Of the day

 Jaime McCowan is appointed CEO of universities-owned library support provider CAVAL.

Science and Technology Australia announces four board appointments, Vipul Agarwal (UNSW), Jodie Bradby, (ANU), Tatiana Soares da Costa, (La Trobe U), Michael Walker, (Soil Science Australia)

Of the week

The Australian Council of Deans of Education announces Michele Simons (Western Sydney U) is the new president. Donna Pendergast (Griffith U) is deputy and Elizabeth Labone (ACU) is secretary/treasurer. They are all elected to two year terms. Professor Simons replaces Tania Aspland (Australian Catholic U), in the post for six years.

The Forrest Research Foundation (as in Andrew and Nicola) announce Prospect Fellowships for Curtin U staff, Michael David Wilson (fatigue and wellbeing in safety-critical workplaces) and Georgia Hay (psychology of interdisciplinary healthcare teams).

Andrew Godwin (Uni Melbourne Law School) is seconded to the Australian law Reform Commission from December to be special counsel for the review of corporations legislative framework and financial services regulation.

 The International Water Association announces its 2020 fellows including; Distinguished Fellows: Jurg Keller (Uni Queensland), Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran (UTS). Kathryn Silvester (Sydney Water) becomes a Fellow.

Shitij Kapur is named president of King’s College London. Professor Kapur is now dean of medicine at Uni Melbourne.

Sarah Loughran joins the Australian Radiation and Nuclear Protection Agency’s electro-magnetic energy programme. She joins from Uni Wollongong.

Paul McGreevy (Uni Sydney) wins the Global Animal Welfare Award from the World Veterinary Association. He can put it in his dog house with the UK Kennel Club Charitable Trust’s 2017 lifetime achievement award.

Winners of the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering are here.

The Prime Minister’s science awards are  here.

The US based Optical Society also announces new fellows, for 2021. Australia based researchers are, Igor Aharonovich UTS), Baohua Jia (Swinburne U), Ilya Shadrivov (ANU),

The New York based Asia Society announces Kevin Rudd becomes president and CEO in January.

 Monash U is losing CFO Paul Townsend who is moving to ag chemical company Nufarm Australia. VC Margaret Gardner says his work was vital in, “assisting the university to weather the significant downturn of revenue that came upon us unexpectedly in 2020.”

The WA Government announces the advisory council for the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund. Research representatives are, Sandra Eades (dean of medicine, Curtin U), Dale Disher (adjunct professor Monash U and Swinburne U) and Christina Mitchell (executive dean, medicine, nursing, health science, Monash U).

Mike Wilson joins Charles Darwin U as provost. He moves from Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates.