The (US) Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture announces its journal article award goes to, Janet McCaw, (Uni Melbourne), Alisdair Vance (Uni Melbourne) and Uncle Herb Patten (Gunai-Kurnai, Wiradjuri, and Yorta Yorta Elder, member of the governing board of Elders/Senior People for the Elder-Governed Indigenous Cultural Practices Project within the NHMRC Million Minds research programme grant). It is for, “A ‘Holding Place’: An Indigenous Typology to Mediate Hospital Care,” Journal of Architectural Education 76, I 2022, 75-84

The Australian Research Council announces 94 new members of the College of Experts, HERE. They have three-year terms. The college advises on research and recommends applications for competitive grants.

Tony Cook will become secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Education in April. He steps up there, from dep sec for HE, research and international.

Callum Cowell leaves UWA’s Centre for English Language Teaching, for Uni Birmingham, to becomes director of its pathways and professional English provider.

Eda Gunaydin (Uni Wollongong) wins the Victorian Premier’s literary award for non-fiction.

Thomas Schneider (University of British Columbia) is the new chief executive of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, which has seven Aus members – all of the Group of Eight, excluding UWA, presumably because it fronts a wrong ocean.