Vice-Chancellor to Present at Lord Dearing Memorial Lecture in Nottingham
17 February 2012
Professor Glyn Davis, Chair of the U21 network and Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne is to give the inaugural U21 Lecture, part of the annual Dearing Conference to be held at the University of Nottingham on 23 February 2012. He will be considering how globalised higher education and worldwide collaborative networks can deliver life-changing benefits to millions through improved education, shared expertise and accelerated innovation. Fellow speakers at the conference include the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science; Mr John Cridland CBE, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry; and Ms Amanda Nevill, Director of the British Film Institute, a line-up which promises to be both stimulating and thought-provoking.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/lorddearing/index.aspx
Global Engagement sponsor Australia India Youth Dialouge: Jan - Feb 2012
24 January 2012
The University of Melbourne's Global Engagement division has joined a long list of prominent sponsors to support the 2012 Australia India Youth Dialouge (AIYD), which will be held in Delhi and Mumbai throughout January and February this year. The establishment of the dialogue will provide a sustainable platform for the young leaders of Australia and India to come together and foster a strong partnership between the two countries.
The AIYD will be hosted in India and Australia in alternate years, hosting 15 of the best and brightest young minds of each country at an annual conference. The participants will be chosen from a variety of professions with the aim to increase perspective of the participants and to encourage our leaders of tomorrow to think outside the box.
- Visit the Australia India Youth Dialouge website
- Download the University's India Engagement brochure
Jacyl Shaw receives Vice Chancellor's Award
30 November 2011
Strategic Advisor for Global Engagement Jacyl Shaw was named as one of three Vice-Chancellor's Award recipients last week. Jacyl was recognised for building global partnerships through visits and exchanges on campus and abroad. Her achievements included organising extended time on campus for colleagues such as Chief of Staff to Al Gore and Vanderbilt University Professor of Political Science Roy Neel. She also played an important role in the two Festival of Ideas.
Other recipients of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2011 are:
- Campus Security Officer, Property and Campus Services - Kosta Koukakis
- Senior Strategic Advisor (Partnerships) - Winsome McCaughey
- Director of Engagement, Architecture, Building and Planning - Theo Gouskos
- Department of Agriculture and Food Systems - Maree Cox
- General Manager, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - Richard Frampton
- Property and Campus Services Facilities Officer - John Stewart
- Department of Finance and Planning - Matthew Ladner
- The Learning Space Support in Learning Environments team
Simon Marginson awarded "Distinguished Contribution to International Education" at IEAA Conference
9 November 2011
Simon Marginson was awarded a gong at the recent IEAA conference in Adelaide for "Distinguished Contribution to International Education." This award recognises the ongoing outstanding contribution of a professional colleague in international education who has led ground-breaking initiatives that improved international education in Australia. There were six nominations for this award.
Professor Simon Marginson is one of Australia’s leading teachers, researchers and commentators on higher education. Simon has published over 500 works, a significant proportion of which deal directly with international education matters. The impact of his work has been fundamental to the shaping and improvement of international education policy and practice.
Melbourne-Vanderbilt Partnership Grants - Winners Announced
9 November 2011
Eight recipients have been awarded $50,000 each in the University of Melbourne and Vanderbilt University's (USA) inaugural partnership grants scheme, established in early 2011 to jointly support development of new and growing research collaborations between the two Universities. The 2011 recipients were selected out of a pool of 40 applications and represent a wide range of research interests, faculties and graduate schools across both Universities.
Grant recipients are:
- Evan Bieske (Chemistry, University of Melbourne) and Darryl Bornhop (Chemistry, Vanderbilt): Ultrasensitive Techniques for Photoactive Molecules
- Berin Boughton (Botany, University of Melbourne), Anthony Bacic (Botany, University of Melbourne), Richard Caprioli (Biochemistry, Vanderbilt), Ute Roessner (Botany, University of Melbourne), Jeff Spraggins (Biochemistry, Vanderbilt): Spatial analysis of lipids, metabolites and proteins in plants using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation-imaging Mass Spectrometry MALDI-IMS) and technology transfer.
- Derek Chan (Maths and Stats, University of Melbourne), P. Cummings (Chem/Bio Eng, Vanderbilt), R. Dagastine (Chem/Bio Eng, Vanderbilt), C. McCabe (Chem/Bio Eng, Vanderbilt): Multiscale and multimodal characterization of the dynamics at Fluid Interfaces.
- Andrew Christie (Law, University of Melbourne), David Gervais (Law, Vanderbilt), David Studdert (Population Health, University of Melbourne), Ellen Wright Clayton (Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt): Increasing access to medicines through patent reform: A global debate and a global response.
- Richard Haglund (Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt), Jason Valentine (Medical Engineering, Vanderbilt), Jeffrey McCallum (Physics, University of Melbourne), Ann Roberts (Physics, University of Melbourne), Sjnezana Tomljenovic-Hanic (Medical Engineering, University of Melbourne): Plasmonic Metamaterials Controlled by a Metal-Insulator Transition.
- Barbara Keys (Historical Studies, University of Melbourne), Katherine McGregor (Historical Studies, University of Melbourne), Thomas Schwartz (History, Vanderbilt), Stephen Wheatcroft (Historical Studies, University of Melbourne): Internationalizing the study of the cold war.
- Frances Separovic (Chemistry, University of Melbourne), Terry Lybrand (Chemistry, Vanderbilt), Leann Tilley (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne), Michelle Southard-Smith (Medicine, Vanderbilt), Heather Young (Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Melbourne): Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Gut Motility Disorders.
To read more about the University of Melbourne and Vanderbilt University partnership, please visit: www.vanderbilt.unimelb.edu.au