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Convocation
Second Ordinary
Meeting 2016
Friday, 16 September 2016
at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
at the Banquet Hall,
The University Club of Western Australia
Convocation welcomes all graduates
and other members of Convocation to
the Second Ordinary Meeting.
Guest Speaker: Professor Dawn Freshwater,
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Registrar will
be speaking on ‘UWA Renewal Project Update’.
2 The University of Western Australia
Agenda
The Second Ordinary Meeting of the Convocation of The University of
Western Australia, 6.30pm, Friday 16 September 2016, The University
Club of Western Australia.
1. Minutes of the First Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 1 April 2016
2. Amendments and motion of acceptance of minutes
3. Business arising from the minutes
4. Correspondence
5. Vice-Chancellor’s report
6. Guild President’s report
7. Warden of Convocation’s report
8. Convocation Officer’s report
9. Audit report
10. Other business
11. Keynote Speaker
12. Q & A session
Guest Speaker
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Registrar, will give a talk
on ‘UWA Renewal Project Update’.
convocation.uwa.edu.au 3
Minutes
First Ordinary Meeting Minutes
1 April 2016
The First Ordinary Meeting of Convocation was held on
Friday 1 April 2016 commencing at 6.00pm in University Club
of Western Australia.
The meeting was attended by the following graduates
and guests:
Con M. Abbott, Jo M. Agnew, Hatem K. G. Al-Khazraji, Kent
Anderson, Paul J. Appleton, Yvonne Ardley, Brian A. Atkinson,
Rachima C. R. Bannerman, Bruce B. Barblett, Lynette M.
Barker, Irwin P. Barrett-Lennard, Ron Bodycoat, Robert Boggs,
Astrid Y. Boggs, Humphrey A. Boogaerdt, Jane Boxall, Jean
Brodie-Hall, Andrew E. Broertjes, Margaret A. Brown, Bradley
J. Brown, Ross W. Bryant, Stuart M. Bunt, Philip C. Burcham,
Peter F. Burke, Joan Burke, Des G. Cain, Maria Calabro, Colin S.
Campbell-Fraser, David I. Carr, Paula T. Carroll, Mark L. Carroll,
Maria E. G. Carvalho, John Casey, Michael A. Chaney, Margrete
Chaney, Terrence U. Cheong, Tat Meng Chow, Anna Ciffolilli,
Curtis R. Clark, Alex K. Cohen, Helena Coleman, Peter C.
Collier, Dorothy W. Collin, Ryan Cowan, Judith V. Cresp, Kevin
J. Crombie, Norma P. Curnow, Ray D. S. da Silva Rosa, Peter
Darbyshire, Simon L. Dawkins, Deon de Bruin, Ema Denby de
Braganza, Michele Dolin, Les Dowey, Auriel M. Downs, Anthea
M. Downs, Timothy J. Dymond, Laurel M. Ellis, Wendy N. Erber,
Jocelyn A. Everett, Jim E. Everett, Richard I. Farrar, Felicity W. E.
Farrelly, Lynette B. Fernandes, Arthur Ferres, Libby H. Feutrill,
Marie G. Finucane, Helen A. Fordham, Peter Forrestal, Michaele
E. M. Gardiner, Chantelle Gaskell, Agi K. Gedeon, Peter G. Gilet,
Eileen S. Glynn, Jean S. Goh, James P. Gregg, Alison M. Gregg,
Jeff Gunningham, Jim R. Gunson, Anne E. Gunson, Claire B.
Hadley, Brian C. Haggerty, Syd R. Hall, Lois A. Hall, Douglas
J. Hall, Anne K. Hall, Krystyna I. Haq, Chris R. Harkness,
Graham K. Harmsworth, David Harrison, Roz M. Hart, Bruce
M. Hartley, Dennis J. Haskell, Patricia N. R. Hatch, Bruce T.
Haynes, Lynley F. Hewett, Ricki S. Hewitt, Jo M. Hiller, Marisa
Hislop, Steve C. Hoath, Gary J. Hoffman, Malcolm J. Hood, Ed
Hooper, Betty J. Hooper, Maureen G. Humpage, Rosemary
Hunter, Lynette G. Jennings, Rob Johnson, Paul Johnson,
Jacqui Joseph-Bowie, Ann S. Kay, Kevin F. Kenneally, Alison
Kennedy, Warren M. Kerr, Chneoh C. H. Khor, Susan E. King,
Nelly H. Kleyn, Tootsie S. P. Koh, Hwee Ping Koh, Martin D.
Landauer, Leith K. G. Landauer, Jill E. Lawson, Eric H. Lawson,
Fang Liu, Freda A. Livingston, Quang T. Ly, Richard Lyon, Gary
N. Mack, Barbara Main, Raphael Mannel, Jude A. M. Marinoni,
Simon L. Marshall, Graeme B. Martin, Julie C. Matheson, Paul
J. McCann, Thomas M. McCleery, Carolyn M. McCleery, Doug
A. McGhie, Lidia N. McMullan, Michael A. McPhail, Barbara
J. Miller, Nikolaos Millios, Marri J. Milton, Eric E. Moxham,
Dianne F. Moxham, Maddie D. Mulholland, Chern Ng, Kathryn
E. Norris, Nee Nee Ong, Chuan Ong, Angeline L. Ong, Jamie
O’Shea, Fiona C. O’Shea, Bianca M. Panizza, Jim P. Paparo,
Trudy Parker, Michael T. Partis, Bev Partridge, Ian K. Passmore,
Juanita Perez, Fran P. Pesich, Stephen Phelan, Anne P. Pickett,
Joan L. Pope, Nancy Populin, Alan A. Porter, Frederick B.
Powell, Deidre Powell, Barrie Purser, John Rannisinghe, Kaye
Regan, Don Robertson, Peter C. Robinson, Nigel Rogers, Linda
J. Rogers, Heather E. Rogers, Kerry A. Ross, Jim B. Rowlands,
Graeme Roy, Mona Salim, Johan Salim, Diana M. Salvaris,
Taiwo T. Sanusi, Richard D. Schiefler, Jennifer M. Searcy, Enid
E. Sedgwick, Susan M. Sharpe, Peter Sharpe, Philip W. Shields,
Patricia Shields, Jeanette Shorto, Hilary A. Silbert, Tamas
Somosy, Ric Stern, Sandra M. Stevenson, Jonathan B. Strauss,
Penny J. Sutherland, John T. T. Tan, Mengwei Tang, Cathy L.
Tang, Ray G. Tauss, Jo Taylor, Heng Tho, Roger L. Thompson,
Ray A. Thompson, Brenda Tournier, Pauline M. Tremlett, Fiona
M. Tremlett, Michael S. Tucak, Paula P. Tunley, David E. Tunley,
Jacqueline van Gent, Sheila C. Walker, Ian K. Warner, John
Willox, Anne L. Willox, Trea Wiltshire, Mary M. Winter Ivanoff,
Allen G. Yeow and Don F. Young
The following members of Convocation asked that
their apologies be recorded.
Leanne E. J. Abas, Ross R. Abbott, Hugo E. Acosta Martinez,
John E. B. Adamson, Tunde O. Adekoya, Diana R. Adler,
Mohamed D. Ahmed, Juliet M. M. Albany, Eric D. C. Alcock, Marc
G. Alexander, Fiona M. Allan, Annette Allman, Lyneve J.
Amoore, Richard J. Anandacoomaraswamy, Con Anastas,
Nancy Anastasios, Chris C. Anastasios, Alex C. Anastasios,
Rodney C. Anderson, Monica M. Anderson, Maxwell G.
Anderson, John A. Anderson, Hazel H. Anderson, Daniel E.
Anderson, Caitrin-Jane Anderson, Sheila E. Andersson, Ramon
Andinach, Molly C. Angus, Barry B. Angus, Lloyd A. Antulov,
Jennifer S. Antulov, Julia Anwar McHenry, Anne S. Appleton,
Maria L. I. Arevalo-Vigne, Frank Arfuso, Pooya Arjomandnia,
Anthony G. Arkell, Ruth R. Arnel, Catherine A. Arrese, Maki
Aruga, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, John Athanasiou, Jennifer A.
Atherton, Emily R. Atkins, Diana M. M. Atkinson, Daniel Au,
Emily M. L. Austin, Azrie Azman -Arshad, Sarah L. Bagshaw,
Alem Bajrovic, Bronwyn T. Baker, Miervaldis Balodis, Annette J.
Barbetti, William P. Barbour, Laurel M. Barnard, Cynthia B.
Barrett, Ian Barrett-Lennard, Peggy Barrington-Martin, David
M. Barry, Angelika P. Bartmanska, Petar Basanovic, Michael P.
Basanovic, Courtney E. Basanovic, Bruce G. Baskerville,
Steven J. Bayne, Michael E. Beahan, Alan J. Bealing, Wayne F.
Beaumont, Andrew R. Beech, Yeow Seang Beh, Lawrence J.
Beilin, Leita E. Bell, Matteo E. Bellingeri, Aileen A. Bennett,
Deborah D. E. Bennett-Borlase, Rose E. Benson, Debra A.
Dillon, Mike J. Dilworth, Jessica L. Dinnage, Glenys N. Dixon,
Amelia O. Dixon-Pugh, Vina Djoko, Jennifer M. Donovan,
Brendan L. Douglas, Caroline A. Dowling, Elizabeth J. C.
Dowson, Peter A. Doyle, James B. Doyle, Jacqueline F. Doyle,
George F. Drew, Lisa Dreyer, Judith M. L. Drummond, Cleo A.
Drygan, Keith R. Duffy, Paul L. Duncan, Andrew D. Duncanson,
Betty L. Durston, Bryan J. Dwyer, Rod J. Eagleton, Hilary V.
Early, Peter J. Eastlake, Karla Ebron, Gregory M. Ebsworthy,
Peter P. Eckersley, James J. Edelman, Mark P. Edwards, Hartley
W. Edwards, Cyril J. Edwards, Christopher J. Edwards, Diana
Egerton-Warbuton, Mike J. Eggett, Johanne Eldridge, David A.
Elliott, Stephen Ellis, Chris M. Ellison, Laura I. Emery, Terri M.
Emslie, Hatim N. Essajee, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis,
Jennifer S. Evans, Frieda M. Evans, Ben A. Evans, Tony S. B.
Ewing, Christine H. Fairhall, Ernest A. Fardin, Alana Farrell,
Rosemarie L. Farthing, Grazyna T. Faux, Julie Feary, Bob M.
Fels, Janie P. J. Feng, Ian R. Fergus, Royston C. Ferguson,
Renae C. Fernandez, Irene L. Fernandez, Mike E. Fewster, Ross
A. Field, Gavin L. Fielding, Cletus C. Fimmel, Adrian A. Fini,
Peter L. Finkelstein, Annette M. Finn, Michael D. Firth, Sam R.
Fitzpatrick, Monica C. Flattery, Joe S. Fleming, Janet F.
Fletcher, Ian R. Fletcher, Margaret Floyd, Louise S. Flux,
Marguerite N. Flynn, Ngan C. Fong, Yih Y. Foo, Kerry A. Forbes,
Alan G. Forsyth, Robin A. Foulds, Christopher Fowers, Alison L.
Fox, Katie Elizabeth E. Frampton, George J. E. France, Alison M.
Frere, Elizabeth Frith, Dick Frith, Keisuke Fujita, Kathy A. Fuller,
Jane L. Fyfe, Mark T. Gale, Kate A. Gale, Suzy C. Galloway, Tony
A. Galvin, Michael J. Ganon, Nicholas Gara, John R. Gardner,
Jane J. Gardner, Harry J. Gardner, Carrie A. Gardner, Brent M.
Gardner, Michael J. H. Garlepp, Jason Gavranic, Hannes
Gebauer, Rohan J. Gengatharen, Nick L. Gerrard, Dante
Giacomin, Trevor R. Gibson, Oliver T. Gierymski, Rhona J. Giles,
Lynton G. F. Giles, Keith M. Giles, Craig T. Giles, Anne A. Gilling,
Joel B. Gilman, Robert C. Ginbey, Donald K. Glassford,
Jean-Marie J. Gobet, Elizabeth L. Goddard, Mayford K.
Godfrey, James A. Goetze, Barbara Good, Anne E. Goodall,
Robert D. Graieg, Megan L. Graieg, Christian J. Grainger, Alex D.
Grant, Dieter R. Grant-Frost, Ruth Greble, Edward J. U. Green,
Cliff R. Green, Basil J. Green, Wayne B. Griffiths, Bill L. Griffiths,
Sarah-Jane L. Groenewold, Claire L. Grose, Julius A. J.
Gsodam, Jack S. Gubbay, Guest of Mr Raphael Mannel, Guest
of Mr Raphael Mannel, Guest of Mr Raphael Mannel, Guest of
Mr Raphael Mannel, Guest of Mrs Julie Matheson, Emily J.
Gunson, Larissa Guzzomi, Leon K. L. Ha, Joyce Hadley, Silvana
M. Ham, Barbara M. Hamilton, Ronald J. Hancock, Carmel
Hancock, Alec S. Hand, Mark O. Hanikeri, Helen J. Hankey,
Peter D. Hannay, Pauline M. Hansen, Joan Harlow, Maria P.
Harries, John F. Harriott, Max R. Harris, Jennifer Harris, Lee D.
Hartz, Greg G. Harvey, Stephen A. Hastings, Alan J. Hawkins,
Kerry E. Hawley, Charity Haynes, Pauline Heaton, Frank K. L.
Hedges, Ben Hedley, Terry M. Heenan, Eric M. Heenan,
Margaret H. Henderson, Ricardo M. Herrera Ayala, Bill F. P.
Heseltine, Arthur Hiemstra, William C. Higham, Murray W. Hill,
Michaela K. Hill, Louise F. Hill, Kerry Y. Hill, Joan M. Hill, Barbara
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William F. C. Blumer, June Boddy, Kieran J. Bogumil, Rodney G.
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Buttfield, Brian F. Byrne, John L. Caddy, Lesley A. Cala,
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Betty M. L. Chan, Crosby S. Chang, Clare M. Chantler, Ty G.
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H. P. Cheng, Barry J. Chesson, Michael W. Chester, Graeme H.
Chester, Anne Chester, Victor W. Cheung, Ming Yao Chew,
Terence S. H. Chia, Eric S. Chidlow, Stephen Y. F. Chin,
Lawrence Chin, Robin L. Chinnery, Shirley T. C. Chong, Peter S.
Chong, Edwin T. F. Chong, Ace Choo, Per E. S. Christensen,
Sean P. Christie, John G. Christmass, Andrew D. Christophers,
Jen L. Chua, James Chua, Chew K. Chua, Martyn L. Churcher,
Melita L. Cirillo, Sara H. Clafton, Graeme J. Clarke, Alan J.
Clarke, Sasha J. Claughton, Mark C. P. Clifton, Colin F. Clune,
Phil A. Cockerill, Patricia M. Coffey, Helen V. M. Cogan, Bill M.
Cohen, Marjorie E. Coleman, John W. Collingridge, Michael F.
Collins, Doreen Collins, Arthur J. Conacher, Salvatore Coniglio,
Mary L. Conroy, Ian F. Cook, Gregory W. Cook, Geoff S. Cook,
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Desmond J. Dane-Stewart, Eric P. Danti, Bruce W. Darby,
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Davis, John K. Davis, Steve J. Davison, Danielle M. Davison,
Timothy W. Dawe, Reginald F. Dawson, Bojana de Garis, Julie
A. de Jong, Carmel A. De Lima, Thomas A. Deacon, John A.
Deacon, Hanifa M. B. Deen, Bernice R. Dent, Vrushali
Deshmukh, Montague B. M. Devenish, Tony C. Devitt, Margaret
M. Devlin, Natasha Dewani, Rita Di Lello, Nicholas Di Lello, Jo J.
H. Hill, Wendy F. Hillier, Neville F. Hills, Craig B. Hilton, Siobhan
M. Hinton, Marguerite M. Hinwood, Marcus Hitch, Kenneth C. K.
Ho, Stephen L. H. Hodby, Edward A. Hodgson, Garry L. Hogan,
Joyce E. Hogben, Donald Hogben, Jennifer M. Hole, Robert D.
Holloway, Janet E. Holman, Janet L. Holmes à Court,
Rosemary B. Homewood, Reza Honarmand, Margaret M.
Hooton, Tracey J. Hough, Helen E. House, Stanley R. Howard,
Bryan A. Howieson, Vanessa Huang, Mar P. Hube, Benita Hube,
Russell R. Hudson, Russell R. Hunt, Jennifer A. Hunt, Meredith
L. Hunter, Rachel V. Huynh, Du Q. Huynh, Zoe Hyde, Peter D.
Hyman, Graham C. Icke, Erica Iemi, Jessica K. Ilich, Jeffrey C.
Ion, Murray R. Jackson, Kara L. S. Jacob, Richard W. Jahn,
William J. James, Michael James, Katie A. James, Ian M. Janes,
Douglas J. Janney, Dianne E. Jarvis, Laksiri L. Jayasuriya,
Geoffrey F. Jenkinson, Neil L. Jensen, Doris B. Johnson, Brian
T. Johnson, Stephanie R. Johnston, Malcolm Johnston, Drew
M. Johnston, Charles W. Johnston, Bruce C. Johnston,
Rebecca J. Jones, Patricia J. Jones, Lorna J. Jones, Joanne M.
L. Jones, Bianca H. Jovanovic, Cheyne A. Jowett, Patrick J.
Joyce, Mary Joyce, Sarah P. Kahle, Peter V. Kalmund, Anthony
H. Kane, Chaebin Kang, Jansje R. Karajas, Bill P. Kean, Anne H.
Keith-Fraser, Bob G. Kelliher, Roger G. Kelly, Rob R. H. Kelsall,
Ann C. Kemeny, Richard H. Kempton, Peter S. J. Kennedy,
Philip G. Kerr, Isabelle M. T. Khoo, Simon Kidd, Tony Kierath,
Brodie M. King, Briony I. King, William R. Kininmonth, Nick G.
Klamus, Jan L. Knight, Stephen C. Knott, Sze H. Koh, Kee Fatt
K. F. Kok, Joseph C. Y. Kong, Michael A. Konrath, Paula J.
Korboot, Chris I. Krishnan, Vijay Kumar, Graham F. Ladyman,
Ghazal Lahooti, Ngiap L. Lai, Benjamin J. Lake, Yan Y. Lam,
Christopher J. Lancucki, Rona M. Landquist, Bruce L. Langford,
Andrew A. Langford, Jenny E. Larner, Roger P. Lavell, Andrew
G. Law, Diana A. Lazuardi, Rachael M. Le Tessier, Verona E. Lea,
Sheila F. Lea, John E. M. Leahy, Christina M. Leandri, Trevor G.
Leaver, Senq-J Lee, Pauline S. M. Lee, Michael J. Lee, Ken K.
Lee, Kay K. Y. Lee, Jia Ling Lee, Jane-Marie J. Y. Lee, Florence S.
Y. F. Lee, Ernest M. Lee, Choy-Lin Lee, Christian R. Lemnell,
Joseph P. Lenzo, Helen M. Leonard, Erika E. Leslie, Susan M.
Lesslie, Jenifer H. Lewington, Raymond Li, Steve Lieblich,
Judah C. Lieblich, Michael D. Lightowler, Su Chen Lim, Simin C.
Lin, Ian M. Lindsay, Kendrick Ling, Murray J. Littlejohn, David
M. Livingstone, Colin C. Logie, Jillien Y. D. Loh, Bill A.
Loneragan, Jillian Loney, Brendan J. I. Longman, Yuen Foong
W. Loo, Jan J. T. Lord, Bethany J. Lord, Henry W. Louden,
Vincent H. S. Low, Linda A. Low, Christine Low, Lindsey M.
Loweth, Andrew B. Lu, Nicola Lucano, Ethel A. Lucas,
Alessandro Lucioli, Paul J. C. Luckas, Dorothy Lucks, Sally F.
Luckwell, Jong Xin Ly, Kent K. Lyon, Merilyn M. Ma, Stephen B.
Macdonald, Catherine A. MacDonald, Angus J. MacDonald,
Maureen A. MacDuff, Alastair J. S. MacGillivray, Amos Machlin,
Andrew A. MacKellar, Sandra-Lee L. Mackey, Bruce B.
Mackintosh, Hazel Maddocks, Rossi Magno, Jack Mah, Tom D.
Maher, Simon D. Majteles, Alexandria V. B. P. Mak, John A.
Malone, Roman Malyniak, Dorham Mann, Gem G. Manzano,
Kristen A. Mappin, Clive N. Mariano, Barry H. Markham, Bill R.
Marmion, Anthony P. Marrion, Loisette M. Marsh, Gregory S.
Martin, Donald J. Martin, Glenda E. Martinick, Audrey C.
Martins, John R. Masarei, Danielle M. Masson, Josephine M.
Masters, Joyce D. Matson, Andrew P. Mattin, Phillip G.
Mattinson, Nelson C. Mauricio, Suzanne J. May, Leonie K.
Mayne, Trevor G. Mazzucchelli, Richard H. Mazzucchelli,
Brenda G. Mazzucchelli, Rose McAleer, Terence H. McCall,
Michael J. McCann, Ian P. McCulloch, Alan J. McCutcheon,
Bianca J. McGoldrick, Michael J. McGuire, Nancy L. McKenzie,
George A. McLellan, Rodney Mcmanus, Margaret E. McPhee,
John M. McPhee, Clare J. McPherson, Shirley I. McWhirter, Bob
A. McWilliam, Rebecca L. Meakin, Janice L. Meakin, Adam L.
Meath, Wendy S. Merritt, Kim A. Mezger, Ken C. Michael,
Rosalie L. Mickan, Neli Micunovic, Bruce S. Middleton, Robert
J. Miller, Geoffrey P. Miller, John L. Millett, Katherine C. Mills,
Anthony E. Milton, John B. Minchin, Conor H. Mines, Anne
Minty, Darryn M. Mitchell, Alice M. Moala, Peter J. Mold, Michael
K. Molton, Peta J. Monley, Malcolm D. Monley, John R. Moore,
Felicity A. E. P. Morel-EdnieBrown, Valerie J. Morey, Clare E.
Morgan, Sidy Morin - Ka, Jordan H. Mortimer, Colleen B.
Mortimer, Penny M. Moyes, George L. P. Mullins, Terence E. A.
Mulroney, Mark R. Munnings, Colin P. Murphy, Brian E. Mutzig,
Bala K. Nadarajah, Mal E. Nairn, Antonio Natale, Jacob K.
