of the day

 Craig Mutton starts next week as Uni Canberra’s inaugural Chief Digital Officer. He moves from ED strategy at the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency.

Michael Petraglia is the new director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith U. He joins from the Max Planck Institute in Jena.

 Marina Reeves is named academic leader of the year at Uni Queensland med faculty awards

The Royal Society of NSW will confirm new fellows, next month, including * Igor Aharonovich (UTS) * Clive Baldock (Western Sydney U) * Anthony Cunningham (Uni Sydney) * Roy Green (UTS) * Renée Leon (Charles Sturt U) * Tuan van Nguyen (UNSW and UTS) * James Renwick (ANU) * Shawn Ross (Macquarie U)

Ministers in the new South Australian government include, Blair Boyer (education, training and skills). Deputy premier Susan Close is minister for (among other things) industry, innovation and science and defence and space industries.

of the week

Rick Bennett becomes DVC of British University of Vietnam (teaching University of London and Staffordshire University programmes). He moves from ED Academic and Students at RMIT Vietnam.

Viv Ellis (Monash U) is appointed to the board of the Victorian Government’s Vic Academy of Teaching and School Leadership.

Paul Fitzgerald is the inaugural director of ANU’s School of Medicine and Psychology. He moves from Monash U. The school was created in last year’s restructure of the College of Health and Medicine (CMM May 14 2021).

Robert Fitzgerald is inaugural head of UNSW Canberra’s School of Professional Studies. He moves from PVC for education strategy at Charles Darwin U.

Jennifer Howell becomes PVC Global Engagement at UWA next month. She moves from Curtin University.

Mark von Itzstein (Griffith U) wins the Antonín Holý award for innovation from the International Society for Antiviral Research.

Alexander Kalloniatis  (Defence Science and Technology) receives the  Defence Minister’s 2021 Award for science/tech achievement. He works on R&D for command and control.

Elgene Lim (Garvan IMR and UNSW) receives the Cancer Council of NSW’s Sally Crossing Award for breast cancer research.

John Molony becomes PVC and VP International at Deakin U. He takes over as VP from Gary Smith, who retired last year.

Kathryn North (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) is the inaugural chair of the new federally funded Genomics Australia.

Nicholas Tally is stepping down as editor in chief of the Medical Journal of Australia but will stay on until a replacement is in-place