Dunstan, Carmela Pestell, Louise Alexander.

Student experiences: * James Cook U – Kate Sheppard, Rhian Morgan, Lisa Moody, Patrick Peacock, Kristi Giselsson, Carol Conway, Kimberley Anderson, Gabi Newman, Trina Jackson, Kerry Aitken. *  Uni Queensland – Rhea Jain, Ken Lai, Ashil Ranpara, Carlene Kirvan, John Walsh, Jacqueline Niblett, Ryan Webb, Linda McConnell, Jo Williams, Debbie Hathaway.