Nazroo, Peter C. Neesham, Chris Neretlis, Tina J. Newman,
Kenneth K. W. Ng, Kah Wai Ng, James S. Ng, Chen Wei Ng,
Thao T. P. Nguyen, Tai D. Nguyen, My-Hanh Nguyen, Catherine
Nguyen, Jennifer L. Nicolao, Patricia A. Nixon, Pauline C.
Norman, Pat G. Nottle, Robert M. Nunn, Terry A. O’Brian, Elise
J. O’Connor, Richard M. O’Donnell, John N. O’Donohue, Diane
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Ong, Jin Kar Ong, Ban-Ban Ong, Peter G. Onley, Ana M. A. Orb,
Amanda S. Ormerod, Roger E. Overmeire, Sean S. C. Ow,
Marjan A. Oxley, David J. Pack, Susannah A. Packer, Ronald
Packer, Amrik S. Pala, Silvano Palladino, Janine V. Pallas,
Gwendoline M. Pallot, Cameron J. Palmer, Sally A. Pamberger,
Hayley L. Panetta, Dina Papas, Wayne D. Parker, Serena C.
Parker, Paull V. Parker, Neta P. Parker, Merle E. Parkes, Stirling
J. Parks, Margaret E. Parnaby, Samarth S. Patel, Kim B.
Paterson, Annie M. Patrick, Andrew Pattamuckil Johney, Leigh
C. Patterson, Anne Patterson, Barbara Pauk Filgueira, John A.
Paul, Judith M. Paxman, Nick Payne, Jane M. Peacock, Ian R. C.
Peacock, Peggy B. Pedersen, Raymond R. F. Pelham Thorman,
Fred M. Peppinck, Claire Perrozzi, Graeme J. Perryman, Xuyen
T. Phan, Santhosh Philip, George J. Philips, April L. Pickard,
Anne M. Pickford, Ray A. Piesse, Bernadette M. Pilkington,
Margaret O. Pinchback, Nathalie J. Pires, Kate M. Pitcher, Geoff
Playford, Bill A. Plozza, Noel F. M. Plumley, John R. Pluske,
Johanna M. Pluske, Julian K. Polain, Michael J. Poli, William E.
Poole, Carolyn J. Port, Susan L. Porteous, Ian D. Porter, Mabel
Posman, Rhys G. Povey, Cameron T. Power, Corbett J.
Poynton, Daryl J. Pranata, Christina Pranata, Nathalie I. Prezet,
Melissa Price, Judith A. Priestley, Hannah A. Prins, Aylene R.
Quartermaine, Pat G. J. Quilty, Dan A. Quirante, Bryan G.
Radden, Noele M. Radford, Bostang Radjagukguk, Dipak L.
Tiong, Lucila C. Tito Tadeo, Albert H. Tognolini, Yvonne C.
Town, Ronald M. Townsend, Paul A. Townsend, Mary L.
Townsend, Vanessa Tran, Teresa Tran, Ron E. Travanner, Leigh
D. Travers, Malcolm L. Treadgold, Claire Treeby, Christine L.
Trenorden, Mathew A. T. Trinca, Gillian M. Tucak, Charles M.
Tucak, Leisa J. Turner, Peter M. Twiby, Chumith C. Ukwattage
Don Siriwardana, Samantha M. Urquhart, John M. Urquhart,
Andrew M. Urquhart, Paul A. Vajda, Deborah S. van Velzen,
Christine D. Venables, Marco V. Vittiglia, Eva Vlahov, Paul Vogel,
Pauline G. Von Karlowitz, Freddie K. F. von Schmidt, Van-Van
Vu, Petar Vujovic, Ron J. F. Waddy, Ian J. Waite, Diana J. Wald,
James G. Walker, Scott Walkinshaw, Jim A. Wall, Arjuna
Wallooppillai, Teresa A. Walsh, Brian B. Walsh, Bernard Walsh,
Hong Y. Wang, Hon Sen H. S. Wang, Lynley C. Ward, Lionel E.
Ward, Kerry R. Wark, Robin R. Warren, Matthew J. Warrier,
David Watkins, John R. Watson, Nicole K. Watts, James P.
Watts, Don W. Watts, David J. Waycott, Cara A. Webling, Geoff
L. Webster, Maxwell R. Weedon, Roy L. R. Weerasekera, Greg A.
Wells, Katrina M. West, Duncan J. Whitcombe, Robert S. White,
Maurice C. White, Kevin J. White, Debbie J. Whiting, Ronald L.
Wilkie, Phyl E. Wilkin, Jim F. Williams, Gary G. Williams, Carolyn
Williams, John D. Williamson, Anthea Williamson, Brian J.
Willis, Rodney M. Willox, Steve G. Wilson, Jane Wilson, Erin M.
Wilson, Mary Maude Winter, Laurie V. Winthrop, Caroline J.
Winwood, Keren L. Witcombe, Shirley Withers, Peter L.
Wittkuhn, John R. M. Wolfe, Hannah W. A. Wolfe, Michael S.
Wong, Connie C. F. Wong, Bert J. Wong, Graham E. M. Wood,
Edit K. Wood, Roy Woodall, Robert B. Wright, Peter L. Wright,
Malcolm Wroth, Madeline Wu, Henry Wu, Ray B. Wyatt,
Jeannette M. Wyber, Ming G. Xu, Ami Xu, Ghialy Yap, John R.
Yates, Alex S. Yeoh, Alex C. Yoong, Stephen F. York, Robert Yu,
Albert Yuen, Christine M. Zaicou-Kunesch, Juris Zalitis,
Marousia Zhang, Ann Zuber and Elena N. Zuvela
Ms Juanita Perez
Convocation Officer as Secretary
Attachment A
Raghvani, Tanya S. Ramakrishnan, Donalda D. Ramsden, John
J. Ranasinghe, Alan E. Randell, Lee C. Ranford, John L. Rayner,
Cameron L. Read, Laura D. Reece, Roger J. Reid, Lauren A.
Reid, Alex A. Reid, Adam J. Retterath, Lisa M. Reynders, John V.
Ricciardo, Janette Richards, Betty V. Richards, Grace F.
Richardson, Phillip J. Ridden, Trevor J. Ridgwell, David N.
Rigney, Derek L. Rintel, Miguel Ripoll, Mary E. Rippey, John J.
Rippey, Leonora L. Ritter, Bruce G. Roberts, Patrick A.
Robertson, Jeanette M. Robertson, Joan Robins, Paul H. L.
Robinson, Della Robinson, Tony E. Robson, Helen C. Robson,
Frank Rochelle, Gina M. I. Rockett, June A. Roe, Michael A.
Roeger, Robert J. Rogers, Jenny J. Rogers, Ted L. Rollinson,
Volha Romanchik, Melanie Roosendaal, Matthew E. Rootsey,
Diana L. Rosman, Anthony J. Ross, Paul Rossen, Rhys M.
Rossiter, Gwyneth M. Rothols, Peter N. Rouse, Robin L. Routley,
Maxwell H. Rowan-Robinson, Geoffrey N. Rudeforth, Tony L.
Ruse, John W. Rutherford, David C. Ryan, Margaret A. Sadler,
Barry M. Saker, Robin Salter, Mervyn A. Same, Peter G. J.
Samuel, Balram K. Sangar, Melvyn V. Sargent, Sue G. Saunders,
Lida Sayadelmi, Jane M. Scanlon, Denisse C. Scasserra,
Michael T. Schaper, Eugene Schlusser, Deryck M. Schreuder,
Michelle Schwager, Valma J. Scott, John R. Scott, Ray O. M.
Scudds, Leah Segal, Allison G. L. Selman, Ahmet K. Sener, John
G. Seotis, Gloria H. Seow Han-Khee, Barry J. Sexstone,
Sanjutha Shanmugam, Gavin L. Sharp, Duncan A. Shearwood,
Kathy B. Shellabear, William K. Sheridan, Faye M. Sheridan, Jill
L. Sherriff, Stuart A. Silbert, Peter C. Silinger, Barbara F. Silinger,
Carroll P. C. Sim, Winifred A. Simeon, Craig B. Sinclair,
Catherine A. Sinclair, Mary T. Skidmore, Michael J. Slattery,
Helen D. Slattery, Slobodan Slavujevic, Yiing Sleight, Matthew
P. Sloan, Marielle Sloss, Ricki Y. Smith, Ric C. Smith, Patricia
Smith, Janet W. Smith, Glenn Smith, Kathryn L. Smithies,
Bradley A. Snell, David P. Snowdon, Dominic D. Soh, Coralie S.
Solomon, Sachiko Sone, Ewe Koon Soon, Vivien L. Spiccia,
Leone Spiccia, Cornelia H. Staats, Conway I. Stacey, Beryl N.
Stacey, Gerrit A. Stafford, Ryan J. Staniforth, Rodney Steed,
Robin C. Stellamanns, Ilarion Stepatschuk, Judith A. Stephens,
Ruth M. Stephenson, Michelle D. Stephenson, Trevor M. Still,
Peter J. Stirling, Ellen K. Stoddart, Bryant A. R. Stokes, Lynda A.
Strawbridge, Deborah A. Street, Don H. Strempel, Paulus H. L.
Sui, Denise L. Sullivan, Bob B. Summers, Peter R. Sunman,
Janet E. Sunman, Alexander E. Sunman, Adam B. Surjan,
Margery E. Sutherland, Tom W. Sutton, Antony J. Svilicich,
Murray G. Swain, John G. Syminton, David C. Tait, Richard Tan,
Michelle W. L. Tan, Lee S. Tan, Jason J. Tan, Hui Lin Tan, Ai L.
Tan, Adam J. Tan, Anqiang Tang, Tangea D. Tansley, Heidi M.
Tarchini-Glegg, Algimantas P. Taskunas, Nicholas K. Tay,
Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney, Tracy L. Taylor, Roger R. Taylor, Noel E.
Taylor, Michael J. Teare-Williams, Mary E. Telfer, Kean Guan
Teoh, Diana M. Teplyj, Richard C. Thomas, May M. P. Thomas,
Andrew W. Thomas, Allan D. Thomas, Adrian K. Thomas, Peta
M. Thompson, Elysia Thornton-Benko, Robert E. Thorogood,
Neville A. Threlfall, Ray L. Thurloe, Julia K. Thurloe, Stephen
Tilinger, Daina S. Timermanis, Tze L. Ting, Chai L. Ting, Moe K.
1.Welcome
4. Business arising
In opening the Second Ordinary Meeting for 2016, the Warden
of Convocation, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, welcomed
the following guests:
• Chancellor Dr Michael Chaney AO CitWA
• Former Chancellor, Clinical Professor Alex Cohen AO
• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Johnson
• The Guild President, Maddie Mulholland
• The Deputy Warden of Convocation, Mr Paul McCann AM
• Members of the UWA Senate
• Members of Convocation Council
• The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community & Engagement)
Professor Kent Anderson, and
• all the members of Convocation, including their guests
and friends
The Warden reported that at the last Ordinary Meeting of
Convocation, rather than receiving individual questions
after each speaker, a Q&A session was held at the end of
the meeting. Following that meeting, an email was sent to
all those who attended the meeting seeking their views on
whether to continue having that Q&A session. Given the
positive response to this initiative, a decision was taken to
once again hold a Q&A session at the end of this meeting.
Last year attendees were also asked for their views on the best
commencement time for the Ordinary meetings. Because the
results were inconclusive, the Warden asked those present
to indicate their preference for the commencement time
by completing the appropriate question on the one-page
questionnaire that was enclosed within the agenda booklet.
The Warden then declared the meeting open at 6.03pm.
2.Apologies
The Warden noted apologies from Former Chancellor and
Governor, Dr Ken Michael AC CitWA and Mrs Dorothy Hatch,
and over 900 other members of Convocation.
3. Minutes of the Second Ordinary
Meeting 2015
A copy of the minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting 2015
held on Friday, 18 September 2015 appeared at Attachment A
of the First Ordinary Meeting 2016 booklet.
The Warden reported that just prior to the meeting, he was
informed that there was one slight error in the minutes where
it records question 2 being asked by Ross Graham rather
than Ross Bryant.
He then asked whether any other amendments were required
to the minutes. Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM stated
that he believed that the summary of the Chancellor’s
response on page 16 question 9 regarding the new branding
campaign could more accurately be described as “we would
have to wait to see if it was a success or not, because it would
be tested on enrolments.”
It was agreed that these corrections should be made to
the minutes.
The motion to accept the minutes of the Second Ordinary
Meeting 2015 held on Friday, 18 September 2015 with these
corrections, was proposed by Mr Jim Paparo and seconded
by Dr Joan Pope OAM. The motion was carried.
Feedback was also received last year from many who
attended the meeting regarding the music provided before
and after the meeting by UWA graduates. Some thoroughly
enjoyed the music while others indicated that they preferred
to catch up with friends and colleagues without being
distracted by music during these periods. Again, the Warden
asked all those attending the meeting to provide their views
on this issue.
5.Correspondence
The Warden reported that the largest number of emails and
letters received since the last Ordinary Meeting have been
in relation to news of the kidnapping in Burkina Faso earlier
in the year of two UWA graduates, Dr Ken Elliott and his wife,
Jocelyn Elliott. He indicated that both had worked tirelessly
over the past 40 years to provide healthcare services to the
impoverished people in the remote area of Djibo close to the
border with Mali. Thankfully during the first week of February,
Jocelyn had been released following mediation undertaken by
the staff of Niger’s Foreign Minister.
At the request of the Australian Government, the University
had made no public comment regarding the Elliotts while
negotiations continue for the safe return of Dr Ken Elliott. For
that reason, graduates may not have seen any mention of this
in the press. Negotiations were still underway and the Warden
indicated that the Australian Government was still hopeful of a
satisfactory outcome.
He stated that most of the other correspondence received by
the Convocation office conveyed the concerns of graduates
regarding the reputation of the University after reading the
adverse news reports appearing in the media. The Warden
stated that he had responded to all the emails and letters
individually, and that these issues would be addressed in
6. Results of Convocation Elections for
Warden, Deputy Warden, Members of the
Council of Convocation
The Warden stated that Convocation elections are held
annually for the positions of Warden, Deputy Warden and
seven members of the 21 Council of Convocation. He indicated
that the Warden and Deputy Warden are elected for one-year
terms and each member of Council is elected for a three-year
term. Late last year an additional position become vacant on
Convocation Council due to the resignation of a Councillor
whose changed arrangements in her employment resulted
in the need to travel frequently to Melbourne for extended
periods. To obtain greater efficiencies in the conduct of
Convocation elections, during 2013 Convocation Council took
the decision to outsource this function to the WA Electoral
Commission and the arrangements remained in place for
the recent election.
Election of Warden
The Warden announced that this year there had been two
nominations for the position of Warden and the WA Electoral
Commission had recently advised that he had been re-elected
as the Warden of Convocation for another one-year term.
The Warden thanked those who believe that his continuity in
this role was beneficial especially during the implementation
of the Convocation Council’s reform program.
Election of Deputy Warden
The Warden then reported that Mr Paul McCann AM, Deputy
Warden of Convocation for the past three years, had decided
not to continue as Deputy Warden and therefore did not
contest this election. This was due to the overlapping roles of
his other voluntary commitments including his election as the
WA President of Ice Hockey Australia and Western Australia’s
National Delegate to Ice Hockey Australia which required
frequent interstate travel. Three nominations were received
for the vacant position and the WA Electoral Commission
has recently advised that Dr Joan Pope OAM was elected as
Deputy Warden for a one-year term.
Elections for members to the Council
of Convocation
The Warden indicated that normally there are elections
for seven positions each year, but due to the resignation of
one member of Council late last year, there are currently
eight positions vacant on Council. He stated that after the
completion of counting, the WA Electoral Commission advised
that the following candidates had been elected as members of
the Council of Convocation:
• Dr Libby Feutrill
• Dr Susan King
• Councillor Julie Mathieson
• Dr Agi Gedeon
• Dr Doug McGhie
• Ms Nee Nee Ong
• Dr Mark Andrich
• Mr Peter Robinson
The Warden congratulated all the new Councillors and then
paid tribute to the following members of Convocation Council
who completed their terms this year:
• Mr Paul McCann AM as the Deputy Warden
• Mr Robert Johnson
• Mr Chuan Ong
• Mr Ian Passmore OAM
• Mr Ashok Desai
On behalf of Convocation Council, the Warden thanked each
of these retiring Councillors for their contribution over the
time they have been on Council:
• to Mr Paul McCann AM, who had undertaken the role of
Deputy Warden and Convenor of the Statutes Committee
for the past three years
• to Mr Robert Johnson, for his wise counsel as an active
member of the Membership and Engagement Committees
as well as his work on the Strategic Planning Working Group
• to Mr Ian Passmore OAM for contributing his knowledge of
the University and associated organisations
• to Mr Chuan Ong and to Mr Ashok Desai for contributing
their business expertise in their efforts to make
Convocation more financially self-sufficient.
The Warden congratulated Dr Pope on her election.
Attachment A
the reports presented at the meeting which hopefully would
address many of thes concerns.
7. Vice-Chancellor’s report
In his address Professor, Paul Johnson highlighted the
following items that related to his report.
into the community in Western Australia. Professor Johnson
stated that if there was no UWA, there would be no Perth
International Arts Festival, there would be no events such as
the Giants or, as this year, the event that opened the festival,
Home, down on Langley Park which was a celebration of the
state’s history over the millennia, a celebration articulated by
artists who are all Western Australians. The Vice-Chancellor
stated that 2015 was a remarkably successful year for the
University across all these key areas.
Overall Performance of the University in 2015
Securing Success White Paper
The Vice-Chancellor stated that based on many indicators,
2015 was the most successful year that this University
had had in its more than a century of achievement. The
University had moved up one place in the academic ranking
of world universities, an international recognition of research
excellence, and over 50 places in the Times Higher Ranking of
Universities. Its receipt of competitive research grant funding
from the Australian Research Council and National Health
and Medical Research Council had also increased. By all these
measures, UWA’s research performance which was already at
an exceptionally high level, had improved yet again.
The Vice-Chancellor then said 2015 was also a year with
challenges, and that the most significant challenge for this
university is the challenge of sustainability. He asked how
we could ensure that UWA, which has served the state of
Western Australia and the people of Western Australia for
more than a century, would continue to serve the people of
Western Australia over the next century? According to the
Vice-Chancellor, at present, the University is not in a financially
sustainable position. He stated that while the University
was not established to make money, it had to generate the
funds that would allow it to undertake the research, provide
the teaching and engage with the community in the future
at least to the same extent that we have done in the past
and ideally to a greater extent. He stated that UWA wants to
provide even better educational opportunities for students;
it wishes to undertake even more high impact research; and
wants to have even deeper engagement with the communities
here in Western Australia which support and interact with
the University.
The Warden next invited Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul
Johnson, to present his report. A copy of the text of the ViceChancellor’s report appeared at Attachment B of the First
Ordinary Meeting 2016 Booklet.
The Vice-Chancellor then outlined how the University
assesses the educational activities of the University. He stated
that all students are asked to complete regular surveys to
provide their feedback on the standards of teaching. Every
student is asked to fill in a survey at the end of each semester
for every unit that they’ve studied. In 2015, the results from
these internal surveys of students indicated an improvement
for the fourth year in a row.
The Vice-Chancellor said that that was a reflection of the huge
amount of effort put in by the academic staff and indeed the
professional staff of the University to ensure that students at
UWA get the very best teaching that we are able to offer, that
they prosper and benefit from that teaching and therefore
position themselves for their future careers wherever those
careers take them. He also indicated that once UWA students
graduate, they enter the labour market with the highest
graduate salaries for new labour market graduate entrants
of any university in Australia, which is again a tremendous
measure of success.
Engagement with the Community
The Vice-Chancellor then referred to the third pillar of the
University’s activities - engagement with the community. Last
year in 2015, the University was responsible for the largest
public cultural event in the state’s history conducted as part
of the Perth International Arts Festival. He indicated that the
Giants, the public art element at the opening of the Perth
International Arts Festival, brought 1.4 million people into
the centre of Perth over a three-day period. He cited this as
another indication of the value that the University puts back
The Vice-Chancellor said that in order to achieve these
objectives, the University would need to make sure that it has
adequate internal resources. He recalled that last year at the
same period, Federal Parliament was in the middle of a debate
about University Funding Reform. Although that debate has
faded, the Vice-Chancellor, as a reminder, pointed out that
the cuts of 20% in public funding for domestic undergraduate
students proposed in the 2014 budget, were still written into
the forward financial estimates of the Government and might
still be introduced through Parliament. He suggested that If
that happened, then UWA along with every other university
would suffer a serious major financial hit.
The Vice-Chancellor then indicated that in October 2015, he
produced a paper called Securing Success which is available
on the University’s website. He stated that it set out aspects
of the University’s resource position; how UWA earns money,
how UWA spends that money, how the University allocates
that spending across different areas of activity and some of
the challenges that ensue from that pattern of earning and
spending. He noted that the pattern has changed over time,
largely because the external environment has changed and
the information in the paper showed that compared to our
The Vice-Chancellor indicated that the paper set out the
circumstances that UWA needed to address. In February,
he launched a proposal around renewal which aimed to
reposition the University to ensure that it would have a
sustainable future. He indicated that there is still a lot to be
done around renewal, as the University Senate had only
recently endorsed the proposals for the renewal program
which would guide activity through the rest of this year.
The Vice-Chancellor stated that while the fundamental
purpose of the University is an academic purpose, it cannot
carry out this fundamental purpose unless it has the
resources to do it. UWA would be a hollow institution if it
were to become nothing more than a label, nothing more
than an image, nothing more than an historical memory. The
Vice-Chancellor said that it is his responsibility, and that of
everyone associated with the University, to ensure that the
future of the University is stronger, even stronger than it has
been in the past. He stated that the actions contained in the
renewal program are aimed towards that end.
UWA Sports
The Vice-Chancellor then reported on actions the University
has taken around UWA Sports. Up until 1996, because of
legislation concerning voluntary student unionism and the
funding of student unions, the Guild was responsible for
student activities including sporting activities. In 1996, an
independent incorporated association called UWA Sports and
Recreation was established to run the sporting activities of the
University which effectively split the Guild away from sports
and recreation. This, the Vice-Chancellor said, was done to
respond to legislation.
Over time, that organisation has provided great service.
However, over the last couple of years, the Vice-Chancellor
stated that he had received feedback particularly from
graduates of the University who have a deep involvement with
the sports clubs regarding a sense of dissatisfaction about
the way in which UWA Sports and Recreation was supporting
the sporting activities of the University. As a result, a major
review of UWA Sports and Recreation was undertaken, and
it proposed a fundamental change. In June of last year, UWA
Sports and Recreation was dissolved and a new entity, UWA
Sports which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University
was established. A new General Manager was appointed to
UWA Sport and now we have integration of UWA sporting
activities and facilities through UWA Sports.
