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AgendaThe Spring Ordinary Meeting of Convocation of The University of Western Australia, 6:30pm, Friday, 21 September 2018, The University Club of Western Australia
1. Welcome
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 23 March 2018
4. Amendments and motion of acceptance of minutes
5. Business arising from the minutes
6. Correspondence
7. Vice-Chancellor’s Report
8. Guild President’s Report
9. Warden’s Report
10. Convocation Officer’s Report
11. Audit Report
12. Other business
13. Keynote Speaker
14. Q & A session
Keynote speaker
Ms Jill Benn, University Librarian: ‘Reinvention of the Library in the Digital Age’
Supper
Complimentary canapés and drinks until 9.30pm
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Autumn Ordinary Meeting23 March 2018
The Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation was held on
Friday 23 March 2018 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in University
Club of WA.
The meeting was attended by the following graduates and guests:Con Abbott, Thankam Abraham, Chacko Abraham, Gregory
Acciaioli, Kent Anderson, Paul Appleton, Helen Appleton,
Ruth Arnel, Ahmad Bagbag, Rachima Bannerman, Nicolas
Baranowski, Bruce Barblett, Lynette Barker, Irwin Barrett-
Lennard, Mary Basley, Gabor Bedo, Greg Benjamin, Marilyn
Bennet-Chambers, Sam Bennett, Rose Benson, Danielle Berry,
Simon Biggs, Dom Blanke, June Boddy, Erica Bonsall, Diana
Boudville, David Boudville, Jane Boxall, Jean Brodie-Hall,
John Bunday, Annette Bunday, Stuart Bunt, Peter Burke, Joan
Burke, Maria Calabro, Brian Carew-Hopkins, David Carlson, Ian
Carr, Maria Carvalho, Renate Chandler, Kok-Foo Chang, Daniel
Chegwidden, Terence Chia, Robin Chinnery, Robert Chivers,
Tat Meng Chow, Curtis Clark, Curtis Clarke, Mary Conroy, Paul
Conti, Patrick Cornish, Jo Cornish, Phyllis Costello, Joanne
Cruickshank, Devon Cuneo, Norma Curnow, Jocelyn Curnow,
Juanita Curtis, Shirley Daffen, Duc Thi Dau, Brett Davies,
Timothy Dawe, Simon Dawkins, Eve Day, Paul Dearlove, Ema
Denby de Braganza, Di Dixon, Anthea Downs, Anne Dunne, T
Dymond, Julie Easton, Tony Ednie-Brown, Mark Elliott, Gary
Ellis, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis, Jocelyn Everett, Jim
Everett, Peter Farr, Arthur Ferres, Libby Feutrill, Annette Finn,
Ann Firth, Elysia Fitzgerald, Louise Flavelle, Alan Flavelle,
Keith Forbes, Chris Forlin, Robert French, Valerie French,
Dawn Freshwater, Mog Gadsdon, Michaele Gardiner, Chantelle
Gaskell, Kathie Gates, Agi Gedeon, Marina Gerzic, Allan Green,
Jenny Gregory, Ross Gregory, Jeff Gunningham, Anne Gunson,
Jim Gunson, Jack Hallam, Gil Hardwick, Chris Harkness,
James Harper, Vanessa Harvey, Dennis Haskell, Patricia
Hatch, Nannan He, Ricki Hewitt, Wendy Hillier, Mary Hind,
Harold Hochstadt, Susan Hoddinott, Alexander Holm, Reza
Honarmand, Maureen Humpage, Peters Ibekwe, Bruce James,