Review of Courses
The Vice-Chancellor then highlighted the review of courses
that were undertaken last year. At the beginning of 2012,
the University introduced an entirely new curriculum and
collapsed over 60 separate undergraduate degrees into just
four principal Bachelor’s degrees in Arts, Design, Commerce
and Science. Three years later, the University had its first
cohort of students graduating from that program. It undertook
a review in the latter part of last year with independent
reviewers from both Melbourne and Sydney as part of the
review panel. The Vice-Chancellor said that it was a very
illuminating review as it showed that students really like the
structure of the program and the fact that they can make for
themselves a program of study within the structures of the
degrees that provide them unique opportunities to pursue
their interests and enthusiasms and indeed to position
themselves in the labour market.
The Vice-Chancellor reported that the review also showed
that in some respects, we were providing too much choice. He
then stated that the University would be doing some work to
ensure that students have opportunities to be clearly guided
through the degrees, but not have their choices constrained.
The Warden thanked the Vice-Chancellor for his report and
noted that the Vice-Chancellor would take questions on his
report during the Q&A session later in the meeting.
8. Guild President’s report
The Warden invited the Guild President, Ms Maddie
Mulholland, to present her report to Convocation. Miss
Mulholland spoke to her report, a copy of which was
provided at Attachment C of the First Ordinary Meeting 2016
agenda booklet.
Ms Mulholland commenced her talk by first outlining the
activities of the Guild. She stated that the Guild is a vibrant
hub of student innovation, creating incredible student culture.
For 103 years, the Guild has been a strong voice for students,
communicating their feedback and ideas to the University.
The Guild has supported students and provided them with
opportunities to engage with peers and become more
employable, and chances to try new things and have fun. She
stated that 2016 was proving to be no different, and that the
Guild was continuing to stride forward with new initiatives and
priorities to give students a complete experience and ensure
students have a fantastic time while studying at UWA, getting
the support they need in a challenging part of their life.
Attachment A
peers, the other group of eight universities, UWA has lower
revenue per student and higher staffing costs than these
universities. The Vice-Chancellor stated that if UWA has
higher costs and lower revenue then it does not have the
same amount of free resources to invest in scholarships, to
invest in new academic positions, to upgrade the buildings,
and to spend the ever-growing amounts required for
information technology.
PROSH
Ms Mulholland reported that in a fortnight the Guild
would be celebrating the 85th year of the important and
memorable UWA tradition, PROSH, with this year’s theme
being “Pursue ImPROSHable”. Students were using the new
Club Collaborative Zone to finalise the work and layout of
the newspaper.
Pelican Magazine
In addition to the annual PROSH newspaper, the other
publication the Guild produces is Pelican, the student
magazine. Ms Mulholland informed us that The Guild’s Pelican
editors are building on the work of previous editors to pull
Pelican into the digital world and have the capacity to share
their content with current and past students, as well as the
broader community. Ms Mulholland encouraged all to visit the
website for the Pelican at www.pelicanmagazine.com.au.
Club Collaborative Zone
In February, Ms Mulholland was delighted to co-open the new
Club Collaborative Zone with former Guild Councillor and
UWA graduate, Mrs Janet Holmes à Court AC. The new Club
Collaborative Zone is a facility that is designed for the 138
clubs and societies affiliated with the Guild.
The Club Collaborative Zone contains meeting rooms,
production spaces, work and collaboration spaces, and
storage to provide a home base and innovation incubator
for student activity at UWA. It is one of the only facilities of its
type in Australia. The Guild is proud to be leading the way in
fostering the innovative and exciting student culture that is so
unique to UWA.
She stated that the next refurbishment project is the Tavern,
in advance of its 100th anniversary next year.
In the first four months of the year, the Guild had already
had extremely high levels of engagement with students.
Ms Mulholland shared some figures to show what students
are involved in:
• The Guild currently has 138 affiliated Clubs and
Faculty Societies;
• Who collectively had 8,431 sign-ups at O-Day alone;
• And who have run 166 events so far this year, excluding
small discussion groups and stalls;
• Guild Volunteering has been inundated with interest, and
currently has 207 community partners, and 70 volunteering
roles currently listed;
• The Guild is aiming for a target of 10,000 volunteering hours
this semester;
• The Student Assist team have helped students with 158
cases of academic, welfare and financial support.
• They have also handed out over 11,000 free Guild diaries!
Ms Mulholland stated that the Guild’s major education
campaigns and projects are:
• Working to get the best outcomes for students in the UWA
Renewal Project;
• Providing ongoing student input to the implementation of
the Review of Cycle 1 Courses and the new university-wide
Assessment Policy;
• Identifying facilities around campus that are in need of
upgrade and helping with the vision for this campus;
• Contributing to the development of an easier special
consideration procedure;
• Working with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education,
Alec Cameron, to continually improve teaching quality
and involve students in this process;
• Supporting the redevelopment of the Reid Library
Collaborative study and work zone;
• Providing input on the student concerns of a new
Academic Calendar;
• Producing a “Know Your Rights” guide to
University policies;
• Opposing Fee Deregulation and any reduction to
funding of the higher education sector; and
• Supporting Faculty Societies with any facultyspecific issues.
She stated that these were just the Guild’s significant projects,
and that they have many smaller, ongoing ones. The Guild uses
surveys and forums to collect data on what students need,
and works hard with the University and Faculty Societies to
put students first on the agenda.
The Guild also offers food and beverage services to students,
right from Orientation through to their graduation ceremony
– and they have been making significant improvements to
their offerings based on continual feedback from students
and the University.
Outside of the day-to-day activities of students, she stated
that the Guild also works with Convocation Council to enhance
the transition between being students to being graduates.
The main project the Warden and the Guild President would
be carrying out throughout 2016, is developing a way for
students involved in Guild clubs to continue their connection
to that interest area once they become graduates. They see
this as a great way for graduates to maintain their connections
with their peers, students who have similar passions and the
University. Ms Mulhollandsaid she hoped that by the time she
attends the Second Ordinary Meeting this year, she would
have more information on how to make this happen!
The Guild is also working on a Guild Alumni Network to bring
together the campus leaders over their 103 year history.
The Warden thanked the Guild President for her report and
again asked the audience to hold their questions until the Q&A
session later in the meeting.
9. Guest speaker
Due to his ministerial commitments, the guest speaker for
the evening, the Honourable Peter Collier MLC the Minister for
Education, Aboriginal Affairs and Electoral Affairs, arrived at
6.30 pm and was scheduled to depart no later than 7.30pm.
As a result, the Warden invited the Minister to deliver his
address “The Role of the State in Higher Education”. This was
recorded and is available on the Convocation website at
www.convocation.uwa.edu.au
The meeting resumed after the Minister’s address.
10.Warden’s report
The Warden, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, spoke
to his report. A copy of the Warden’s Report appeared at
Attachment D of the First Ordinary Meeting agenda booklet.
The Warden indicated that an electronic version of the agenda
reports was now available on the Convocation website one
week before these meetings so that graduates could peruse
them if they wished before coming to the meeting. He stated
that this overcomes the substantial cost involved in mailing
the agenda booklet out to all graduates whilst still enabling
graduates to access this information prior to the meeting.
Over the past 12 months, a number of reviews have been
initiated to ensure that the University is achieving the optimum
balance in fully informing those graduates who wish to be
informed without unduly annoying those do not wish to be
bombarded by emails, letters and magazines from UWA.
UWA Magazines Review
One of the most important of these reviews with respect
to communicating with graduates was that initiated by the
University to evaluate the magazines that it produces, including
the Uniview magazine that is distributed to all graduates. He
stated that Professor Terri-ann White, the Director of UWA
Publishing, was appointed to undertake this review.
As the elected representatives of graduates, Convocation
Council has been one of the main groups consulted as part of
the review, in order to provide feedback on the content, format
and timeliness of Uniview.
During the course of the review, he indicated that Professor
White had met with Convocation Council on two occasions
and had two further meetings with key members of Council. In
addition, an appropriately qualified member of Convocation
Council, Mr Jim Paparo, was invited to be a member of the
Review Committee chaired by Professor White.
Based on the feedback derived from these consultative
sessions, one of the key recommendations arising from the
review is for UWA to continue with printed editions of Uniview
but to have it linked to a website in a similar manner to the
Bostonia magazine produced by the University of Boston
for its graduate community. He indicated that his written
report detailed the website address for the Bostonia for those
members interested in this example.
Review of Friends Groups
Rather than going through his report in detail, the Warden
briefly highlighted a number of important developments that
Convocation Council has addressed on behalf of graduate
body since the last Ordinary Meeting.
Another recent review undertaken of interest to graduates, was
the review of Friends Groups announced by the Vice-Chancellor
at the Second Ordinary Meeting for 2015. This review,
conducted by UWA Senator Dr Sue Boyd, aimed to identify the
role and functions of the various Friends Groups and to prepare
recommendations on the resource requirements and support
these Groups require to effectively undertake their functions.
The Warden stated that an important part of Convocation’s
role is to keep graduates informed of developments at UWA
and to provide feedback to the University on those issues that
impact on graduates and other members of Convocation.
Dr Boyd’s report was considered by the Senate on 14th March
and has now been distributed to all interested parties. He
indicated that this report would be considered by Convocation
Council at its next meeting.
Like all organisations, UWA now uses a variety of electronic
and printed material to communicate with its stakeholders.
Finding the right balance between these communication
channels is one of the current challenges being considered by
the University.
Review of University Acts
Another significant review which is understood to be underway
is the review of the legislation governing UWA – the UWA Act.
Attachment A
To wrap up her presentation of the evening, Ms Mulholland
played a video that one of the Guild clubs – WASTV – created
on O-Day. WASTV filmed this video on equipment that
they were able to purchase from an Alumni Funds Grant.
Ms Mulholland said of the video that she thought it exemplified
the excitement of student life and the importance of the UWA
Student Guild.
The Warden stated that during 2015, the University was
informed that the State Government was undertaking a
review of all the Acts that govern the arrangements for each
university in Western Australia. The catalyst for this review
were requests received from Curtin and Murdoch Universities
for amendments to be drafted to their legislation to meet their
future needs for development on their respective sites.
Since then, the terms of reference of the review was widened
to consider many other aspects including the size and
composition of the governing councils of each University.
He indicated that full details of what is proposed would only
become publicly available once the proposed amendments
to the legislation for each university were tabled in State
Parliament. The latest advice received from the State
Government was that this was unlikely to occur before May
2016 due to a back-log of other legislative priorities.
However, the Warden stated that once details of these
proposals were publicly released, Council would keep
graduates informed on the implications for Convocation.
Review of Graduation Ceremonies
Another review mentioned by the Warden was that being
conducted to evaluate arrangements for the graduation
ceremonies undertaken each year at UWA. This was prompted
by the significant increase in the number of graduation
ceremonies resulting from the new course structure with
many students now obtaining both an undergraduate and
post-graduate qualification (and therefore attending two
graduation ceremonies).
The Warden stated that as a result the number of graduation
ceremonies had increased from 7-10 ceremonies in past
years, to 23 ceremonies this year. The time and resources
required from University personnel to attend and manage
this number of ceremonies has become the catalyst for an
evaluation of how to improve the process whilst ensuring that
the unique UWA graduation experience is maintained and
hopefully enhanced.
He indicated that a Working Group had been established with
representatives from all sectors of the University involved with
organising graduation ceremonies. Chaired by the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor Community & Engagement Professor Kent
Anderson, this Group also includes representatives of all
stakeholders including the Student Guild and Convocation.
The Warden mentioned that the review is still underway with
specific improvements being trialled at individual graduation
ceremonies held during 2016 with a view to more permanent
arrangements being implemented during 2017.
Convocation Day
The Warden stated that Convocation Day celebrates the
anniversary of the first meeting of Convocation which was
held on 4th March 1913. This year, Convocation Day fell on
a Friday in a week surrounded by graduations. As a result, a
decision was taken to undertake only a low-key celebration
with the intention to plan a major event for next year, when
Convocation Day will fall on a Saturday.
He announced that this year Convocation commenced an
annual tradition by inviting the President of the Guild to
plant a tree on the campus to symbolise the close working
relationship between Convocation Council and the Students
Guild. A native red flowering gum tree was planted by UWA’s
103rd Guild President, Ms Maddie Mulholland, in a location
between the UWA Guild Tavern, Refectory and Shenton House.
The Warden indicated that an annual tree planting ceremony
to celebrate Convocation Day is fitting for a University known
for its beautiful grounds. The timing is also apt, with the
event falling at the same time as UWA graduation ceremonies
– ceremonies where graduands receive their degrees and
automatically become members of Convocation.
He indicated that planning has already commenced for
Convocation Day next year with the objective of encouraging
all graduates to return to UWA by having a Saturday full
of activities.
Strategic Plan
At the last Ordinary Meeting, the Warden reported on another
initiative - the development of the Strategic Plan as a “work
in progress”.
He was therefore delighted to announce the approval of`
the Strategic Plan by Convocation Council and a summary
one-page version was included in the Agenda Booklet
and on the Convocation website for the information of
Convocation members.
He indicated that the Plan is based on the key initiatives
outlined in UWA’s Strategic Plan and is directly linked to the
sections of the UWA Act and Statutes which designate the
roles and functions of Convocation.
In parallel with the development of this Strategic Plan, he
indicated that Convocation Council had taken a decision
to re-align its committee structure so that they could more
effectively deliver the desired outcomes of the Strategic Plan.
As a result, Convocation Council was looking forward to fully
implementing these plans once the new Council commenced
its deliberations at their next meeting.
The Convocation Officer’s report appeared as Attachment E
of the First Ordinary Meeting 2016 booklet. This report
contains a list of graduates whose whereabouts have become
unknown since the last Ordinary Meeting. Those attending
the meeting were asked to review the list and to notify the
Convocation Officer, Ms Juanita Perez, if the contacts details
of any graduates listed in this report were known to them.
12.Other business
Convocation Medal to Ms Trea Wiltshire
As the first item of Other Business, the Warden indicated that
he wished to honour a special individual who has over the
past 23 years worked with Convocation and many Wardens,
reporting news, events and activities about UWA, its staff,
students and graduates.
As Editor and journalist of Uniview since its inception in
1993, he announced Ms Trea Wiltshire had been an integral
part of both the University’s and Convocation’s efforts to
communicate the value and significance of UWA’s role as the
State’s premier tertiary education institution.
He stated that Trea had been in this role for so long, that it was
hard to imagine that she had a life before Uniview. However,
he then provided a brief overview of her life before settling in
Western Australia, including details of her birth in China, her
childhood in Africa and her education at Rhodes University in
South Africa and her return to the United Kingdom.
He stated that while she commence her career as a journalist
in the United Kingdom, she subsequently relocated to Hong
Kong where she went from reporting for the English language
South China Morning Post and editing features for the Sunday
Post Herald in Hong Kong, to editing in flight magazines for
Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Thai International,
and writing the first of many books.
Since her arrival in WA as a freelance journalist in the early
1970s, Trea had built a strong journalistic reputation within
the community as Editor of ARTIFACTS, the journal of the
Cultural Development Council; Arts Editor of The Western
Mail newspaper; Publicist for the WA Ballet Company; Editor
of WA Ballet News; Publicist for the WA Museum; Editor of the
publication ‘Your Museum’; Perth correspondent for Vogue
Living; freelance travel writer for Cathay Pacific’s ‘Discovery’
magazine, the Sheraton Hotel’s Marco Polo Sojourn, the Hong
Kong Tatler, and the Far East Traveller.
The Warden indicated that from UWA’s point of view, her
greatest contribution has been as the Editor of Uniview.
Her contribution to the greater understanding of science,
engineering, literature, the arts and medicine, in fact all
aspects of university life, have earned her great respect.
Her capacity to explain in clear concise language, the most
technical and complex matters has endeared her to many
readers. They have enjoyed her in depth articles on research
and researchers, as well as UWA’s academic and professional
staff. Indeed, in the most recent survey of UWA graduates,
more than two-thirds indicated that they read and valued the
Uniview magazine.
The Warden announced that it was the view of Convocation
Council that Trea Wiltshire’s significant contribution to
Convocation and the University over more than two decades
warranted substantial recognition. He then invited Ms Trea
Wiltshire to the stage to accept the Convocation Medal
for her contribution as the Editor of Uniview in facilitating
communication with graduates and the other members
of Convocation.
50th Reunion of the Graduates of 1966
On behalf of Convocation Council, the Warden sought
assistance in locating graduates who graduated in 1966 and
who the Council wish to invite to the 50 Year reunion which will
be held this year on 8th October 2016.
He stated that the graduates for whom we do not have contact
details were listed on page 22 and 24 of the Agenda booklet.
The Warden asked anyone who knew how to contact any of
these graduates to please contact Mrs Pauline Tremlett via the
contact details contained on that page.
Before proceeding to the Q&A session, the Warden asked if
there were any other items of Other Business that any member
of Convocation wished to raise. As no further items were
raised, the Warden invited the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor
and the Guild President on to the stage to answer questions
from the audience.
13.Q & A session
The Warden opened the Q&A session by inviting all those
who wished to ask questions to wait for the microphone
(as the session was being recorded), to stand and state
their name for attribution in the minutes, and to keep their
questions brief and to the point so that in the time available
as many members of Convocation as possible could have the
opportunity to ask questions.
Question 1:
Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM asked the question of
the Vice-Chancellor: “are you able to tell us the results of the
enrolments for this year at undergrad and postgrad level?”
Attachment A
11.Convocation Officer’s report
Response:
The Vice-Chancellor replied that international enrolments are
up on last year by 23-24%. Domestic postgraduate enrolments
are up about 14%. Domestic undergraduate enrolments are
down by about 7%, particularly focused in arts.
He indicated that we don’t yet have comparative data across
the country, but it does look as if there is a general national
trend against enrolment in arts and humanities courses.
Now it is unclear what may be driving this, but the messages
from government regarding the national innovation and
science agenda and the emphasis on STEM subjects (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths), is sending a very
clear message. He thought it was actually an inappropriate
message to young people in high schools, to choose practical
and innovative subjects or what they consider to be innovative
rather than the arts and humanities. He stated that the
Academy of the Humanities has been emphasising that the
appropriate acronym should not be STEM but STEAM, we
need Arts in there as well as Science, Technology, Engineering
and Maths.
The Vice-Chancellor stated that we should look at where
wealth is generated in the economy, and where employment
is generated, and that actually there is very little employment
generated in Australia directly out of science. He indicated
that we don’t have big pharmaceutical companies or very
large IT companies in Australia, but Australia does have a very,
very large culture and tourism industry as well as a very large
communications industry. He indicated that these are the
sorts of subjects that Arts graduates go into, and take the skills
that they acquired in arts and humanities subjects, directly
into the workplace.
He stated that there is a major job to be done by the Academy
of the Humanities, and indeed, the Academy of the Social
Sciences to align with what the government is doing with
the national innovation and science agenda. Nevertheless,
he stated that there is a real risk that we will lose the focus
in high schools around the humanities and social sciences
and thought that this would be to the enormous long-term
detriment of the nation.
Question 2:
Ms Devon Cuneo asked a follow-up question to the ViceChancellor regarding the role of the Faculty of Arts in providing
electives for the doctors, engineers and scientists so that they
are choosing their electives from the Arts Faculty even though
it’s not their major faculty.
Response:
The Vice-Chancellor responded that within the context of
UWA’s degree structure, it is the objective of every Faculty to
provide electives and to provide the core majors. He stated
that it’s not the job of any part of the University just to teach
electives. In fact in the Arts Faculty that certainly isn’t the
case because the majority of students will be taking majors
in arts. It is more of an issue in mathematics, in the School
of Mathematics and Statistics because in this university and
in every university, a large part of mathematics teaching is
essentially service teaching. He indicated that if you are now
studying biochemistry, if you are studying economics, if you
are studying engineering, if you’re studying physics – you need
to do some maths. Therefore he stated the challenge in all
mathematics departments is how to manage the balance of
having very large first year units in maths, which essentially
is service teaching, but also making sure you are delivering
the high-end maths units for those students who will go on
to masters and PhD.
Question 3:
Mr Ian Warner then addressed a question to the Chancellor,
Dr Michael Chaney. He indicated that he was very interested
in the proposed changes to the constitution of the Senate and
specifically the proposal to reduce the number of Senators.
He wished to know whether that was an initiative of the
Senate itself?
Mr Warner also indicated that as he was a great believer in
incremental improvement rather than change, (a phrase
which he stated with a smile, was not his own, but that of a
significant business leader), he asked Dr Chaney whether the
proposed changes to reduce the numbers on the Senate will
lead to incremental improvement in the quality of the Senate?
Response:
The Chancellor responded by first making the point that
the term to which Mr Warner referred is actually logical
incrementalism. He stated that the answer to the first part of
the question is that the proposed changes are not an initiative
of the University or any of the universities except for Curtin and
Murdoch Universities where, as the Minister said, they have
no provision in their constitutions to conduct commercial
activities. Dr Chaney stated that UWA has always had that
provision and when it was discovered that Curtin and Murdoch
Universities had undertaken some activities that were said to
be ultra vires, (ie against their powers), that became the main
driver for change in the universities legislation.
He indicated that it all started about six or seven years ago
during Dr Liz Constable’s term as the Minister for Education,
and it has taken this long to develop drafts and provide
them progressively to the universities. Over the past year,
the first drafts UWA received were drafts of the Curtin Act or
amendments to the Curtin Act and UWA was informed that
some sections of the Curtin Act were likely to be reflected in
the other Acts but each university’s draft bill amendments
would be different.
He stated that the proposed changes would not preclude
having elections and if the proposed Bill was enacted and he
was still the Chancellor, he would argue for continuing with
the practice where in normal circumstances the President of
the Guild would be the student member on Senate. In a similar
manner he indicated that the President of the Postgraduate
Students’ Association would continue to be the second student
on the Senate. Dr Chaney also stated that he believed that the
Warden of Convocation should be on the Senate and he thought
that the nominations committee would say that the Warden was
one of the candidates that they should select.
The Chancellor reminded everyone that the Minister said he still
hasn’t made up his mind about compulsory elections versus
nominations and indicated that he was aware that there had
been representations to the Minister from staff and students
representatives to continue with elections.
Dr Chaney outlined his belief that reducing the size of the
Senate was a very important thing to do and referred to it as an
incremental improvement. His reason was that when you have
a body of 21, the ability to conduct a vigorous debate around
the table is really constrained. He stated that what happens is
that somebody makes a comment about an issue and that’s
their say because you’ve got to move on and give other people
a chance to comment. As a result, he indicated you have a quite
stilted and unproductive level of debate within the Senate.
With smaller numbers you can have a much more vigorous
and a much more searching discussion of the issues.
The Chancellor stated that a more searching discussion is not
always the thing that management of an organisation favours
but it is a much better way to govern. He thought that it was
important to have a Senate or a Council which is made up
of people with skills and backgrounds that enable them to
contribute and to provide assistance, advice, and critique to
the management of the organisation in a very active, vigorous
sort of way.
He indicated that he does think the changes are important and
he thought that there had been a fair bit of jumping at shadows
about the question of election versus nominations.
The Chancellor then made a final comment to address the
criticism that the Senate will become a closed shop and that
people will appoint their mates. He quoted what happens
in modern boards today where he noted that the days of
appointing your mates based on the old school tie network
have long gone. Dr Chaney indicated that what happens in
every responsible board is that people look around for the best
candidates to fill the skills gaps that exist on the board and try
and attract them to the organisation.
He quoted as an example the skills and knowledge available
from the appointed members of the UWA Senate. He praised
the contribution of people like John Inverarity, Sue Boyd, Sue
Murphy, Linton Hayes, and Michelle Dolan, who have been
appointed by the Government or co-opted by the Senate itself
because they have the skills and experience needed to govern
a billion dollar organisation. He concluded by stating his view
that the changes that have been proposed by the Minister
are responsible changes and would be of great benefit to
the University.
Question 4:
The next question was from Ms Felicity Farrelly who
commenced her question to the Chancellor by stating:
“If members are appointed and not elected by bodies such as
Convocation, then surely this could lead to a commercialisation
of the University Senate whereby the operative desire of the
Senate is no longer the desire for students to be the best,
the most innovative and for the greatest opportunity to be
given to them but it’s only about the commercial viability of
the University.” She stated that she hopes that the Act and
the legislation that’s put in place provides for the election
of Convocation members to the Senate of The University of
Western Australia because she thought that’s one of the best
things in the legislation.
Response:
The Chancellor commenced his response by saying “I don’t
really understand how you could conclude any inference
about commercialisation from what I said. My view is that the
University Senate should be made up of a range of people from
all sorts of backgrounds in order to have the sort of skills and
experience you need to tackle the multifarious issues that face
an organisation like this. For example amongst the appointed
members now we’ve got Sue Boyd who was a former President
of the Guild of Undergraduates ...”
Attachment A
He stated that while these were discussed at Senate, UWA was
in the dark about any changes to the UWA Act until quite recent
times when the University received a draft of the amendments
to the UWA Act which included reduction in the size of the
Senate. This corresponded to the proposed reduction in the size
of the governing councils at the other universities. He indicated
that specifically it was to reduce it to a maximum of 15.
Dr Chaney stated that he didn’t think that he was breaching
confidentiality by mentioning that fact. He indicated that the
proposed amendments also contained provisions that changed
the way people came onto the governing bodies. He indicated
that it didn’t specifically rule out elections. The changes
proposed the formation of a nominations committee and when
a vacancy arose, people would be able to express an interest
or apply to become a member of the Senate. He stated that
the nominations committee would maintain a list of potential
candidates and would select them from that list when a
vacancy arose.
Ms Felicity Farrelly then interjected, “If I understand you
correctly it will stay with voting appointments to Senate and
if that continues I think that’s great. We will continue then to
vote people on who have a love of the University greater than
any commercial stance.”
Response:
The Chancellor continued his response by saying: “Yes, the
draft Bill actually specifies that at least four members of the
governing council need to be graduates of the University.
At the moment, we have (I think) 14 graduates out of the 21
members of the Senate and I think we’d always have a lot
more than four graduates. Interestingly of course, all members
of the Senate are members of Convocation, so Convocation is
represented 100% on the Senate”.
Question 5:
The next question came from Mr Ray Tauss who praised the
University’s achievement in creating a Biodiversity Science
Institute for Western Australia. Directing his question to the
Vice-Chancellor because he mentions this achievement in his
report, Mr Tauss asked “Does the Senate’s decision to remove
biodiversity in the Underwood bushland (when in fact they
could have supported academic pursuits through bushland
preservation) contradict the academic interest in biodiversity
espoused by the University?”
Response:
In his response the Vice-Chancellor stated that the Senate
has made no decision on the Underwood Avenue bushland.
He noted that this was an issue that had been raised at both
Ordinary Meetings of Convocation last year and stated “There
has been no change since then in the University’s position
which is why I hadn’t put anything in my report because there
is actually nothing to report on that issue.”
Question 6:
Ms Anne Gunson asked whether there’s been any movement
to get rid of unprofitable subjects like the classics, Greek and
Latin because they don’t attract the financial returns of other
more profitable units?
Response:
In his response the Vice-Chancellor stated:
“No, because we don’t look at the subject offerings in terms
of profit or financial viability except in so far as we respond
to student choice; so for example, on Wednesday this week
I signed an agreement with the Spanish Ambassador to
Australia for the establishment of a lectureship in Spanish at
the University and so from the beginning of the 2017 academic
year we will be offering Spanish as a new language. Spanish, I
should point out, is not taught in any high school in Western
Australia or in any university so we are introducing a whole
new language program. Spanish, you will also know, is the
second most popular language in terms of language spoken at
home in the world yet you cannot study it in Western Australia.
He also indicated that UWA had introduced Korean three
years ago. In the first year it was offered we had 180 students
studying Korean, again not a subject taught in high school.
Language teaching is always expensive, but we have been
introducing more languages because we recognise that there
is both a real interest amongst students and a real need for us
to meet that interest.
Languages including classical languages have been one of the
fantastic success stories of the curriculum change introduced
in 2012. The number of students taking languages at least
for one unit and at least at beginner’s level has increased
enormously. Almost 20% of our undergraduates now study a
language at some point in the three years of undergraduate
study, and of course some of them go on to major in a
language. He stated that “demand for Latin has risen over
the last three years and is now very popular. Students are
interested in studying language not just for instrumental
reasons but they are interested in doing so because they find
it intellectually interesting. As long as students express an
intellectual interest in a subject, we will always endeavour to
maintain that subject in the University.”
Question 7:
An anonymous member of Convocation asked the following
question of the Vice-Chancellor. “The recent revelation of a
rather unwholesome relationship between the University of
Sydney Vet School and a pet food manufacturer which was
supporting it, highlights the dangers that can result when
the pursuit of money is regarded as more important than
properly disinterested enquiry. I would like to know what
procedures and policies this University has in place to prevent
its departments from that sort of corruption.”
Response:
The Vice-Chancellor responded by stating that: “Any gifts to
the University are looked at very closely with respect to a
structure of ethics approval so if someone gives funds to the
University (or a company gives funds to the University) then it
is a requirement that the donor cannot be a beneficiary in any
way from the gift. That part I think is quite easy.
Much more difficult, and this has been a challenge for
universities around the world, is where there is a commercial
sponsor of research. This has happened primarily in the area
of pharmaceuticals and actually Australian universities have
been much less subject to these pressures than European and
North American universities largely because we don’t have
large pharmaceutical companies working on any scale here
in Australia.
This University doesn’t undertake much by way of fee for
service activities, although in some cases, we do because it
is seen to have some associated academic benefit. But we
are very clear that the co-funding of research is quite distinct
from fee for service consultancy activities. And indeed with
consultancy activities we’re required by competition law
through the issue of competitive neutrality, we are required
(when considering consultancy activities), to ensure that
there is no cross subsidisation from the academic part of
the University to those consultancy services. So it’s quite
a rigorous structure. It is certainly the case that it will be
challenged and tested from time to time. We certainly at this
University have declined to engage in research linkages with
some external parties because we don’t feel that those parties
are prepared to accept the independence stipulations that the
University requires.”
Question 8:
Another anonymous member addressed the following
question to the Guild President: “With the possible change
proposed to the composition of the Senate, do you and the
Guild have any concerns that the student representation
would be reduced and would you prefer that it be increased
since the population of the University has increased over the
last umpteen years?”
Response:
The Guild President, Ms Maddie Mulholland responded by
stating that she had: “Many concerns, and the Chancellor and
I do disagree on this issue and we have discussed it. Actually
increasing the number of students on the Senate is a new idea
that I’ve heard tonight that I like, so currently we have three
student positions on the Senate, we have the Guild President,
the Postgraduate Student President and then a third student
who’s elected directly by the student body. I was that student
last year. That election is one of the main ways that students
know about the Senate and get engaged in what the Senate
does and I think that losing that particular election will lose
that student knowledge of the Senate and what it does, as well
as their feeling of involvement in directly electing their voice
for students on the Senate. I also do have concerns about
appointed versus elected for those reasons and I guess we’ll
have to see how it goes moving forward but you can expect to
see significant student protest and very vocal students when it
gets tabled in State Parliament”.
Concluding Remarks
Prior to the conclusion of the Q&A session, the Chancellor
asked if he could make some concluding remarks about the
University and the role of Convocation in supporting UWA.
He stated: “The Vice-Chancellor in his address talked about
what a hugely successful year it was last year at UWA. It’d be
fair to say that the publicity that we received in the press was
at least as negative as it was positive, and I think probably
more; and I wanted to tell you how frustrating members of the
Senate find that, for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, I wish to refer to the publicity that was generated
around the dismissal of some members of the staff. Let me
assure you that whenever an issue like that comes up in the
University, there’s a process that has to be followed. It’s a
very lengthy process, it goes over a number of months, and
inquiries are held, and reports are provided, and decisions are
made, and if the person concerned doesn’t like the decision,
they have a right of appeal and a committee of their peers is
established to review the decisions.
As the University went through this lengthy process, the
Senate was appraised of the cases concerned and was
always supportive of the actions being taken. Under the rules,
confidentiality is required of both parties, and the University
has always religiously maintained its duty of confidentiality.
However, I have to say that hasn’t always applied to the
other side. Whether it was the individual parties themselves
I can’t say, but stories ended up in the newspaper which told
a certain side of the argument and it is very, very frustrating
when you’re sitting in a position in the management of the
University, not to be able to respond to that sort of article with
any specifics because of confidentiality requirements. And
the result is that you get these articles in The West or in The
Post, and I find people commenting on how things are pretty
difficult at UWA.
Well that is not the view of the Senate, we think the
organisation is operating extremely well and importantly,
really tough decisions that need to be taken are being taken.
Now clearly anyone who’s affected in a negative way by tough
decisions doesn’t like it and all I’d say to you is that if you read
an article like that, before you assume it’s true, think about the
fact that on the Senate we have, as I said, many community
leaders, we’ve got the Warden of Convocation, we’ve got three
other elected Convocation members, staff and students and
the decisions that are taken are not at all in a vacuum. The
Senate is fully appraised of this actions and fully supportive
Attachment A
But we have very clear protocols in our research office. If a
contract is signed it will go through both the Research office
and the Legal office; it will be looked at to ensure that there
are appropriate governance structures in place. And we are
very clear that if there is co-funding of research then there has
to be a formalised agreement about ownership and control
of intellectual property, about the right to publish and so on.
In some cases it is clear that that is not being ceded by the
company to the University in which case it cannot be counted
or considered as co-funding of research. It is actually a
consultancy contract. It’s a fee for service payment.
and I wanted to say publicly that our view is that we have
an outstanding Vice-Chancellor, we have an outstanding
management team here and one of the really important
roles of Convocation is providing support to the University,
providing support to the Vice-Chancellor during times that
are really tough for the whole university sector and so I’d
encourage you to do that.
Our aim as a Senate and as the management of the University
is to ensure that in teaching and in research and in community
contributions, we’re second to none and that we perform with
excellence on all occasions. Thank you very much.”
Conclusion
Following the remarks of the Chancellor, the Warden
indicated that there was no further business, and therefore
declared the First Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2016
closed at 8.15pm, and invited all present to partake of the
refreshments provided.
Vice-Chancellor’s report
Board has endorsed this structure, which will be implemented
from the beginning of 2017. The four new faculties will be:
• Arts, Business and Law;
• Engineering and Mathematical Sciences;
• Science;
• Health and Medical Sciences.
Work is now underway on the Professional Service Delivery
work stream. This will change the way in which professional
services within the university are delivered to students,
staff and graduates. It is designed to make our internal
administrative processes more responsive to user needs, by
decentralising many responsibilities to new Service Delivery
Centres which will be directly aligned with the new faculties.
UWA renewal project
In February the UWA Senate approved proposals to modernise
the academic and administrative structure of the university,
and to improve the effectiveness of internal operations. This
decision was taken in recognition that the relatively high
costs and relatively low revenue of the university will, if not
addressed, compromise our ability to meet our educational,
research and community engagement objectives in the future.
It is worth noting that the most of the Group of Eight researchintensive universities are currently undertaking similar internal
reforms to better position themselves for a more challenging
financial future.
Since February extensive consultation has taken place with
staff, students and graduates around all aspects of the
Renewal Project. Three separate initiatives were announced
under the names of Academic Restructure; Methodology for
Evaluating Academic Roles; and Professional Service Delivery.
Separate work-streams were established for each initiative
and these led the project and drew on the expertise and
thought leadership of specialist academic and professional
staff from across the University.
The Methodology Project has been completed and Faculty
Deans and their teams have had many conversations with staff
whose performance has fallen short of the standards set by
the methodology. The Academic Restructure work stream has
received extensive input from colleagues across the university,
and after considering more than a dozen options, has
proposed a four-faculty structure for the University. Academic
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dawn Freshwater,
as well as the Renewal Project Team, have demonstrated
exceptional leadership in addressing the feedback from staff.
They have ensured equality in the methodologies across the
faculties; they have sought to ensure that each staff member’s
achievement relative to opportunity is understood; and
they have incorporated student interests throughout the
renewal proposals.
Federal election
In May, the Federal Government issued a broad issues paper
on the future of higher education which had the effect of
side-lining higher education in the election campaign. UWA
worked in close partnership with the Group of Eight to develop
a detailed brief for the Government on the main issues it needs
to address to provide funding security and certainty for the
sector. The Government’s forward financial estimates continue
to contain proposals for reductions of higher education
expenditure of over $2 billion, although these plans have
previously been rejected in the Senate.
Reid Library refurbishment
The refurbishment of the ground floor Reid Library has been
completed and opened to enthusiastic students on 1 August
2016. This refurbishment is a stellar example of the impact we
can have on the UWA student experience. From the moment
doors opened, students have embraced the modern, open
design and occupied every seat. The number of student spaces
for collaborative and informal learning has increased from 350
to 700. It has delivered significant improvements to the facilities,
technology and services offered to students, including upgraded
bathrooms, access to Wi-Fi and power and a new café.
Attachment B
Second Ordinary Meeting 16 September 2016
Facilities improvement program
Significant improvements to teaching facilities and toilet/
washroom amenities will be delivered from August 2016
to February 2017. The program of works is a response to
requests from all areas of the University. The work is expected
to include upgrades to more than 35 teaching and learning
spaces, including 5 lecture theatres; and modernisation and
improvements to 62 toilets/washrooms.
Strategic Plan for International Education
in WA
On 5th August I met with representatives from the Department
of Education Services to discuss the development of the State
Government’s strategic plan for International Education. The
Department is aiming for a whole of government approach,
which will include the Department of State Development,
Tourism WA and the Department of Training and Workforce
Development. Western Australia has lagged behind other
states over the past decade in the development of its
international education sector, and other state governments
have been more active in working with universities to develop
and promote international education strategies. This is a
welcome initiative from the State government.
Education
Recruitment
The Recruitment Team, led by Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Professor Kent Anderson, has been focussed on ensuring
greater clarity around UWA course offerings. I remain
confident that the significant changes made to our
undergraduate course structure in 2012, aligning it to an
international model, will best prepare our graduates for the
challenges of a changing world.
A post-implementation Course Review revealed that students
wanted clearer and faster pathways through combined
undergraduate and postgraduate study. Therefore, efforts
have focused on placing greater emphasis on exemplar
pathways to successful careers. We have developed a range of
new pathways for students who know what they want to do,
developed a new early offer program and a bonus for studying
higher level mathematics.
Direct Pathways
The options for undergraduate and postgraduate degree
packages, previously called ‘Assured Entry Professional
Pathways’, are now known as ‘Direct Pathways’. They
provide clear direction from application through one of five
undergraduate degrees into postgraduate study and onto a
career. Direct Pathways are designed for students who are
striving for a particular career and want clear direction and
the fastest route through to an internationally-recognised
professional qualification. They are designed to give students
more direction with regards to their course choices, especially
when applying through TISC. The Faculty of Medicine,
Dentistry and Health Sciences has introduced a new Medical
Science major at undergraduate level which will ensure a
shorter degree pathway. This new major cuts a full year off the
term of study, meaning students can achieve a medical degree
in six years.
On Friday 10 June 2016, along with Professor Kent Anderson
and Dean of Coursework Studies, Professor Grady Venville,
I met with 50 High School Principals to discuss the Direct
Pathways initiative and delivered each with an information
pack, which clearly explains the entry requirements for each
pathway and provides teachers, parents and students a
contact point should they require any further information.
Early offer
In May, UWA became the first Western Australian university to
introduce a new Engineering Direct Pathway early offer giving
students the opportunity to apply to the University based
on their predicated ATAR, not their actual ATAR. In meeting
with High School Principals, I explained that students whom
they predict will achieve an ATAR of 92 or higher and meet
the subject prerequisites, will receive an offer to enrol on the
Engineering Direct Pathway at UWA prior to sitting their WACE
exams. Many east coast universities have well-established
schemes for making early offers to year 12 students.
Mathematics bonus
I have been very concerned that year 12 high school students
may be tempted to take easier options in mathematic in
order to strategically gain an ATAR benefit – for example,
taking Mathematics Applications when they should be taking
Mathematics Methods. In collaboration with the other WA
universities and with the School Curriculum and Standards
Authority, we have agreed to offer bonus ATAR points for
students talking intermediate and higher level mathematics
at year 12 from 2017 onwards. This will support schools and
teachers in encouraging students to study mathematics in
senior high school, and will ensure that more students are well
prepared for their STEM studies at UWA.
ATAR transparency
On 10 August, UWA became the first university in WA and the
second in Australia to make publicly available its Australian
Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) entry data. Management made
the decision to put UWA’s ATAR data into the public domain,
A website has been established to provide details of UWA’s
median and lower and upper quartile ATAR scores by course,
as well as the percentage of students who gained entry to
the University based on an ATAR. This website will enable
students, parents and members of the community to see the
standards UWA places on gaining entry to one of the world’s
top 100 universities.
Based on this year’s enrolments at UWA, the overall median
ATAR for entry to UWA was 92.9. The median ATAR entry
for a Bachelor of Arts degree was 91; 90.1 for a Bachelor of
Commerce; 90.9 for a Bachelor of Science. The median ATAR
for an assured entry pathway into a Master of Professional
Engineering was 97 and Law was 98.3. Universities have
a responsibility to provide students, families and schools
with transparent and readily available information about
entry standards.
Semester 1 SURF results
Student evaluation of teaching and learning for semester 1
2016 again shows improvement on previous years. The SURF
survey reveals consistent increase in student satisfaction
across each year from semester 1 2012 (a score of 3.12) to
semester 1 2016 (a score of 3.25).
Research
Rankings
ARWU
On 15 August the 2016, the Academic Ranking of World
Universities was released by the Shanghai Ranking
Consultancy. I am pleased to say UWA remains in the top
1% of universities world-wide, having improved across
all performance indicators except two related to Nobel
prizes which remained the same as 2015. I commend the
University’s Researchers and their support teams for this
tremendous endeavour.
While our overall score improved on last year, our ranking has
shifted from 87th internationally and 4th nationally to 96th
and 6th respectively. This shift in ranking was predicted and
analysis has identified the reasons to be related to a change in
methodology regarding the highly cited researcher indicator.
This change has resulted in a significant positive impact on the
overall score for many universities but less so for UWA.
I want to reassure you that this is still a good result; UWA
remains a world-leading institution. What this shift does
reinforce is the ever-increasing competition among tertiary
institutions around the world to enter into, and subsequently
remain, in the top 100. This year saw two Chinese universities
enter the top 100 for the first time, and several more are
likely to follow in the next few years as China continues to
make unprecedented investments in world-class research.
We recognise the significant ongoing challenge to be
counted as one of the world’s best universities and as such
we are committed to further investment into our research
capability at UWA.
QS
The University has had six subjects ranked in the top 50 in
the QS World University Rankings by Subject, up from four
subjects last year. UWA’s subject areas of Engineering – Civil
and Structural, Engineering – Mineral and Mining, Agriculture
and Forestry, Psychology, Earth and Marine Sciences and
Anthropology have all ranked in the top 50. Of the 32 subjects
in which UWA was ranked, 17 were ranked within the top 100
universities globally, an increase in six from 2015. UWA also
featured in the world’s elite (top 200) institutions in 28 of 32
subjects ranked.
School of Music
For the first time, the School of Music at The University of
Western Australia is now in the top 100 universities in the
world for Performing Arts in the QS rankings and ranked
number one in Australia. This is an outstanding outcome for
all of the change and work that has been done by the staff and
the Head of School, Dr Alan Lourens, in the last five years.
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Program
Two UWA research hubs will form part of the Australian
Research Council’s (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research
Program. The $20 million hubs will be used for international
research and training in offshore oil and gas. The launch
of the hubs coincided with the world’s largest conference
on Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG18, held in Perth. The timing
highlighted Perth’s role as an energy city and that the new
hubs will add to the world-leading nature of Australia’s energy
expertise. The hubs will be powerful tools for connecting
research and industry with the partnership providing a
competitive edge for products, processes and services.
With $9.6 million in combined funding from ARC and nine
industry partners, the ARC Training Centre for LNG Futures will
be led by UWA’s Chevron Chair in Gas Process Engineering,
Professor Eric May. The centre will focus on cost effective LNG
production, at all scales, in remote or deep-water locations,
with 11 industry-driven research projects planned across
a five year period and training for 12 PhD students and five
research fellows.
Attachment B
following the Federal Government’s push for universities to
provide greater transparency in their admissions processes
amid claims that entry standards are slipping and students
with low ATARs are gaining entry to university courses.
The ARC Research Hub for Offshore Floating Facilities, to be
led by the University’s Shell EMI Chair in Offshore Engineering
Professor David White, will help ensure Australia play a leading
role in future offshore energy developments across the globe.
With $10 million in combined funding from the ARC and four
industry partners - Shell, Woodside, Lloyd’s Register and
Bureau Veritas - the centre will address the critical engineering
challenges associated with Australia’s next generation of
offshore oil and gas projects, which will require innovative
floating facilities.