Helen James, Neil Jarvis, Gary Jeneson, Julia Johnson, Debra
Judge, Kevin Kenneally, Ivan Kennedy, Warren Kerr, Chneoh
Hooi Khor, Fiona Kibblewhite, Susan King, Nelly Kleyn, Leith
Landauer, Louisa Lawrance, Cecile Leach, Brian Leach, Megan
Lee, Dina Lewis, Ian Lindsay, Richard Lyon, Ros MacKinlay,
Robert MacMath, Damien Macpherson, Althea Malligan,
Terence Malligan, Felicity Marel, Jude Marinoni, Wayne
Marron, Simon Marshall, Julie Matheson, Anne Maughan,
Rose McAleer, Bruce McCallum, Wendy McCallum, Doug
McGhie, Lynne McGuigan, Lidia McMullan, John Melville-Jones,
MinutesArpad Mencshelyi, Mary Mencshelyi, Rubyna Mher, Nelly
Mher, Anne Millar, Nikolaos Millios, Marri Milton, Eric Moxham,
Dianne Moxham, Antonia Naarstig, Lai Yu Newell, David
Nicholson, Sandy Nicholson, Victor Nicoli, Kathryn Norris,
Nee Nee Ong, Chuan Ong, Angeline Ong, Margaret Owen, Jim
Paparo, Elizabeth Pasquini, Ian Passmore, Lawrence Peh, Gary
Pennefather, Cheryl Penson, Kanthi Perera, Juanita Perez,
Fran Pesich, Anne Pickett, Denese Playford, Theresa Plunkett-
Hill, Joan Pope, Alan Porter, Kaye Regan, Lance Risbey,
Sandra Roe, Kerry Ross, Claudia Ruiz, David Sadler, Johan
Salim, Rosemary Sandover, Taiwo Sanusi, Richard Scarff,
Richard Schiefler, Jennifer Searcy, Enid Sedgwick, Shu, Zarrin
Siddiqui, Hilary Silbert, Roger Simms, Trish Simms, Brian
Sova, Ric Stern, Sandra Stevenson, Jonathan Strauss, Penny
Sutherland, Ernie Tan, Emily Tan, Cathy Tang, Tangea Tansley,
Tony Tate, Ray Tauss, Jane Thompson, Ray Thurloe, Julia
Thurloe, Brenda Tournier, Pauline Tremlett, Charles Tucak,
Gillian Tucak, David Turpin, Jonathan Utting, Grace Utting, Ian
Warner, David Watkins, Jim Williams, Georgina Wilson, Edit
Wood, Paulina Wroblewski, Zhisheng Xie, Allen Yeow, John
Yiannakis, David Young, Don Young, Leith Young, Joanna Zaliki
Knowles, Qingtao Zeng
The following members of Convocation asked that their apologies be recorded.Martha Aarts, Ian Abbott, Hugo Acosta Martinez, Richard
Adams, Diana Adler, Marcus Adonis, Elisa Adriasola, Jo
Agnew, James Ahern, Steven Ahern, Kenneth Ahmat, Michael
Albany, Muhammad Randy Evan Aldianto, Azizah Algreiby,
Jan Allchurch, Mohammed Alreesh, Racquel Alza, David
Ambrose, Lyneve Amoore, Caroline Anderson, Craig Anderson,
Daniel Anderson, Emily Anderson, Maureen Anderson,
Monica Anderson, Hazel Anderson, Sheila Andersson,
Brooke Anderton, Carlo Andreacchio, Michael Andrews, Mark
Andrich, Christie-Rochelle Annice, Amrith Anthony, Richard
Anthony, Tania Anthony, Anne Appleton, Max Aravena-Roman,
Catherine Archer, Gemma Archer, Isabel Arevalo-Vigne, Mary
Aris, Pooya Arjomandnia, Frances Arndt, Francis Arndt, Lizzy
Arnold, Geetanjali Arora, Julia Ashton, Mel Ashton, Rosemary
Atwell, Koya Ayonrinde, Julian Bahr, Lily Bailey, Lauren Bailey,
Ian Bain, Vivien Bainbridge, Loretta Baldassar, Mary Baljic,
Joshua Bamford, Norainie Bargholz, May Quin Barker, Cynthia