International Research Training Program
More than 130 medical and health science students from
China and Vietnam spent August at UWA participating in a
research training program. This year’s program has attracted
137 students in clinical medicine, dental sciences, pharmacy
and laboratory medicine. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Medical School has sent 32 students, while there are 20
from Nanjing University, 16 from Shantou University Medical
College, 33 from Zhejiang University, 18 from Wenzhou Medical
University, 10 from Kunming Medical University, six from
Sun Yat-Sen University and two from Vietnam’s Pham Ngoc
Thach University.
The Winter School Program enables visiting students to
experience UWA’s research and learning, to understand the
process and requirements of PhD study at UWA, to develop
conceptual thinking on project design, scientific writing for
biomedical and clinical research and publication and to learn
techniques to enhance research at their home universities.
Since its inception in 2010, the program has led to increased
numbers of postgraduate students enrolling in biomedical
and health sciences at UWA.
Innovation
Western Australian Innovation Summit
On 28 July, I attended the Western Australian Innovation
Summit with Director of the Energy and Minerals Institute,
Mark Stickells. This Summit, hosted by Hon. Bill Marmion
MLA, Minister for State Development; Finance; Innovation,
brought a broad spectrum of industry, government, science,
health and education stakeholders to discuss, challenge, and
debate the prospects for growing the innovation economy
in WA. The State government has announced a $20 million
innovation fund, and the University is working with the
Minister for Innovation on ideas for the effective application
of this resource.
UWA-Bloom partnership
On 25 August 2016, I announced a partnership between the
University and Bloom, which will enable better opportunities
for our students to undertake entrepreneurial activities.
“Bloom” describes itself as a community of young people
creating amazing things. They provide workshops, co-working
space, mentoring and more to accelerate the growth of highpotential young entrepreneurs.
In just 12 months, Bloom has built a reputation as leaders
in student entrepreneurship. They have created not just a
space (at St Catherine’s College) within which to innovate,
but have also supported a growing culture of innovation. In
doing so, they have already helped many UWA entrepreneurs
thrive. As part of the UWA-Bloom partnership, we will work
on exciting new initiatives to encourage and support youth
entrepreneurship; develop UWA graduate attributes aligned
with enterprise and industry engagement; and foster
collaboration between UWA students, alumni and researchers
to develop a culture of research enterprise and impact.
WA Innovator of the Year
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from UWA and
the WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority have been
nominated as finalists in the WA Innovator of the Year. The
team is led by Agricultural Engineer and Assistant Professor
at UWA’s School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
Andrew Guzzomi, and they have been nominated for the
prestigious award for inventing a new technique for ‘flaming’
wild seeds. The flash flaming of seeds allows them to be used
more easily in replanting large tracts of land that needs to
be revegetated such as reclaimed mine sites and degraded
agricultural lands. Winners of the WA Innovator of the Year
program will be announced at a special awards ceremony
on Wednesday 2 November.
People, Resources
and Community
Gaye McMath
On 20th July 2016, Gaye McMath left UWA after completing
her role as Executive Director Perth Education City where
she successfully developed proposals for the creation of
high quality, purpose built student accommodation in the
Perth CBD. She engaged in this strategic role on behalf of the
Western Australian Higher Education Council, representing the
interests of all WA Universities.
Gaye joined UWA in 2004 as Executive Director Finance and
Resources and Chief Financial Officer and later moved into
She supported the financial capacity of the University by
establishing a debt facility to fund a major building and
refurbishment program including the UWA Business School,
Barry J Marshall Library, Harry Perkins Institute and the
Indian Ocean Marine Research buildings. She has left a lasting
legacy through developing college row, University Hall and
the Crawley village student accommodation to enhance the
overall student experience and improve our international
competitiveness. Significantly, she enhanced the Perth
community through the highly successful University Club and
the Perth International Arts Festival, including being part of
the core team bringing The Giants to our city in 2015.
Alec Cameron
On 15 August 2016, Professor Alec Cameron left UWA to
take up the position of Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
in Birmingham. Professor Cameron made an invaluable
contribution to the University since joining the University in
January 2013 from UNSW, where he had been Dean of the
UNSW Business School.
In particular, Alec has led the enhancement of our teaching
and learning experience by establishing the Education
portfolio with a clear focus on the UWA student experience.
He initiated the development of the Education Futures vision
resulting in the establishment of the Centre for Education
Futures and UWA’s entry into the Coursera partnership.
He steered a review and restructure of Student Services and
UWA Sport, leading to the new Student Life portfolio, and
fostered positive relations between the University and the
Student Guild. Between July 2013 and April 2014, Professor
Cameron also served as Acting Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor
during which time he led the development of the UWA 2020
Strategic Plan, and the last round of Enterprise Bargaining.
WA Premier’s Science Awards
Dr Scott Draper from UWA’s School of Civil, Environmental
and Mining Engineering was named Woodside Early Career
Scientist of the Year at the WA Premier’s Science Awards in
August. Dr James Fitzpatrick, from Telethon Kids Institute, was
also a finalist for this early career award.
Fellow from the UWA-affiliated Telethon Kids Institute,
and Professor David Sampson, Director of UWA’s Centre
for Microscopy.
In the ExxonMobil Student Scientist of the Year category all the
finalists were from UWA: Dr Christopher Brennan-Jones from
Ear Sciences Centre, Carl Blair from the School of Physics, Tim
Rosenow from Telethon Kids Institute and Melanie Walls from
the School of Women’s and Infants’ Health. The award was
won by Dr Christopher Brennan-Jones.
Helpmann Awards
Internationally recognised violinist and Artist-in-Residence
at the School of Music, Shaun Lee-Chen, and the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra have won a prestigious Helpmann
Award. Described as “one of the most exciting and inspired
violinists of his generation”, Mr Lee-Chen is concertmaster for
the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra which won the award
in the Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert
category for its French Baroque with Circa.
Mr Lee-Chen graduated from UWA in 2000 with First Class
Honours and the Lady Callaway Medal for Music, awarded
to the most outstanding student in the final year of an
undergraduate music degree. He also took out the ABC Young
Performer of the Year Award in 2007. He returned to UWA in
early 2015 to work closely with his former mentor, national
violin icon Professor Paul Wright, after being appointed Artistin-Residence.
Berndt Museum
Academic, artist and Ngarinyin / Gija woman Dr Vanessa
Russ has been appointed as the University’s first Aboriginal
director of the Berndt Museum in its 40 year history. The UWA
graduate, who was born and raised in the Kimberley, will now
head up one of the most important research collections on
Australian Aboriginal art and culture in the world.
Founded in 1976 from the personal collection of noted
anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt, the Berndt
Museum has grown to comprise of more than 11,500 objects
and 35,000 photographs from throughout Australia. Growing
up in the Kimberley, Dr Russ’ first gallery experience was
the rock art paintings of the Wandjina and people crafting
objects, singing and storytelling using drawings in the sand,
memories that have stayed with her throughout her life. Later,
she undertook her PhD through UWA, studying Australian
Aboriginal art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
A number of other leading researchers from UWA were
nominated as finalists for the Scientist of the Year award
including Professor Carol Bower, Senior Principal Research
Attachment B
the role of Chief Operating Officer. She has made a significant
contribution to UWA. She provided financial leadership
through the Global Financial Crisis and through the effective
management of the University endowment funds, growing the
philanthropic legacy of our predecessors and benefactors for
the benefit of future generations.
Rio Olympics
Kim Beazley
UWA had one student and four graduates representing
Australia at the Rio Olympic Games. Science student,
George Ford, of Cottesloe represented Australia in the
men’s water polo team. He joins engineering/commerce
graduate Fergus Kavanagh, of Nedlands, who made his third
Olympic appearance for the Kookaburras – Australia’s men’s
hockey team.
UWA and Perth USAsia Centre have welcomed the return of
former federal defence minister Kim Beazley to his alma mater
after serving as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States
for six years. Mr Beazley, who previously held the position
of professorial fellow of political science and international
relations at UWA, has re-joined the University as an Honorary
Fellow in UWA’s Law School.
Commerce graduate Deborah Tsai, of Waterford, was selected
for the synchronised swimming team and physical and health
education graduate Adam Commens, of Subiaco, coached
Australia’s women’s hockey team, the Hockeyroos, in his last
international tournament before stepping down.
In addition, Mr Beazley will take up an honorary appointment
as Senior Research Fellow with the Perth USAsia Centre based
at UWA. He will also be joining the Centre’s board of directors.
Mr Beazley will also join the international law teaching team
to deliver guest lectures in the Master of International Law
course as well as lecturing undergraduate students majoring
in law and society. He will also deliver guest lectures in the
Faculty of Arts in Master of International Relations units on US
foreign policy, international relations in the Asia-Pacific and
international relations more broadly.
Law/commerce graduate Heidi Gan, of Dianella, represented
Malaysia in the open water swimming event. Another seven
athletes attending Rio were members of UWA-affiliated clubs,
including UWA Fencing Club president Tuko Maia, appointed
Rio 2016 Event Test: Fencing Team World Championships; UWA
Swimming Club members Blair Evans and Tamsin Cook; and
UWA Hockey Club members Dan Beale, Jodie Kenny, Georgia
Morgan and Kirsty Dwyer.
The University is extremely proud of its students and
graduates who participated in the Rio Olympic Games and we
continue to believe that strong athletes make great students.
Pulse Ambassador,
Professor Kadambot Siddique
Professor Kadambot Siddique has become a United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) special
ambassador. Professor Siddique, Director of the UWA Institute
of Agriculture, is now a special ambassador for pulses as part
of the 2016 International Year of Pulses. He received his special
ambassador designation on April 18 at the international
conference on Pulses for Health, Nutrition and Sustainable
Agriculture in Drylands in Marrakesh, Morocco. The conference
was a gathering of world experts aiming to use science,
investments, policy and markets to boost pulse production in
developing countries.
Professor Siddique’s role as special ambassador will be to
raise awareness of the contribution that pulses make to
food security and nutrition. This includes talking about the
benefits of pulses on climate change, human health and
environmental sustainability. The appointment is recognition
of Professor Siddique’s outstanding contribution to Australian
and international agriculture, leading innovative research
in production agronomy and development and breeding of
pulses and cereal crops.
Mr Beazley’s longstanding interest in US history and politics
began during his studies at UWA and as a Rhodes Scholar. His
Master’s thesis focused on the Australia-US Alliance.
40 Under 40 Winner
Dr John van Bockxmeer, 30, a UWA graduate from Port
Hedland, is one of 40 people recognised in the 2016 40under40
Awards. Dr van Bockxmeer was awarded an ‘Inspiring
Possibilities’ award from a strong field at a gala dinner
attended by business people and nominees.
He was recognised for his contribution to creating healthier
communities through the creation of ‘Fair Game’ and through
his volunteer work in the community. ‘Fair Game’ is a not-forprofit organisation that supports remote and disadvantaged
communities, and was established in 2010. The organisation
supports health education and fitness through the donation
of recycled sports equipment. Dr van Bockxmeer runs the
organisation with support from 180 volunteers, outside of
his full-time employment as a remote emergency doctor in
Port Hedland.
In the Zone, Jakarta
UWA graduates were well represented at the 2016 West
Australian of the Year Awards during celebrations for WA
Day on 6th June, including the overall 2016 winner, Adjunct
Professor Adrian Fini OAM.
The complex and challenging issue of ‘Feeding the Zone’ was
the subject of a one-day discussion in Jakarta, Indonesia on
16th May 2016 as part of the Perth USAsia Centre’s In the Zone
2016 event, in partnership with the Foreign Policy Community
of Indonesia. More than 1000 delegates from government,
business and academia convened to discuss strategic
solutions to food and water security in the Indo-Pacific zone.
Adjunct Professor Fini has been a tireless supporter of the
University through his roles as Board member for the Business
School, the Perth International Arts Festival, the New Century
Campaign Committee and the Australian Urban Design
Research Centre. He has made an enormous contribution
to the state through property development, particularly
through the recent restoration of some of Perth’s best historic
buildings. He has pushed to invigorate Perth and its CBD and
I am delighted and proud that graduates like Adrian Fini have
successfully built on their education to become courageous
leaders in our community.
Professor Stephen Smith, Former Minister for Defence and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia, moderated a panel of
regional thinkers in international co-operation, saying that
Asia and Australia had many opportunities to transfer and
share knowledge and heighten collaborations across research,
inter-agency support and global trading systems.
Professor Paul Johnson
Vice-Chancellor
Other graduates recognised for their outstanding
achievements and contributions to WA are Mr Warwick
Helmsley who received the Arts and Culture Award; and Dr
John van Bockxmeer, awarded the Community Award. It is
source of great pride for the University to see UWA graduates
giving so much back to the State and inspiring fellow West
Australians in such an exceptional way.
Top 5 LGBTI Employer
UWA has been ranked in the top five employers for lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) inclusion
by the Australian Workplace Equality Index. UWA was equal
fourth in the awards, alongside the Macquarie Bank and was
the only WA-based organisation to make the top 20. The
Westpac Group came first.
The Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) is Australia’s
national benchmark for all aspects of LGBTI workplace
inclusion from which the Top 20 employers for LGBTI
inclusion is determined. UWA is the only university to have
been included in the annual top 10 list every year since the
inception of the awards six years ago.
The University has implemented strong and sustained
leadership in equity and diversity for more than a decade and
much of this can be credited to a number of hard-working
staff at the University who helped break the silence around
sexuality and gender diversity, heightening awareness and
transforming the culture of the University.
Attachment B
West Australian of the Year Awards
Guild President’s report
Key statistics of interest, year to date
(at end August):
482 / 5699
Club and Department Events / Attendees
anticipated (just in July!)
138
6,000
1,032 / 11,489 /
$876,676
Affiliated Clubs and Societies
Students reading the Guild Weekly newsletter
Students completed (in semester 1) /
Transcript-recognised volunteering hours,
communities
272 / 37
16,594
21
9409
Introduction
14,000
569: 270 / 234 / 65
Opportunities and Events have been listed
Views of these listings, year to date
Volunteering Student Program Directors
Club sign-ups on O-Day
Guild diaries handed out
Cases in Student Assist, year to date including:
Academic / Financial / Welfare cases
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Warden
of Convocation, Convocation Council, and the graduate
community for the support they have offered me this year
throughout my term as President of the UWA Student Guild.
I am grateful for not only the support and feedback offered,
but the sense of community that has been present and the
interest that Convocation continue to take in student issues
and activities on campus.
In my report to the first Convocation Ordinary Meeting this
year, I discussed our key priorities of visibility and value
creation, representation and effective engagement, and
operational excellence. I am pleased to report that we have
made significant progress over the course of 2016 in achieving
our priorities, responding to challenges and developing
new solutions.
10,805
Searched for secondhand textbooks on
Texchange
$50,000
52,750
167
Raised for the PROSH charities
People reading Pelican
Students who have completed Student
Leadership Training
$76,00 0
Value back to students through the
Secondhand Bookshop
Partnership between the Guild and Convocation
This year we set out to develop an extra-curricular platform for
alumni to come together and connect with current students.
We are continuing with this project, and well as continually
strengthening the Guild – Convocation relationship.
2016 Guild Strategic Projects
Student activities
• The Guild Council took many policy stances:
– Reaffirmed our position as a refugee sanctuary and
opposing mandatory detention.
– Recognised WASAC as the sole peak representative
body and voice for indigenous students at UWA.
– Condemned harassment and bullying, requiring
affiliated bodies to uphold principles of freedom from
harassment and bullying.
– Adopted a stance on social, economic and educational
equality for LGBT+ students, and supporting the
legislation of full marriage equality in all Australian
states and territories.
Attachment C
which contributed / Value to the UWA and WA
• Student representatives have attended the National Union
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of Students National Conference, President’s Summit and
Education Conference, the Network of Women Students
Australia Conference, the Council of International Students
Australia Conference, the Council of Australia Postgraduate
Students Conference and the Queer Collaborations
Conference.
The Societies Council introduced new services to
affiliated Clubs and Societies, introduced a Sponsorship
guide, Inclusive Event guide, discounted first aid training,
networking events for Club Executives to increase
collaboration and collegiality, Guild transcript recognition
of all committee roles and advocated for more Club
and Society visibility at Orientation and Open Day. They
also ran Campus Quest during Semester 2 Orientation,
designed to show new students how to find Club and
Department rooms and student facilities, and a large
Semester 2 Club Carnival which thousands of students
attended. This is designed to be like O-Day for students
commencing in Semester 2.
The Public Affairs Council expanded its range of Themed
Weeks and cultural events to include a Language Festival
and a Book-Con. They also raised several hundred
The Education Council ran a Rights at Work campaign,
Enrol to Vote campaign and Know Your Rights campaign
on university policy. They have produced TL;DR guides
to university policies, ran the Students’ Choice Teaching
Awards, worked with Guild Volunteering to introduce a
peer-to-peer volunteering tutoring program and have
worked with the Australian Office of Learning and Teaching
as a benchmark study for student voice in University
decision making.
The Postgraduate Students Association have maintained
their high standard of student representation with the
Graduate Research School, expanded their representation
to Student Parents, run a variety of successful events
including monthly ‘Connect’ mixers, Stargazing,
Improvisation Nights and ‘Date My Degree’ (like speeddating but about their research), awarded travel awards
and released a welfare publication.
The International Students’ Service have run popular
events like the day trip to Rottnest and Multicultural Week,
and have introduced a new online blog which provides
peer-to-peer advice to International students.
The Residential Students’ Department have focused
on better communication between the colleges and the
Guild, and are expanding into a more representative and
advocacy-based role communicating college issues to
University leadership.
The WA Student Aboriginal Corporation have run regular
events including MARNDA Week, have expanded their
volunteering with Bikes for Humanity, and have advocated
for Indigenous students including against the Carnarvon
Shire Council decision not to raise the Aboriginal Flag
during NAIDOC Week.
• The Access Collective have provided strong
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representation for UniAccess students throughout the
review of Special Consideration, provided a student
perspective in the University’s Disability Access and
Inclusion Plan and advocated for facilities that support
students with disability or mental illness experiences.
The Environment Department have planted a Student
Garden in Guild Village, assisted with the establishment
of a staff and student community garden in Botany and
introduced cash for cans for large student events.
The Ethnocultural Collective commenced this year, and
continue to work to define their goals as a department
representing and providing a community for students from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Mature Aged Students Association continue to run
regular coffee meet-ups and sundowners to provide a
community to mature aged students.
The Pride Department have been active with a large Pride
Week celebration, regular department events, and they
raised the pride flag on the Guild Building and ran a Vigil for
the victims of the Orlando shooting.
The Sports Office continue to run weekly inter-faculty
sports with UWA Sports, and are expanding into an
advocacy role heading up the UWA Sports Student
Stakeholder Reference Group.
The Welfare Department ran 34 events over 5 days as part
of the Guild’s largest ever Welfare Week in semester 1.
The Women’s Department continue to run regular
campaigns and events, providing a community for women
students at UWA.
Pelican magazine continues to report on UWA, local and
national issues to a large student audience, the Women’s
Department have produced their annual publication
Damsel, the Postgraduate Students Association have
produced their annual publication Postscript and the
International Students’ Service publication postscript has
transformed into a regular online blog.
All student departments will now be wrapping up their
activities for the year and preparing for handover to
their successors.
Staff-run student facing activities
• The Guild Events team have kept busy supporting student
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events over the course of the year, including many Guildrun events in the Tavern and on Oak Lawn, and have
worked with the Public Affairs Council to activate some of
the quieter spaces around the campus.
Student Assist has recruited an additional Officer to
respond to increased demand for support services, and
have introduced a Food Pantry providing students in
severe financial hardship with food staples. We are always
seeking donations for the Pantry and I invite members of
Convocation to consider providing assistance.
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provide timely information for students via our media
channels, and have negotiated over 70 discounts for
Guild members, including food and drink discounts at all
Guild-run outlets at other WA universities. They have also
completed an overhaul of many Guild websites to provide
easier navigation: www.uwastudentguild.com.au.
Guild Volunteering continue to go from strength to
strength, exceeding our semester 1 target of 1000 students
in transcript-recognised volunteering roles, completing
10,000 hours of volunteering. This is a continually growing
department of the Guild which responds to a clear student
demand to obtain skills through volunteering and to give
back to the community.
Capital development
The Guild has updated our Masterplan for capital
improvement to our facilities with Hames Sharley. We have
had a busy year with investment into capital improvements
of student facilities:
• Club Collaborative Zone: Opened February 2016.
It has won the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 WA
Architecture Award for Interior Architecture. With over
130 clubs and societies, the Club Collaborative Zone
is a custom-built space supporting on-campus club
activity 24/7.
• Solar panels: Installed on the Business School roof
(commenced in 2013, waiting on new switch board
for completion).
• Tavern: With a revitalised courtyard and Tavern interior,
our goal was to create a space for students to eat, study
and enjoy club / music events. This was completed
in August.
• New Westpac branch: Completed in 3 weeks, opened
in July.
• Secondhand Bookshop / Guild Shop: Relocated and
expanded on the first floor of the Guild, opened in August.
• Cosmetic upgrades to Guild Central wing and Cameron
Hall: The Guild Central wing houses departments, Clubs
and Societies, PROSH and the Guild Council meeting
room. Cameron Hall houses many Clubs and Societies and
common spaces. Due September.
• Hackett Café Coffee Counter: Opening onto Saw Avenue,
due September.
• Dentistry Kiosk extension: (roofing) Due September.
• Quobba Gnarning Café: Café in Reid Library,
due September.
• Universal Access Toilet in Tavern:
Due December / January.
Catering
Based on student and staff feedback, we are rolling out a new
Catering Strategy which year to date includes:
• Wok’s Cooking (Asian Noodle / Rice), Rice to Meet You
(Sushi) and Yo Amigo! (Halal Mexican), introduced to the
Refectory as stand-alone vendors;
• Dine-in breakfast and lunch introduced at Hackett Café;
• Cold brew coffee introduced at Catalyst Café;
• New Quobba Gnarning Café constructed in the Reid
Library refurbishment;
• New vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free meals available,
with better labelling of allergen content;
• New point of sale system and thorough staff customer
service training;
• Ongoing endeavor to obtain halal certification in
certain kitchens;
• New Mobile Vendors introduced on Oak Lawn;
• New menu in the Tavern, including Burger Bar and
Guinness on tap;
• New international food and beverage vending machines,
including within Libraries – a major improvement UWA
students been requesting for a long time.
Operational excellence
In order to operate effectively at a high level, we have made
significant investment into our systems and processes. We
have carried out almost all the priorities listed in my First
Ordinary Meeting report, including implementing a point
of sale system to better understand student purchasing
behaviour, revitalising the Guild’s functions business and
reviewing the Guild’s Regulations. Additionally, we have
completed a Controls Review Audit, introduced an Audit
and Risk Committee comprising Guild Alumni, introduced a
Risk Appetite and Mitigation Plan for the Guild Council with
assistance from UWA Risk, introduced a computer renewal
program and invested in servers, developed a strong Guild
Archives collection, and formalised the Guild Alumni Group.
Deloitte business review
In order to ensure the Guild can be financially sustainable
and impactful into the future, we engaged Deloitte to assist
us completing a business review, which will feed into our
planning for the next 5-10 years. Our immediate priorities
arising from the review are consideration of our governance,
with the creation of an Audit and Risk Committee, and
addressing our approach to Guild Catering operations.
We have developed an implementation plan to ensure our
operations are increasingly efficient and effective, and that we
continue to have the ability to respond to student demand in
a timely fashion.
Attachment C
• The Marketing and Engagement Team continue to
Partnership between the Guild and
the University
The Guild have provided a lot of support and assistance to the
University in achieving its goals and aims:
Item
University portfolio
Guild portfolio
Review of Courses
Education
Education
Policy on Assessment
Education
Education
Graduations Review
C&E
Past VP
Convocation Research promotion projects
Convocation
PSA
Introduction of new course and phasing out of old
courses
Education
Education
Feedback on: Unit Outlines, Scaling, Barrier
assessments, Exam issues (eg. Room overcrowding)
Education
Education
Unifi feedback
SITIMC
President
Feedback on: Facilities, including toilets, recording
facilities, software, teaching spaces and student
common spaces
FDC (IT items to SITIMC)
President
Orientation Reform (including UniMentor)
Student Life
President
Academic Calendar / Summer School proposal
Education
President
SURF engagement
Education
President / Education
Feedback on: SSAF Website and International
Student website
Student Services
President
Engagement with UWA Sports
UWA Sports
President / Student Services / Sport
Feedback on UWA Disability and Inclusion Plan
Equity & Diversity
President / Access
Feedback on Review of Venues Pricing
C & E / Venues
President / Societies Council
Feedback to Libraries
Library
President
International articulation student intake
engagement strategy
Vice-Chancellor
President / ISS
Renewal Project
SDVC
President
YouWA recruitment campaign
M & Comms
Student Services
Colleges mental health procedures
Student Life
President
Implementation of CAS
Student Admin
Education
Review of Special Consideration
Education
President / Education
TL;DR of university policies
All
Education
Gender neutral toilets introduction to Guild Village
Campus Mgmt
President
Feedback on: Changes to parking, end-of-trip facility
access and lighting across campuses
Campus Mgmt & Security
Vice President
Feedback on UWA Wayfinding
Campus Mgmt
President / Access
HPU
President
Review of Sexual assault policies, screening of
Hunting Ground movie and engagement with
Universities Australis ‘Respect. Now. Always’
campaign
Vice-Chancellor / Student
Life
President / Women’s
Responding to Orlando shooting, engagement with
UWA LGBTQI community, participation in UWA LGBT+ study
Vice-Chancellor / Equity &
Diversity
President / Pride Department
IT failures (April) – student advocacy
Education
President
ISB Survey - Promotion and higher rate of response
Education
President
Introducing more International student involvement
in Student Services planning and orientation
Student Services
ISS
Working with LDAG
Cultural Precinct
President
Vice President / ISS
International connections - Engaging with
visiting students (often from Malaysian student
organisations)
Engagement with B-Phil commencing students,
Flying Start students and prospective High Achieving
student program
Student Life
The Guild previously worked closely with Professor Alec
Cameron, and on his departure have now realigned with
Professor Dawn Freshwater. We look forward to a hopefully
fruitful and mutually beneficial relationship moving forward.
External issues
State Government
The Universities Legislation Amendment Act has been read
into parliament, but is yet to be voted on. The Guild, in
collaboration with the other WA University Guilds, continues to
lobby against changes that will be detrimental to students and
students’ priorities for the University.
Vice President / President
Conclusion
Thank you very much for the opportunity to present this
report and share with you the successes of the UWA Student
Guild this year. I have enjoyed holding this role immensely, and
have especially valued the support and interaction I have had
with Convocation. I’d like to give a big shout out to my staff
and student teams for all their work this year. I am proud to
have lead such a passionate and dedicated team. If you have
any questions or comments about this report, please do not
hesitate to email me: [email protected].
Maddie Mulholland
Guild President, UWA Student Guild
Federal Government
Earlier this year the Department of Education released a
consultation paper indicating possible changes to higher
education including partial fee deregulation of flagship
courses, lowering the HECS repayment threshold and cutting
funding to HEPP, which funds pathway programs like UWA’s
Aspire and Fairway entry programs. In response to these
announcements, the National Union of Students has called
three National Days of Action. The Guild has participated in
two, one in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2, with the key
messages of “NO cuts to courses and staff resourcing, NO to
cuts to higher education funding, and YES to properly funding
higher education”. So far, the government have not acted on
these policy change proposals.
Attachment C
Engagement with HPU surveys
Warden’s report
once the proposed amendments to the legislation for each
university were tabled in State Parliament on 19th May 2016.
On that day, the Universities Legislation Amendment Bill
2016 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. This Bill
proposes significant amendments to the UWA Act which forms
the constitution of our University. The main changes proposed
in this Bill which impact on Convocation are as follows:
Composition of the Senate
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Introduction
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Since the Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation held in
April this year, there have been a significant number of issues
concerning the University reported in the press. Many of
these issues and the actions being taken by the University are
outlined in the Vice-Chancellor’s report for this meeting.
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Although I am sure that all members of Convocation are vitally
interested in the actions being taken to address these issues
and the resultant impact on the University’s reputation, I will
not duplicate coverage of these matters in my report.
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from 21 to 17;
The number of co-opted members on the Senate will be
increased from 3 to no more than 5;
Those members of the Senate appointed by the Governor
will be reduced from 4 to 3;
Staff-elected members will be reduced from 3 academic
and 1 non-academic staff, to 1 academic and 1
non- academic.
The number of Senate members elected by Convocation
will be reduced from 4 to 2,
UWA staff-members will not be permitted to be
Convocation elected members;
Student elected positions on Senate have been reduced
from 3 to 2 (one undergraduate and one post-graduate).
Students will not permitted to be re-elected more
than once;
Most terms of Senate members will in future be 3 years
(down from 4 years);
The maximum tenure for members of the Senate will still be
3 terms (but due to the 3 year terms, the maximum tenure
will now be 9 years, not 12 years);
A provision has been added that at least 4 members of the
Senate must be UWA graduates;
The requirement that the majority of the Senate must not
be students or staff has been deleted.
One of the major initiatives currently underway in the
University is the Renewal Project. In order to ensure that all
graduates are fully informed of the work being undertaken as
part of this project, on behalf of Convocation Council I have
invited Professor Dawn Freshwater, UWA’s Senior Deputy ViceChancellor to give a presentation on this topic at this meeting.
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Review of University Acts
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During 2015, the University was informed that the State
Government was undertaking a review of the Acts that govern
the arrangements for each university in Western Australia. The
catalyst for this review were requests received from Curtin and
Murdoch Universities for amendments to be drafted to their
legislation to meet their future needs for development on their
respective sites.
A Nominations Committee will be established (comprising
not more than 6 Senators) with the charter to nominate
future members of the Senate. Elected staff, students
and Convocation Senators and the Chair of Academic
Board are explicitly excluded from membership of the
Nominations Committee.
Since then, the terms of reference of the review has been
widened to consider many other aspects including the size
and composition of the governing councils of each University.
Full details of what is proposed only become publicly available
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Remuneration of Senators. Senators can now be paid
remuneration and allowances as determined by the Salaries
and Allowances Tribunal.
Attachment D
• The composition of the Senate will be reduced in numbers
Convocation Membership has been modified to restrict
memberships to past and present members of Senate,
graduates of UWA, those who are members before the
amendments come into operation, and persons the Senate
admits to Convocation.
Once the proposed changes to the UWA Act are considered
by the State Government, a decision will be made on the
best course of action to pursue to implement this costsaving initiative.
Communication challenges
Student Amenities and Service Fee changes. The current
requirement that at least 50% of the Student Amenities and
Service Fees paid by students goes to the Guild has been
changed to have that amount specified by a University
Statute. The Government has indicated that this change has
been introduced to enable WA universities to have more
flexibility to adjust to Federal changes in this area.
Because all members of Convocation are life-time members
of the University community and therefore an integral part of
UWA, communication with graduates and the other members
of Convocation is viewed as vitally important in keeping
everyone informed of the challenges facing the University and
the actions being taken to address these challenges.
Convocation’s role in relation to Statute changes: While Convocation’s role in commenting on Statute changes
proposed by the Senate has been retained, the time allowed
for this has been reduced from 3 months to 28 days.
Like all organisations, UWA now uses a variety of electronic
and printed material to communicate with its target audience.
Finding the right balance between these two methods is one
of the current challenges being considered by the University.
Full details of the proposed changes are available on the
Convocation website at www.convocation.uwa.edu.au
Over the past 12 months, a number of reviews have been
initiated to ensure that the University is achieving the
optimum balance in fully informing those graduates who
wish to be informed without unduly annoying those who do
not wish to be bombarded by emails, letters and magazines
from UWA.
Because of the organisational structure of UWA uniquely
includes Convocation as an integral part of the University,
graduates and other members of Convocation have the
opportunity to comment on major changes of this nature.
The Council of Convocation would therefore appreciate
receiving your views on these proposed changes so that
we can fulfil one of the statutory roles of Convocation “to
represent the interests and opinions of members through
effective communication and to present such views to the
University and the community of Western Australia”
The latest advice received from the State Government is
that debate on this Bill is unlikely to be finalised before the
Ordinary Meeting and therefore there is still time for your
comments to be considered on these proposed changes.
We therefore look forward to receiving your feedback on
this important issue. Please send all your comments to
[email protected]
Use of electronic voting for
Convocation Elections
One of the cost-saving measures identified by Convocation
Council is to replace the costly postal voting arrangements
required by the UWA Statutes with an electronic voting system
for all Convocation elections.
Whilst Convocation Council still wishes to introduce electronic
voting for Convocation elections, given the potential changes
to the UWA Act foreshadowed by the State Government, this
work has temporarily been put on hold.
UWA magazines review
One of the most important of these decisions with respect
to communicating with graduates was the review initiated
by the University to evaluate the magazines that it produces,
including the Uniview magazine that is distributed to all
graduates. Professor Terri-ann White, the Director of UWA
Publishing, was appointed to undertake this review.
As the elected representatives of graduates, Convocation
Council has been one of the main groups consulted as part of
the review, in order to provide feedback on the content, format
and timeliness of Uniview.
During the course of the review, Professor White has met
with Convocation Council on two occasions and has had two
further meetings with key members of Council. In addition, an
appropriately qualified member of Convocation Council, Jim
Paparo, was invited to be a member of the Review Committee
chaired by Professor White.
Based on the feedback derived from these consultative
sessions, one of the key recommendations arising from the
review is for UWA to continue with printed editions of Uniview
but to have it linked to a website in a similar manner to the
Bostonia magazine produced by the University of Boston
for its graduate community (see www.bu.edu/bostonia/
winter- spring16/)
Annual report of UWA
Strategic plan
Another important document which aims to provide an
overview of UWA activities and the progress it is making to
achieve its objective of becoming one of the world’s top 50
universities by 2050 is the Annual Report. Copies of the Annual
Report of the University are available online for members of
Convocation on the UWA website at www.annualreport.
uwa.edu.au/annual-report-2015
During the past six months, Convocation Council has also
continued to consider its strategic priorities and how best to
capitalise on one of the inherent strengths of Convocation –
its unique relationship with the graduates of UWA and their
role as life-long members of the University community.
Another review of great interest to graduates is the review
currently underway to evaluate arrangements for the
graduation ceremonies undertaken each year at UWA.
This has been prompted by the significant increase in the
number of graduation ceremonies resulting from the new
course structure with many students now obtaining both an
undergraduate and postgraduate qualification (and therefore
attending two graduation ceremonies).
As a result, the number of graduation ceremonies has
increased from 7-10 ceremonies in past years, to 23
ceremonies this year. The time and resources required from
University personnel to attend and manage this number of
ceremonies has become the catalyst for an evaluation of how
to improve the process whilst ensuring that the unique UWA
graduation experience is maintained and hopefully enhanced.
A Working Group has been established with representatives
from all sectors of the University involved with organising
graduation ceremonies. Chaired by the Deputy ViceChancellor Community and Engagement Professor Kent
Anderson, this Group also includes representatives of all
stakeholders including the Students Guild and Convocation.
Work is still underway with specific improvements being
trialled at individual graduation ceremonies held during
2016 with a view to more permanent arrangements being
implemented during 2017.
Review of friends groups
Another recent review undertaken which will be of interest
to graduates, was the review of Friends Groups conducted
by Dr Sue Boyd announced at the Second Ordinary Meeting
for 2015. The aim of this review was to identify the role and
functions of the various Friends Groups and to prepare
recommendations on the governance, resource requirements
and support these Groups require to effectively undertake
their functions. Dr Boyd’s report was considered by the Senate
on 14 March and a copy has now been distributed to all
interested parties.
At the March meeting of Council, the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
was approved by Convocation Council to guide our strategies
over the next four years.
The basis for the Strategic Plan derives directly from
UWA’s Strategic Plan and from the sections of the UWA
Act and Statutes which designate the roles and functions
of Convocation.
In the current version of the UWA Act and Statutes,
Convocation has been assigned five key roles. These can
be summarised as follows:
Representative Role
• To represent the interests and opinions of members
through effective communication and to present
such views to the University and the community of
Western Australia;
Governance Role
• To encourage members of Convocation to participate in
the governance of the University through the election of
Convocation members to the Senate and the review of
amendments to University statutes;
Contribution Role
• To encourage members to support and contribute
to the intellectual and cultural prosperity of the
University community;
Engagement Role
• To promote professional and social links between
members of Convocation by creating and supporting
opportunities for graduate interaction; and
Promotion Role
• To promote the ideals and purpose of the University
and Convocation to graduates and undergraduates,
other members of the University and the community
Attachment D
Review of graduation ceremonies
This unique relationship has the potential to be a significant
“point of difference” for UWA and therefore to enhance the
benefits that may accrue to the University and graduates
through this association. Part of the challenge faced by the
current Council of Convocation is to build on this relationship
and to promulgate a clear understanding of the roles and
functions of Convocation.
Australia day honours list
Convocation Council
During June, Convocation Council was delighted when
graduates and other members of the UWA community were
recognised for their achievements in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours List. Those graduates of UWA recognised in the
Honours List were as follows:
While the topics highlighted above illustrate the range of
issues considered by Convocation Council, it does not convey
a coverage of the more ‘routine’ matters considered by
Convocation Council at its monthly meetings. To implement
our Strategic Plan more effectively, our committee
arrangements has been re-structured so that issues pertaining
to awards, scholarships and events can be more closely
aligned to our strategic objectives, whilst freeing up resources
for long-term strategic initiatives. Our current committee
structure is as follows:
• Awards Committee chaired by Ms Nee Nee Ong
• Engagement Committee chaired by Ms Diana Salvaris
• Governance Committee chaired by Dr Susan King
• Honours Committee chaired by Adjunct Professor Warren
Kerr AM
• Promotion and Events Committee chaired by Mrs
Pauline Tremlett
Appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia:
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Kerry Sanderson, AC (BSc
1971; BEc 1975; HonDLitt 2005)
The Honourable Justice Carmel McLure, AC QC (BJuris(Hons)
1977; LLB 1980)
Laureate Professor Alan Lopez, AC (BSc(Hons) 1973)
Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia:
Dr Dawn Butterworth, AO (BA 1976; DipEd 1978; BEd(Hons)
1980; PhD 1987)
Dr Richard Charlesworth, AO CitWA (MB BS 1976; HonDSc
2002; BA 2003)
Mr John Poynton, AO CitWA (BCom 1975; HonDCom 2008)
Professor Colin Raston, AO (BSc(Hons) 1972; PhD 1976)
Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia:
Dr Jack Edelman, AM (MB BS 1976)
The Honourable Cheryl Edwardes, AM (BJuris 1983; LLB 1984;
BA 1988; LLM 1998)
Mr Ian Fletcher, AM (BA 1978)
Professor John Fletcher, AM (MB BS 1970)
Dr Michael McGuinness, AM (BDSc 1978)
Awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia:
Dr Hannes Gebauer, OAM (MB BS 1980)
Mr Bart Kakulas, OAM QC (LLB 1954)
Mr Carmelo Randazzo, OAM (BJuris 1986; LLB 1987)
Mrs Faith Richardson, OAM (BA 1950)
Mrs Debbie Schaffer, OAM (BA(Hons) 2007)
This list for the first time includes successful nominations
prepared on behalf of the Convocation Honours Committee
which is now resulting in an increasing number of nominations
for UWA graduates thought worthy of recognition being sent
through to the Honours Secretariat in Canberra. Given that the
evaluation process conducted by the Honours Office normally
takes 18-24 months, Convocation Council is hopeful that
an increasing number of UWA graduates will continue to be
included in future Honours announcements.
All members of Council are expected to take an active role in
at least one of these committees.
Convocation Council currently represents the membership
of Convocation through a Council of 21 elected members
who are individually elected for a 3-year term with seven
Councillors completing their term on a rotating basis every
three years. In addition, the Warden of Convocation and the
Deputy Warden are elected on an annual basis for a oneyear term. Convocation Council comprises the 21 elected
members, the Warden and Deputy Warden as well as the
Immediate Past Warden, with the Warden of Convocation
chairing each monthly Council meeting.
The current members of Convocation Council
are as follows:
Warden of Convocation Deputy Warden
Immediate Past Warden Dr Mark Andrich Dr Libby Feutrill
Dr Agi Gedeon
Dr Susan King
Councillor Julie Matheson
Dr Doug McGhie
Ms Nee Nee Ong
Mr Con Abbott
Mr Paul Appleton
Ms Devon Cuneo
Mr Garry Hawkes
Mr Peter Robinson
Ms Diana Salvaris
Adjunct Professor Warren
Kerr AM
Dr Joan Pope OAM
Associate Professor
David Hodgkinson
Council Member (2016-2019)
Elections for Convocation Council
As outlined above, each year Convocation conducts elections
for the Warden, Deputy Warden and seven members of the
21 member Council of Convocation. The Warden and Deputy
Warden are elected for one year terms and each member of
Council is elected for a three year term.
In addition, as Convocation was originally created as the
electorate for the University, Convocation Council also
organises elections for four members of the UWA Senate who
currently hold office for four years.
In August 2013, Convocation Council took a decision to
outsource the conduct of future elections. During 2016,
we have continued these arrangements in organising
elections for the Warden, Deputy Warden, the normal seven
members of the 21 member Council of Convocation and an
additional member of Convocation Council to replace Kelvin
Mahuka who had resigned earlier this year due to changed
work arrangements.
As usual, the call for nominations will be advertised in The
West Australian, the UWA News, the November and December
editions of the Alumni E-News bulletin and in the November
edition of Uniview.
Although all members of Convocation Council are eligible
to stand for re-election, I personally have taken the decision
not to seek re-election as the Warden of Convocation.
I would therefore encourage any member of Convocation
who wishes to undertake this role or wishes to nominate
someone else for this role to submit their nominations during
the nomination period of Monday 7th November to Monday
12th December 2016.
I look forward to announcing the results of these elections at
the First Ordinary Meeting to be held on Friday 17 March 2017.
Feedback from questionnaire
At the last Ordinary Meeting we requested direct feedback
from members by asking those attending the meeting to
complete a short questionnaire to provide feedback on the
following topics:
1. The preferred time for commencement of the Ordinary
Meetings
2. Their preference for a musical interlude before and after
the meeting
3. Their interest in joining a Convocation Club
The results of the questionnaire survey have now been
collated as follows:
1. Preferred commencement time for the Ordinary Meeting
a. 6.00pm – 72
b. 6.30pm – 27
c. 7.00pm – 11
2. Preference for a musical interlude
a. Yes – 63
b. No – 42
3. Interest in Convocation Clubs or Activities
a. Choir – 23
b. Jazz – 15
c. Singles – 14
d. Chess – 6
e. Fitness – 16
Other suggested clubs and activities - Bicycle Club, Travellers
Club, Yoga, Pilates, dance?, continue with GRADs, Movie,
Book, Discussion Groups, Scrabble, Food/wine appreciation,
Business-related, Walking Club, Tennis, debate, public
speaking, library, book club.
On behalf of Convocation Council, I wish to thank all those
who responded and Council is now implementing the
initiatives resulting from this survey.
While the preferred commencement time for the Ordinary
Meeting expressed by those responding to this survey was
6.00 pm, the Spring Ordinary Meeting will be held at 6.30 pm
as a previous booking for the Banqueting Hall in the University
Club meant that the room was unavailable for set-up prior
to 6.00 pm. However, a musical quartet composed of UWA
music students will provide a musical interlude prior to the
Ordinary Meeting.
Initiative’s for the establishment of Convocation Clubs
is proceeding.
Attachment D
Clinical Professor Lesley Cala
Mr Colin Campbell-Fraser
Dr Brett Davies
Ms Felicity Farrelly
Mr Graham Harmsworth
Mr James Paparo
Mr Jonathan Strauss
Mrs Pauline Tremlett
Significant donation to Convocation
Convocation has recently received $10,000 from the estate of
Verna Rowbotham who specifically requested that these funds
be used by Convocation for the granting of any scholarships
that it deems fit.
Verna was the only child of Professor A.D. Ross, a founding
Professor of the University and completed her science degree
at UWA.
I have written a letter of thanks to the Executor of her estate
and received permission to publicise this bequest in the hope
that others may wish to follow Verna’s example.
While Convocation receives many donations from members
throughout the year for scholarships and prizes, Verna’s
donation was the most significant donation received for this
purpose during the past 12 months.
Thanks to Convocation Council
In conclusion, I wish to thank all members of Convocation
Council who have contributed to the successful delivery of
our roles and functions during the past six months and to
commend the splendid support we have all received from the
Convocation Officer Ms Juanita Perez in her untiring efforts to
implement our requests.
Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM
Warden of Convocation
Convocation Officer’s report
Architecture, Landscape
and Visual Arts
2013
2013
1971
2013
2010
2014
2013
2013
2005
2010
2005
2003
1974
2013
2014
1997
2013
2015
2007
2011
2010
2009
2014
2011
2004
2013
2011
2011
1992
2011
Quraishah B. Abdul Karim
Monique R. Annesley
Bernard B. Ardagh
Jing Bai
David J. Bennet
Deniqua L. Boston
Tsz T. Chan
Sonya Chellapermal
Rebecca K. Cizeika
Joshua S. Clifford
Rachael E. Clifton
Michael A. Cranwell
Ross A. Donaldson
Sarah A. Fallon
Shiva Ghaderi
Ariel S. Hayes
Edward K. Hicks
Mark C. Janssen
Katherine B. Mahendran
Kuei-Jyun Mao
Ali Mercuri
Matthew J. Preece
Hannah L. Puckey
April Su
Carl A. Thompson
Eloise R. Timms
Chiu Yi Tsoi
Jessie A. Waters
Fiona A. Whitton
Micha I. Woodhouse
Arts
1979
1984
1975
1994
1994
1992
1999
2002
2014
1996
2014
1996
1986
Diane P. Airey
Simon G. Allan
Paul J. Andel
Melinda C. Andrews
Lindey L. Andrews
Tanya N. Aquino
Libby J. Archell
Annamaria Arnall
Tammy H. Au
Jacqueline E. Baker
Lucy Ballantyne
Barbara A. Bartholomew
Anne D. Bavin
1978
1969
1986
1992
2002
1998
1988
1988
2000
2011
2012
2013
1974
2011
1996
1981
2009
1991
2012
2008
2004
1971
1993
2003
2008
1950
2008
2014
1984
2010
2011
1998
2007
2005
2014
2015
1942
1961
2006
2013
2005
2010
1973
1985
2000
2008
2012
Adrian P. Benstead
Anthony T. Best
Jeffrey R. Bishop
Adele E. Bonadeo
Josephine H. Bosworth
Nicola C. Boud
Laura M. Breen
Melanie D. Brock
Monique Brostek
Renae M. Buckley
Anastasia M. Buettner-Moore
Candice Burden
Robert J. Cameron
Vivienne J. Chan
Esabella J. Chee
Yiu-Wai Y. Cheng
Ka W. Choi
Olivia Chu
Wai Y. Chu
Bronwyn N. Collins
Alicia L. Cook
Elizabeth J. Corson
Jane-Louise J. Cousins
Ainsley E. Cullen
Margaret M. Dawson
Grecian T. Day
Genevieve A. Day
Sarah F. de Koning
Helen E. De Ravel
Lucy R. Dempster
Jack A. Di Nunzio
Janet I. Dickinson
Hai L. Do
Danielle L. Edman
Alice Fan
Luke D. Fawcett
Joan J. Filmer
Raymond A. Forsyth
Jemma K. Fredericks
Monica K. Fruzynski
Katie T. Fung
Cho Y. Fung
Patricia J. Giles
Gaynor Gillies
Stephen M. Girschik
Julia A. Goddard-Williams
Gabriella A. Greaves
2006
2009
1964
1974
1970
2014
1990
1980
2011
1983
1994
2007
2012
2010
2002
1985
2004
2012
1996
2015
2012
2009
1990
2014
2000
1994
2014
1991
1977
2014
1993
1977
2004
2011
1977
1987
2010
1986
2012
2010
2011
1991
2008
1992
1992
1995
1996
Anne E. Griffin-Appadoo
Katherine J. Griffiths
Tristina R. Hambleton
Loretta J. Hambly
Christopher J. Hancock
Caitlin E. Harman
Lisa E. Harper-Brown
Patricia M. Hart
Danielle R. Hay
Charles P. Hayne
Sharon K. Heng
Shauna Hill
Sean L. Ho
Kylie M. Hobbs
Chantal F. Hockey
Jacqueline E. Hocking
Lucy M. Hopkins
Yugo Hoshi
Brigid L. Hosmer
Meghan L. Hughes
Sharon A. Hutchins
Isabel A. Johnson
Alan R. Jones
Joshua P. Kalmund
Amber T. Kane
David W. Kennett
Sukhjit K. Khalsa
Michael H. Knight
Arthur Kyron
Pei W. Law
Sonia Lindsay
Herman C. Lochner
Adam D. Lovkis
Tom W. Luckwell
Gillian K. Lyon
Peter A. Lyon
Catherine J. Martella
David A. Maxwell
Kate S. Mcgilvray
Eamon J. McGrath
Brendan J. McGrath
Iain B. McIntyre
Ross A. McKellar
Kirsten N. Meldrum
Stephen R. Merrick
Garry J. Middle
Yolanda Millar
Attachment E
The following is a list of graduates whose current whereabouts have become unknown since the First Ordinary Meeting
of Convocation on 1 April 2016. Graduates are listed according to the Faculty from which they obtained their latest
degree, along with their year of graduation.
2015
2012
2015
1986
2013
1995
2014
2011
1999
2014
2013
1972
1996
2015
2003
1996
2004
2012
1999
1987
2012
1999
2005
2011
2013
2008
2005
2002
1992
1978
1999
1992
2002
1979
1999
2008
2011
1955
2015
2011
2002
2015
2008
1982
2009
1961
1974
1994
1964
2005
1984
2002
1992
2011
Natasha B. Mohamad Azman
Natsai Mukaratirwa
Sally M. Mulholland
Julie N. Murdoch
Benjamin S. Okamoto
Lib J. Pensalfini
Joseph M. Perkins
Amy J. Pickworth
Mark Pinoli
Felicia L. Poh
Anita J. Poultney
Geoffrey J. Powell
Vivi Purnomo
Olivia J. Pusey
Karen E. Reddie
Samantha M. Rees
Jenny L. Rees
Samuel J. Rose
Emma E. Rosham
Bruce D. Russell
Edward T. Russell
Dalton M. Ryan
Devyn S. Schneebeli
Yolk L. Seng
Eva E. Sharpe-Finlayson
Colleen G. Sorensen
Rasmegh Srisethi
Pauline Steele
Rebecca L. Stewart
Doris A. Strahan
Scott A. Sullivan
Barbara A. Symington
Tiffany Szetoh
Chork-Meng Tan
Cheryl Tan
Su Yen Y. Tan
Zhu A. Tan
John J. Taylor
Kimberley Y. Thien
Brooke Thomas
Kristy N. Tickel
William C. Tilly
Melissa J. Treby
Linda J. Truss
Man Sik D. Tse
David D. Turner
Peter S. Valentine
Virginia Venn
Arie Veth
Cate M. Vose
Toni B. Walkington
Wanda Warlik
Julia R. White
Quintess S. White
2012
1998
2010
1991
2014
2014
1987
Erin M. White
Neil G. Wurmel
Daniel M. Yacoub
Sheau-Iong Yeoh
Ching Y. Yeung
Xihui Zhang
Lyn Zinenko
Business School
2004
2005
2010
2006
2011
2008
2010
1991
2014
1991
2014
2015
2007
2002
1990
1986
2000
2002
2001
2005
2012
2014
1972
2001
2000
2007
2011
2009
2000
2012
2013
2011
2015
1999
1992
1993
1999
1995
1998
2010
2011
2005
2010
2000
Sania Abid
Masa Ajisawa
Ahmad H. Al Huikem
Mohamed Al Neaimi
Hussain S. Alaidarous
Olivier Alcide
Hussain A. Alhejji
Stephen A. Andrews
Kristel P. Ang
Constantine N. Antonas
Adam P. Applegate
Sumaia Aziz
Vineeta Babra
Thomas C. Bahen
Sharina Bahrin
Andrew Bantock
Holly P. Barlow
Clarke C. Barlow
John A. Bell
Marco Bendel
Fukai Bi
Rokiyah R. Bin Swani
Geoffrey A. Black
Sarah Boden
Larry F. Bodestyne
Tristan S. Boyd
Gerard J. Brancato
Damon S. Brown
Kate M. Budiselik
Lauren C. Burton
Henry J. Burton
Natalie M. Butler
Mario Alejandro A. Cadena
Alvarado
Karena A. Cameron
Andrea S. Chai
Pui Yee Chan
John Chan
Jacelyn Cheah
Waan Y. Chen
Chen Chen
Xiao Chen
Alexander S. Cheng
Don M. Cheung Tsang Hee
Mei L. Chew
1999
1997
1991
2005
2008
1975
2011
1994
2003
1997
2013
2007
2010
2002
1984
2013
1996
1975
2013
2010
2015
2003
2000
2004
2013
2003
1983
2009
2011
2007
2008
2007
2015
2011
2004
1992
1990
2009
1992
1991
2009
2008
1987
2004
2008
2009
1979
2011
2003
2014
2002
2013
1963
2013
Alfred Y. Chia
Keng Y. Ching
Wing Kit H. Chiu
Richard Cho
Linda S. Chow
William B. Christie
Phillip M. Christopher
Celine H. Chua
Elina Ciptadi-Perkins
Christie M. Clements-Shepherd
Quitterie A. Conte
Troy J. Cook
Sallyann F. Cope
Charles R. Cordingley
Bernard B. Crawford
Peng Cui
David P. Curnow
Dominic C. Cuscuna
Alex Damasena
Boris Dangubic
Rhian L. Davey
Clare E. Davies
Benjamin S. Davis
Samuel P. de Burgh
Amaury E. de Fontenay
Morrie de Robertis
Martin G. Denney
Raul H. Diaz Navalon
Naomi C. Diedericks
Tanya M. Dobson
Karissa E. Domondon
Martin O. Dupont
Andrew C. Edwards
Mohammad S. Emamdee
Remi L. Eriksen
Meagan A. Fairweather
Robyn M. Fisher
Tasneemul I. Galib
Nelson E. Gallash
Harold T. Gan
Luisa E. Genovese
Carolyn S. Gibson
Richard F. Godfrey
Choon Soo Goh
Yinghuai M. Goh
Cassandra C. Goh
Philip R. Grant
Susan Ha
Andrew C. Hammond
Kevin Hardi
Jenna K. Hardie
Sophie M. Harris
Helen A. Hawkins
Kate F. Hawkins
Anthony E. Hayes
Jack W. Heseltine
Sean R. Hettich
Nihar Subhash S. Hirani
Adeline Ho
Pei S. Ho
Benjamin I. Hoad
Shawn Holloway
Adam M. Hollyock
Victor Z. Hon
Caitlin E. Hudson
Samuel S. Hur
Barry S. Ingate
Simon M. Ingleson
Nicola V. Ingram
Caitlin L. Iustini
Keenan Jackson
Paul Jenkin
Ming Jiang
Lu Jiang
Michael P. Kahl
Jinwei C. Ke
Haroon u. Khan
Jittraporn Khansong
Xuan M. Khor
Deon Justin Klerck
Kenneth K. Kong
Alpana B. Lal
Debbie A. Larson
Hiu W. Lau
Davinia A. Laughton
Yong Kiang Law
Maria Lebedeva
Jonathan Y. Lee
Audra S. Lee
Cheryl S. Lee
Dean M. Lee
Kelvin K. Lee
Andrew N. Lemon
Gary M. Lethridge
Zhi Cong Li
Kian Liew
Javier N. Liew
Steven Lim
Teng Liok B. Lim
Sau Khong Lim
Jaclyn C. Lim
Teck E. Lim
Deqing Lin
Karl H. Linder
John A. Linton
Gengxin Liu
Zi H. Liu
Xin Lu
2008
2007
2002
2014
1999
1992
2007
2015
2014
2008
1998
1999
1999
1977
2013
2003
2011
1994
2013
2010
2013
2002
1977
2006
2011
2010
1986
2007
1987
2006
2006
2003
2004
2009
2011
2006
2011
1995
2002
1988
2001
2003
1993
1987
1997
2009
2012
1985
2001
1995
2000
2007
2013
1998
Ryan I. Lucas
Deogratias L. Lule
Jia Xin Luo
Siwei Luo
Wing Hung W. Mack
Kelly L. Maclean
Shannon J. Maguire
Guan Howe H. Mak
Chris G. Mason
Jessica A. Matacz
Anthony M. Matahlija
David J. McChesney-Martin
Alice V. McDonough
Bruce F. McHarrie
Frances S. Mckenna
Sara A. McKinnon
Craig J. McLean
Adrienne M. McNamara
Jazze M. McNeill
Antony Mendez
Benjamin J. Mills
Ljubisa Milovanovic
Henry J. Mitchell
Amy E. Mitchelson
Kin T. Mok
Iain B. Moynihan
Fraser R. Murray
Antoine Musu
Katrina L. Needham
Wade S. Needham
Lisa M. Needham
Ernest E. Ng
Koon Cheng Ng
Natasha S. Ngoma
Wen Ni
Ian L. Oakley
Nicholas R. Oates
Natsuko Ogawa
Jessica L. O’Hara
Edwin Ong
Janssen M. Ong
Yun Y. Ong
Jamie A. Osborn
Mark B. Palmer
Ayesha Paul
Alex Peck
Shing Yuan Y. Peh
Ursula Petrat
Elishia C. Pettit
Brian Phang
Sarah A. Phillips
Brett A. Phillips
Kenyon Z. Phua
Amelia T. Pilawskas
2006
1997
2003
1981
2001
2005
2013
2007
2005
1989
2006
1999
2005
2010
2010
2002
2004
2007
2014
1988
2002
1987
2014
2011
2006
1998
2006
2009
2009
2009
2003
2006
2013
1976
2008
2011
1994
2009
2011
2007
1986
1997
1999
2001
2002
2003
2006
1981
2007
2015
1995
2012
2013
2012
Jessica K. Pilkington
Joscelin Pishos
Russell E. Powers
Robert A. Pratarelli
Ping Kong Pui
Andrew P. Pullinger
Qiang Qiang
Tian Qiu
Steven R. Raman
Duncan J. Ritchie
Dion C. Robeson
Neil K. Robinson
Zoe Rosenwax
Jay O. Ruiz
Maria V. Ruiz
Thanesvary S Subramaniam
Anne Saratlija
Glenda B. Scott
Emily J. Scott
Robin M. Scrimgeour
Celestine M. Sears
Patrick R. Sedgley
Hong G. See
Ye Shen
Jack C. Shum
Mun Hong Siew
Ai Chen Sim
Xin Y. Sim
Shaun P. Singh
Matthew S. Sladden
Martin P. Snepp
Hwee Min Soh
Sin Y. Song
Allen M. Stenhouse
Charles L. Stewart
Matthew L. Stewart
Siao Leng S. Su
Mike Suk-Udom
PJ J. Sung
Justin N. Tadros
Ronnie K. Tai
Alvin Tan
Richard R. Tan
Hwee Ling W. Tan
Daphne P. Tan
Irene Tan
Geok Seng Tan
Andrew Tang
Yunxiu Tang
Ankang Tang
Steven Tay
Stephanie H. Tay
Harendran Thiruganam
Martine S. Thomassen
Attachment E
1991
2003
2005
2008
1998
2013
1997
2006
1985
2008
2012
1987
1988
1998
2010
2007
2001
1989
2010
2013
1993
2012
2006
2011
2012
2003
2003
1997
1998
2014
2009
2003
2014
1999
2000
2004
2009
2009
2005
1985
2009
2001
2014
1970
1996
2003
2007
2012
2015
1994
2006
2012
2014
2014
2006
2003
2001
2000
2009
2010
1998
2011
2007
2003
2014
2008
2007
2007
2011
2000
2011
2002
1983
2009
2006
2000
2003
1989
1979
2007
2009
2001
1985
2000
1968
2015
2011
2010
2010
1976
1993
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2013
2013
2005
2013
David C. Thompson
Ramesh Tiwari
Adam L. Tomas
Wai L. Tong
Phoebe Tong
Suchira Trongjitwikrai
Wah Wing W. Tsang
Phoebe L. Tucker
Jonathan E. Turnbull
Jenny A. Turner
Clare E. Twigger
Simone Van Heurck
Lina M. Velosa Suarez
Aaron L. Vincec
Kar W. Wan
Cang Wang
Wei Wang
Uda M. Warakaulle
Murray T. Ward
Alexander J. Watkins
Senya R. Westbury
Tim W. Whishaw
Stephen W. White
Russell Williams
Cedric D. Williamson
Troy L. Willis
Kylie Wilmot
Andy Wirjawan
Clarence Wong
Arron R. Wood
Julian D. Wright
Shitong Wu
Rachel Xu
Dan L. Xue
Xiaoyu Yan
Tim M. Yates
Yih A. Yeoh
Lei Yu
Mochamad A. Zainul Karim
Wen J. Zhang
Liang Zhang
Yue Zhang
Yaqing Zhao
Shuwan Zhao
Jia Xiang Zhou
Lijing Zong
Education
1981
1954
1995
1980
1989
2012
Narelle E. Alderman
Dorothy A. Anderson
Mario S. Annamalay
Susan W. Anson
Anthony J. Aris
Nicole Atkins
2006
1982
2004
1978
2008
1976
1978
1999
1984
1974
2005
2011
2004
1990
1984
1971
1992
1994
2011
1982
1997
2011
1994
1995
2011
2013
2012
2009
1996
1993
2001
1995
2003
2001
1990
2010
1977
2013
1974
1975
2001
2014
1999
1999
2001
2004
2003
2000
2007
2014
1986
1982
2004
2015
Chad F. Barton
Richard M. Bellis
Christopher Bisset
Regina D. Bloot
Jonathon C. Bowman
Robert J. Breen
Suzanne Capell
Naomi M. Caple
Timothy O. Castle
Judith L. Charlton
Sin-Ying C. Cheung
Chi K. Chow
Steven A. Cokis
Peter L. Copeland
Adam K. Coppard
David Courtley
Margo Darbyshire
Michael De Kleer
Katalin Dobos
Mark E. Durrant
Nathan E. Evans
Nicholas J. Everett
Francis J. Farrelly
Susan M. Flett
Lusiana B. Fotofili
Dave G. Gibson
Larissa F. Golden
Jennifer J. Gordon
Kevin J. Hannah
Katherine E. Harcourt-Smith
Nathan J. Heddle
Michael F. Hill
Che E. Hillson
Sam Ho
Emma K. Hondros
Renzi M. Huang
William R. Hunter
Aminath Irthiyasha
Brian C. Jenkin
Stephanie M. Jenkin
Mark S. Jones
Hye I. Kang
Naoko Kato
Christopher Kelley
Verity R. Keogh
Kwok Yin Lau
Min Lee
Aedan R. Lennon
Bee K. Leow
Chee L. Leow
Simon C. Leunig
Christopher S. Love
Princess A. Mahbubani
Matur A. Majing
1981
2005
1966
2009
2008
2006
1976
2010
2012
1973
1975
2009
2006
2008
1972
1986
2014
2012
2008
2013
2006
2002
2009
1983
2010
2004
2005
2010
1992
2005
1986
2003
2009
1993
2013
2013
Douglas E. Marmion
Louise S. Marold
Peter H. Marshall
Nikki M. Martins-da Silva
Naomi J. McKay
Alister J. McKeich
Gerard E. McMullan
David A. Mickle
Stuart A. More
Mary Moustaka
David J. Newman
Trisha K. Panikoula
Lee K. Partridge
Sarah E. Pemberton
Gregory H. Philip
Margaret K. Philips
Christopher A. Redfern
Lea B. Richards
Roberta Sampson
Matthew J. Scurria
Choi Lin L. Shum
Chor Miang Sim
Francesca D. Simmons
Louise A. Simpson
Fiona M. Smith
Anita C. Sprigg
Orietta B. Stokes
Michelle L. Striepe
Karen A. Suppiah
Martin P. Tobin
Robyn R. Trainer
Rashmi Watson
Karena A. Wilson
Nicole Y. Xouris
Catharine M. Yong
Denise M. Zurita
Engineering, Computing
and Mathematics
2004
2001
2005
2009
1985
2010
2006
2011
2003
2006
2000
2014
2008
2006
1997
Ibrahim Abdul Rahim
Alia Abid
Swarna Afsar
Mohammed M. Alhussain
Roland T. Ames
Muhammad K. Anwar
Carmia B. Araminta
Sam Ariakia
Richard J. Blackman
Hak L. Boo
Paul C. Bradbury
Zachery A. Brandstater
Benjamin L. Butler
Thomas W. Castiglione
Omar Castillo
Liza K. Chan
Andrew L. Charter
Aman S. Chauhan
De Rong Chen
Chen Chen
Ait S. Chew
Edmund E. Chong
Graham L. Clark
John E. Clema
Darren P. Clipston
Lisa M. Coffman
Conrad Congrene
John B. Coral
Darren A. Cormell
Rowan M. Davies
Mike Delpach
Liang Deng
Avinash M. Deshpande
Paul E. Di Benedetto
Malcolm Dickie
Kenneth N. Drynan
Co B. Duong
Luke E. Dyer
Mehdi Farahmandazmoudeh
Tracy A. Footitt
Shang Gao
Bradley S. Gillies
Kris M. Gotze
Ranadheer Govindu
Philip P. Greenhalgh
Gregory L. Hall
Anthony H. Hambleton
Mark J. Hammond
Ryan Hannan
Mitchell P. Hawke
Lian-Seng Heng
Chok C. Ho
Jared R. Holzman
Elaine F. Hopwood
Yimiao Huang
Luke B. Hyde
Philip A. Jefferys
Steven G. John
Michael Kacperek
Shivank Kaul
Shahnawaz Khan
Alastair Kirkbride
David J. Knezevic
Michael W. Knuckey
John W. Kolichis
Lester Kum
Julian J. Lao
Aylwin K. Lee
Sung-Joo Lee
1999
2001
2011
2012
2014
2001
2014
2012
2014
2006
2013
1960
2006
2003
2010
2010
2010
2007
2009
2012
2011
2009
2012
1995
2000
2000
2010
2004
2010
2014
2000
2011
1997
1997
1959
2000
2005
2007
2009
1998
2013
1979
2011
2005
2013
2011
1993
1981
1991
1996
2013
2008
2007
2011
Sing-E Lee
Kelvin W. Leong
Jingde Li
Chao Li
Heng Li
Joanna M. Liew
Siu H. Lim
Zhiliang Lin
Graham N. Lionnet
Kasun Liyanaarachchi
Juin V. Lo
Graeme S. Loftus
Darren M. Lomman
Rodney Loo
Guan T. Low
Mark Y. Loy
Min Lu
Danielle S. Madeley
Jayden T. Mair
Leenesh K. Maisuria
Prashant Manohara Pai
Jarad A. Mason
Steven J. McFall
Kirsty I. McInnes
Dallas M. McNally
Gregory N. Mildenhall
Gavin A. Mrkic
Johnny P. Mrsa
Juliet Murray
Raissa A. Mustapa
Andrew Nadebaum
Jayesh Narayan
Chun Man Ng
Jay Nguyen
Ian R. Oldham
Arthur C. Ong
David D. Ow
Sethu Palaniappan
Thiyagarajan Paramasivam
Ramesh Rajaduray
Sreevijay Rajakumar
Akariva T. Rakai
Tahir Rashid
Bradley M. Rees
Nazila Sabetian
John R. Sander
Hish H. Scarff
John P. Schepis
Violet Schreiber
Craig P. Scott
Ankur B. Shah
Apurva A. Shroff
Matthew Simon
Atul Sinha
2012
2001
2005
2001
2009
2000
2000
1992
2003
1998
2003
2010
2013
2014
2014
2013
2010
2012
1998
2012
2012
2015
2015
Changfa Song
Damien C. Spagnuolo
Paul C. Stone
Adam W. Strong
Ying Sheng G. Tan
Van Huy Tran
Huy Q. Tran
Christoph F. Tuettemann
Indumathi V
Tak M. Vong
Timothy R. Walsh
Lie Wang
Yunlu Wang
Rhian L. Wardley
Maximillian P. Wong
Meijiao Yan
Yang Yang
Timothy K. Yates
David S. Young
Cheng Zhi Yuan
Fanxin Zhang
Siew See S. Koh
Sue Wah W. Teh
Graduate Research School
2014
2012
1981
2009
2011
2008
2014
2003
2002
2005
2004
2003
2005
2003
2014
2008
2013
2007
2003
2003
2004
2013
2000
2012
2013
1971
2013
1996
2014
Saud A. Alamri
Maria C. Amarra
Margaret J. Anderson
Estabelle E. Ang
Irving Aye
Natasha L. Ayers
Wenjing Bai
Natasha C. Banning
Stephen C. Bant
Alexander Barmouta
Luigi C. Barone
Melissa A. Benedict
Elisa R. Birch
Amanda J. Buckingham
Kerrie J. Burns
Ylenia S. Casadio
He Chang
Steven R. Chidgzey
Jahar B. Choudhury
Christina Chua
Joe P. Clare
Brian P. Corr
Michael D. Craig
Stewart M. Craig
William Cundawan
Lillian M. Ellis
Sonia El-Zaemey
Marian R. Foster
Deepak Garg
Attachment E
1998
2013
2007
2008
2012
1997
1997
2007
2014
1994
2009
2008
1991
1993
1992
2009
2005
2010
1999
1987
1964
2003
2001
2011
2008
2014
1999
2014
2011
2004
1970
1962
2000
2008
1997
1986
2006
2003
2005
2011
2003
1998
1996
2002
2008
2010
2004
2004
2004
2010
2004
2008
1996
1998
2004
2005
2005
2008
2010
2001
2012
2002
2012
2008
2004
2008
1974
2014
1997
1995
2014
1998
2008
2013
2012
1986
2001
1994
1997
2005
2007
1992
1993
2007
1991
2011
2012
2011
2009
1971
2014
1977
2012
2001
2013
2004
2009
1992
2013
2005
2011
2014
1958
1996
2009
1983
2002
2007
David R. Gething
Manonita Ghosh
Nisse A. Goldberg
Rebecca L. Gooding
Catherine H. Gressier
Graham F. Hall
Julie E. Hardt
Benjamin B. Henderson
Lynette M. Henderson-Yates
Brett D. Hirsch
Siu Loon Hoe
Jacquie S. Hutchinson
Ian A. Kerr
Zohaib Khan
Irene K. Kretowicz
Say T. Lai
Chuan Bian Lim
Monica M. McGuire
Sarah A. McQuade
Norhaida B. Mohamad Yusof
David R. Mole
John Moursounidis
Sutapa Mukherjee
Daniel Muller
Darren P. Murphy
Denise D. Murphy
Gareth L. Nealon
Connie L. Nelson
Rhys A. Newman
Michael L. Ondaatje
Diana L. Pallant
Francis Palmos
Daniel M. Passon
Sharron D. Perks
Darren M. Preece
Tom Ratajczak
Federico M. Ribalta
Niall B. Richardson
Mark R. Rivers
Diana L. Rosman
Andrew C. Russ
Brock P. Salier
Craig Scanlan
Hema Sharda
Yu Shen
Nicolyn Short
Isabel J. Sim
James Skurray
David R. Smart
Miriam J. Stein
Paul T. Stevens
Tamize M. Tajul Islam
Natalie M. Taylor
Rebecca C. Taylor
1997
1999
2012
2012
1992
2002
2013
2001
2010
2001
1993
1975
1994
2008
2001
2012
2008
Richard C. Thomas
Marc A. Thomas
Michael Thomas
Julian S. Tonti-Filippini
Jugrapart Voonseesaeng
Emma I. Waddington
Kuyu Wang
Markus Weichselbaum
Olivia J. White
Steven G. Wilson
Jacqueline Windh
Chong Thim Wong
Naruatai Worasatit
Hassan M. Zaghloul
Aidong Zhang
Botao Zhang
Hongjie Zhou
Law
2013
2002
1976
1993
2002
2006
2008
2009
1981
1987
1992
1977
2009
2010
1993
2014
2005
2009
1978
2014
1995
2007
2013
1986
2013
2011
2014
1973
2010
1991
2009
2009
1978
2007
1988
James C. Adams
David A. Allison
Ilana R. Atlas
Jonathan W. Auburn
Shaun J. Barnett
Jen J. Barton
Marie A. Botsis
Christoph Breyer
Romualdo Burgio
Katrina L. Burton
Scott G. Calnan
Alan J. Camp
Tegan E. Campbell
Matthew P. Cathcart
Juliette M. Coakes Ashing
Alison A. Cooper
Janie P. Corke
Mark C. Davies
Valerie M. de Rome
Rebecca G. Dennison
Carlo di Loreto
Sophie C. Dosvik
Michael C. Douglas
Michael S. Fagan
Bryan M. France
Kate R. Fry
Melissa A. Gunner
Peter K. Hennessy
Matthew R. Hudson
Naomi M. Johnston
Ross Layton
Kerri Lipman
Stuart E. Lowe
Kane A. Loxley
Michelle J. MacLiver
2001
2008
2013
2011
1979
2011
1993
1975
1986
2000
2006
1990
2000
2003
1990
1981
1951
1989
1990
1991
1994
1949
2003
2008
2008
1989
1989
1996
2008
1999
2014
2013
Jennifer M. Marshall
Naomi L. Martin
Brendon J. McFadyen
Shannon J. McGeown
Brent D. Meertens
Sheryl A. Mera
Vincent G. Mulvey
Ian B. Murie
Sonia S. Newby
Robin C. Perry
Joanne Poule
David G. Price
Stephanie S. Price
Josh P. Pullan
Claire J. Rossi
Mary-Eileen C. Scanlan
Ernest P. Shaddick
Julianna M. Shearn
Fiona A. Stanton
Jillian L. Staton
Eleanor B. Tan
Brien E. Taylor
Jeremy D. Thom
Claire Trolio
Meena Unni
Denis G. Viskovich
Ross M. Warner
Meg E. Warner
Lara Wilmot
Rheinny G. Wiraatmadja
Jesse W. Yan
Evangeline M. Yeo
Medicine, Dentistry
and Health Sciences
1996
2001
1997
2014
2014
2011
2008
2012
2007
2010
2003
1981
2002
1979
2009
2014
2009
2007
2007
Khuzaini Abd Karim
Shalini Achuthan
Robert Adams
Ali S. Al Ghamdi
Hala A. Alkamel
Aziz M. Alshahrani
Angela J. Anson
Thomas P. Atkinson
Rachelle A. Augustes
Jonathan Azzopardi
Pearl Banmali
Paul E. Bannan
Jeremy P. Beckett
Simon R. Bednarek
Nicholas A. Biehl
James Blomberg
Carly E. Blyth
Joel M. Bonomelli
Arwen E. Boyle
Michael A. Bray
Sam Brophy-Williams
Ben R. Brotherton
Christine M. Brown
Rikki A. Brown
Gemma O. Brown
Helen A. Buckle
Lauren L. Burton
Ian L. Carr
Hsien W. Chan
Darius T. Chan
Shyan Shang H. Chin
Wai Shun A. Chow
Yannick Y. Cucca
Michelle J. Curtis
Sara J. Damiani
Jessica F. Davies
Michelle A. de Paauw
Mark C. Dohlad
Chloe Domville-Lewis
Tracey-Ann D’Souza
Gareth D. Eldred
Himadri K. Ellepola
Kyle A. Fairclough
Tiffany J. Faithfull
Darren P. Falconer
Kate Fitton
Katie A. Foster
Roland D. Gaebler
Hemant Garg
Mark R. Gee
Cameron Gent
Daniella Gill
Aaron R. Groves
Jorgen H. Hagen
Katie J. Haines
Dustin J. Hall
Cameron G. Hayes
Alice L. Herring
Lalnunsangi Hnamte
Krystel A. Ho
Portia L. Ho
Abbe S. Hollingworth
Lauren J. Johnson
Saul E. Judelman
Koorush Kalani
Zoe E. Kerferd
Siew See S. Koh
Jacey C. Kraut
Xinhong P. Lai
Wei H. Lee
Tamazin Leecy
Amanda A. Lewkowski
Si Y. Lim
2011 Xin Hui Loh
2002 Marilyn L. Loughnan
2013 Jiajia Ma
2014 Moaaz A. Malik
2009 Sue Y. Man
1996 Tess T. Matias
1992 Maciej Mazurek
2014 Jessica B. McGeough
2011 Raymond J. McGinley
1984 Steven M. McGlone
2004 Emma L. Morelli
2014 Maria Morris
2013 Ash Mortazavi
2011 James R. Murtagh
2012 Katrine N. Nehyba
2005 Bethany L. Nelson
2008 Davina P. Oates
2012 Aine P. O’Brien
1981 Susan W. Parker
2001 Tandra Paul
2001 Rebecca F. Pearson
2008 Thien Vien Minh V. Pham
2013 Xuan H. Pham
1999 Jay-Wen Phang
2011 Benjamin T. Pliska
2014Priya
1969 Rasiah Rajagopalan
2013 Sheeba Ramasubbu
1990 Stephen P. Richards
2011 Daniela F. Sabbioni
1993 Ganesan Sakarapani
2003 Pradyot Saklani
2012 Marina J. Saunders
2008 Louise I. Schreuders
1998 Matt J. Shaw
2015 Aimjira Siriwat
2013 Georgina T. Smith
2008 Stacey S. Strangio
2003 Sheena G. Sullivan
2005 Denise L. Sullivan
2003 John S. Tan
2010 Kenneth K. Tan
2013 Ming L. Tan
2014 Jason S. Tan
2011 Simon Y. Tee
2015 Sue Wah W. Teh
1994 Marta C. Teixeira
1973 Garry L. Thomas
2010 Madelaine A. Thompson
2014 Paul J. Thomson
2011 Sook Tsyr Thum
2013 Christopher G. Townsend
2012 Felicity J. Williams
2008 Christine R. Woods
2012
1999
Bree K. Wright
Emma L. Wyatt
Sciences
2000
2013
2010
2006
2013
1985
2007
2015
2012
2000
2015
2011
2015
2011
2012
1978
2014
1998
2005
1966
2012
2012
2009
2003
1986
1988
2014
1990
2014
1996
2011
2009
2008
1994
2006
2011
2011
2012
2004
2012
2004
1949
2001
1984
2009
2012
2012
1995
1999
1998
Courtney M. Ackland
Luke S. Akker
Saleh A. Alqahtani
Daniel J. Alton
Emma H. Anderson
Agatha J. Ansell
Ashlee D. Arnott
Cherise M. Bateman
Amanda K. Bean
Aurora J. Beasley
Alexander F. Bell
Arnold J. Bennett
Claudia M. Berson
Carrie Bertola
Catherine L. Bevan-Jones
Jamie D. Biggs
Claudia N. Birss
Daniel T. Bishop
Martin L. Blum
Leslie R. Bousefield
Craig A. Bowman
Tara M. Broadhurst
Claire M. Brooks
Melissa Butcher
Robyn Cameron
Graeme D. Cameron
Danyang Cao
Malcolm A. Carson
Anthea J. Challis
Chung Hee Chan
Rebecca Chan
Kaixin Chin
Belinda A. Collier
Ben R. Condon
Matthew Connell
Laura T. Copeland
Sebastian Curry-Bowran
Dorian Y. Daley
Rachel C. Davies
Caroline F. Davis
Alexis L. Davy
Ross H. Day
Richard M. Devlin
Lisa B. Digby
Joanna R. Doraisamy
Emma L. Downsborough
Chi C. Duong
Lindsey Ellison
Benjamin S. English
Kari-Lee R. Falconer
Attachment E
1997
2009
2007
1986
2012
2012
2011
2014
1964
2005
2014
2009
2002
2009
2011
2010
2009
2013
2005
2010
2007
2009
1998
2014
2013
2013
2008
2011
1977
2007
1982
1989
2013
1984
2013
2001
2005
2014
2010
2014
2008
2012
1993
2009
2003
2008
2015
2015
2012
2011
2012
2000
2010
2014
2008
2010
1996
2009
2012
2010
1998
2004
1997
1975
1996
2008
2000
1952
2002
2001
1982
2002
1988
2004
2005
2011
2015
1995
1996
1999
1978
2012
2001
2010
2006
2014
2007
1996
1996
2011
2003
1971
2005
2014
2007
2011
1978
1994
1998
2014
2008
2011
2010
2006
2013
2015
2015
2009
Aaron J. Farr
Parveen Fathima
Luisa M. Ferreira
Yanfen A. Foo
Alison Fu
Hui T. Gan
Anna J. Gibbney
Charles R. Gillman
Carly Golodets
Peter J. Gray
Thomas M. Gregory
Russell K. Gregory
Benjamin Haines
John H. Harding
Julie P. Harman
Emma E. Hatch
Darcy R. Hebbert
Sarah Hellings
John Hoffman
Nick J. Hogarth
Selina A. Holtze
Jung J. Hong
Jarnah L. Hordacre
Ryan A. Hovingh
Emma C. Humphreys
Te-Chieh Hung
Beryl M. Hunter
Eman A. Hussein
Damian L. Isaacs
Kho Isnaini
Chantelle R. Jackson
Hariz B. Jamalludin
Mohammad Jehangir
Caroline E. Jenkinson
Natai M. Jensen-Krahe
Liz K. Johnstone
Zena J. Jolly
Neville J. Jones
Robert N. Kelly
Trixie S. Kerr
Rory D. Koch-Callaghan
Kun Zhen D. Koh
Frank J. Kristan
Roderick A. Ladyman
Clinton J. Lambert
Christine G. Lawley
Shu L. Lee
Phemelo P. Legodimo
Ken Liew
Paul Liknaitzky
Zi X. Lim
Tracy J. Lim
Jia Qin Q. Lim
Tianlong Luan
2006
1995
2000
2014
2001
2009
1988
2014
2012
2002
1994
2012
1983
1971
1966
2012
2009
2012
2013
1998
2012
1993
2010
1995
2007
1974
1987
1996
2009
2011
2004
2003
2007
1972
2014
2003
2006
1995
2013
2006
1981
2005
2009
1993
1999
2008
2007
2011
1973
1997
1979
2014
2012
1994
Alastair J. MacGillivray
Clover M. Maitland
Fiona J. Major
Channa E. Marsh
Ben M. Martin
Amuthaganesh Mathialagan
Karen M. McCrea
Charmaine N. McGregor
Emma T. McIntyre
Shaun J. McNaught
Gabrielle G. Mellor
Jessica K. Membrey
Louis D. Mendelawitz
Egon G. Mikolajczyk
George M. Mohay
Edward O. Moir
Charlie D. Moriarty
Dan S. Morris
Theda G. Morrissey
Zohair Motiwalla
Muatasem Z. Muhsen
Kirsten Munachen
Jessica L. Munday
Richard L. Murdoch
Brian T. Murton
Maung A. Myint
Dev K. Nair
Alfred C. Nathan
Linda Nguyen
Thao T. Nguyen
Van H. O Briain
Morgan O’Connell
Katriona J. O’Donoghue
Kian C. Ong
Claire M. Ong
Wajma Padshah
Cameron J. Palmer
Richard D. Paquay
Caitlin M. Pascov
Donna-Lee Patrick
Michael T. Pawle
Nicole Petersen
Alison P. Pitt
Simone J. Pitts
Kayty J. Plastow
Rebecca J. Pobar
Jane E. Potter
Abigail E. Pownall
Susan R. Priest
Charles L. Prouse
Nigel Quadros
Pia R. Quartermaine
Adele L. Reddan
Natarla J. Reid
2009
2010
2000
1984
2011
1997
2004
1991
1980
1970
2012
2015
1990
2011
2003
2010
1975
2004
2007
2008
2008
2011
1979
2006
1991
2013
2009
2012
2014
2004
2014
2004
1980
2000
2008
2008
2005
2013
2008
1985
1999
2013
2012
1992
2011
1997
2012
2001
2013
1978
2006
2005
2010
2012
Abby K. Richards
Scott D. Robertson
Brad W. Robinson
Sally C. Rothnie
Linda Roxburgh
Rebecca M. Ryan
Tanya V. Scorda
Jason C. Seal
Mark R. Segal
Kathiravelu Selvarajah
Zaheed S. Shariff
Fei Shi
Helen J. Shirley
Helen E. Singer
Benjamin D. Smith
Alison M. Smith
John Soderbaum
Kay-Hin Soon
Hollie A. Speake
Lauren M. Spring
Nikki L. Stamp
Joseph M. Steer
Susan J. Stevens
Silma B. Sulaiman
Michael J. Swanson
Zenobia Y. Talati
Michael N. Tan
Ruizhen M. Tan
Jasmine Y. Tan
David Tang
Royce L. Tang
Saifuddin Tareeq
Pita F. Taufatofua
John B. Taylor
Elangovan s. Thaya Needi
Wan J. Tie
Benjamin I. Trezise
Sophie S. Tripier
Michael S. Truelove
Steve N. Tull
Oren P. Vandersteen
Beau K. Vaux
Marcia M. Von Berg
Evonne L. Walker
Verity A. Wallace
Glen C. Ward
Tom R. Webb
Jodie L. White
Samuel A. Widenbar
Robert J. Wiley
Patrick L. Wilkinson
Linda Williamson
Glen J. Willis
Ryan A. Wilson
Scott G. Winslow
Shani Wong
Charissa A. Wright
Harry B. Wykman
Fangyuan Ye
Fangyi Yu
William Yuen
Andrea Zavala Perez
Attachment E
1987
2009
2013
2008
2014
2014
1981
2011
Attachment F
Attachment F
Attachment F
Attachment F
Attachment F
Convocation
What is a Convocation?
The general definition of Convocation is a “gathering
together for a large formal assembly.” When applied in
the context of a university, it refers to those members
of the university community who ‘when gathered
together in a formal meeting’ are entitled to have
input into aspects of the governance of the university
including voting for members of the governing body or
reviewing major decisions, such as changes to statutes.
These rights are generally reserved for those who
have demonstrated their credentials (either by gaining
a degree or by appointment to a senior academic
position) to participate in these decisions.
What is the Convocation of UWA?
The Convocation of UWA refers to the ‘gathering together’ of
all those entitled to be consulted regarding the University.
The members of Convocation form the electorate of UWA
which entitles them to nominate and vote in elections for the
Senate and Council of Convocation, to review any proposed
changes to the UWA Statutes, and to attend General Meetings
known as Ordinary Meetings of Convocation.
One of the first universities to establish a Convocation
representing all those with an interest in preserving the
reputation and values of the University, was at Oxford
(the oldest university is the English-speaking world).
When Sir John Winthrop Hackett proposed the governance
structure for UWA, he deliberately included Convocation
to be the electorate from which members of the
University’s governing bodies could be selected.
Who are the members of Convocation?
Membership of Convocation covers the following members
of the UWA community:
• All graduates of the University are automatically
life‑long members;
• All those awarded honorary degrees are automatically
life‑long members;
• All members and past members of the UWA Senate
are automatically life-long members of Convocation;
• All senior academic staff of the University who elect
to be members;
• All adjunct academic staff of the University who elect
to be members;
• Persons who have rendered services or made gifts to the
University who the Senate determines should be members
of Convocation;
• Others that the Senate and Convocation Council deem
worthy of being members.
UWA graduates
Graduates of The University of Western Australia are
numerically the largest category of this membership.
Through Convocation, they have a direct relationship
with UWA by virtue of the provisions in the legislation
which established the University, the UWA Act.
While many universities view their alumni as external
stakeholders, the UWA Act created Convocation as an integral
part of the University. In Section 4 of the Act, and in Statute
17, it states that the University shall consist of the Senate,
the staff, the students and the members of Convocation
(principally the 110,000 graduates who have graduated from
our University since its foundation in 1913).
As a result, graduates and the other members of Convocation
are legally on-going members of the University community.
The current staff and students are an important part of the
University for the duration of their employment or studies,
but it is only the members of Convocation who are granted
life-long membership of the University.
Convocation Council believes that this unique relationship has
the potential to be a significant defining characteristic for UWA
and therefore to enhance the benefits that may accrue to the
University and graduates through this association.
What are the roles of Convocation?
What is the structure of Convocation?
In the UWA Act and Statutes, Convocation has been assigned
the following five key roles:
Under the provisions of the UWA Act, the roles outlined above
are entrusted to a Council of Convocation (comprising 21
members, the Warden of Convocation, the Deputy Warden
and the Immediate Past Warden). Each year elections are
held for seven members of Council as well as the leadership
positions. All members of Convocation are eligible to be
elected for these positions to serve for a three year term.
Representative role
• To represent the interests and opinions of members
through effective communication and to present
such views to the University and the community of
Western Australia;
Governance role
• To encourage members of Convocation to participate in
the governance of the University through the election of
Convocation members to the Senate and the review of
amendments to University statutes;
Contribution role
• To encourage members to support and contribute
to the intellectual and cultural prosperity of the
University community;
Engagement role
• To promote professional and social links between
members of Convocation by creating and supporting
opportunities for graduate interaction; and
The Council of Convocation meets on a monthly basis and
reports back to all members of Convocation at two general
meetings (known as Ordinary Meetings) held in March and
September each year. Under its constitution (as outlined in the
UWA Statutes), certain major decisions can only be approved
by Convocation when meeting in full session at these
Ordinary Meetings.
As a graduate of UWA and a member of Convocation, you are
also eligible to be a member of the University Club of Western
Australia. Further information regarding the Club and benefits is
available from universityclub.uwa.edu.au
Promotion role
• To promote the ideals and purpose of the University
and Convocation to graduates and undergraduates,
other members of the University and the community
So come and continue your association with UWA by
becoming actively involved in the activities of Convocation.
Further information regarding the history, roles and
responsibilities of Convocation may be accessed at
convocation.uwa.edu.au
Convocation
The University of Western Australia
M362, Perth WA 6009 Australia
Tel: +61 8 6488 3006
Email: [email protected]
convocation.uwa.edu.au
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