Barrett, Luke Bartley, Michael Bartosiak, Chris Basinski, Bruce
Baskerville, Andrew Bath, Susan Bath, Douglas Bathgate, Lisa
Bayakly, Lyn Beazley, Lisa Beckley, Margaret Behrndt, Julian
Bell, Leita Bell, Tom Bellas, Matteo Bellingeri, Jack Bendat,
Anna Benjamin, Aileen Bennett, Eleanor Bennett, Haia Ber,
Andrew Berryman, Brian Betts, Enzo Biagioni-Froudist,
Suzanne Biddles, Bill Biggs, Eugenio Bini, Wendy Birman, Sam
Birman, Barrie Blackburn, Roger Blackett, Allan Blair, Carl
Blair, Peter Blake, Aurore Blanchard-Scott, Jane Blanckensee,
Antoine Bloemen, William Blumer, Warwick Boardman, Ron
Bodycoat, Jeffrey Boersma, Astrid Boggs, Arthur Bogoias,
Maureen Boland, Luke Bone, Ern Bong, Angharad Booth,
Jason Boron, Jessica Boughton, Ramiz Boulos, Elyse
Bourgault Du Coudray, Valerie Bourke, Noel Bourke, Anthony
Bovell, Bernard Bowen, Trent Bowen, Geoff Bower, Ronald
Bower, Donald Bowes, Heather Boyd, Sue Boyd, Roy Boyd, Lee
Boyett, Diana Bradbury, Felicity Bradshaw, John Braybrooke,
John Brearley, John Bremner, Anthony Bright, Ted Brindal,
David Brooks, Errol Broome, Julie Brown, Robert Brown,
Wendy Brown, Douglas Brown, Ross Bryant, Don Buchanan,
Bi Buckeridge, Lauren Buckley, Helen Budge, Morag Budiselik, Getting ready... set... go.
Caption: (L-R) Shirley Daffen with Bruce and Helen James. Bruce served as Warden, and elected Senate member in the mid-1980s.
The Banquet Hall soon to be filled to capacity
Elisabeth Budjak, Paul Bumbak, Anna Burchfield, Peter Burke,
Donald Burnett, Helen Buttfield, Kimberley Bycro§, Brian
Byrne, John Byrne, Jan Cain, David Cairns, Lesley Cala, Greg
Calcutt, Mary Cameron, Krystie Camisa, Colin Campbell-
Fraser, Amy Camplin, Amelia Capozzi, Geraldine Capp,
Mitchell Carey, Alison Carlin, Joan Carney, Mary Carr, Georgia
Carragher, John Carrigg, Anne Carter, Craig Carter, Tina Carter,
Annette Castley, Rachel Catterson, Sonia Cattley, Robert
Cavanagh, Florence Cawley, Tara Celenza, Jan Chadwick,
Nicole Chalmer, Karyn Chan, Tshung Hui Chang, Mun Cheang,
Frederick Chee, Angel Chen, Katherine Cheng, Bill Chesnutt,
Michael Chester, Eric Chidlow, Wei Chieng, Graeme Chinnery,
Catherine Choate, Janice Chong, Ace Choo, Habibullah Amin
Chowdhury, Lee Christensen, Virginia Christie, Chew Chua,
Davina Chung, Rosie Circosta, Romolo Cirillo, Melita Cirillo,
Milton Clark, Catherine Clarke, Graeme Clarke, James Clarke,
Linda Clayton, Lynette Clayton, Mark Cli§on, Peter Cli§on,
Douglas Clyde, Michael Coates, Rosemary Coates, Alex Cohen,
Helena Coleman, Malcolm Collier, Claire Collins, Hugh Collins,
Paul Collins, Simone Collins, Geoff Combes, Arthur Conacher,
Danica Cook, Diane Cook, Geoff Cook, Gregory Cook, Hilary
Cook, Philip Cooke, Erin Cooley, Mathew Cooper, Roderick
Cooper, Tony Cooper, Michael Cooper, Vida Corbett, Gayle
Corbould, Jeremy Cordina, Diana Corston, Stephen Costley,
Margot Cox, Carolyn Craggs, Terry Craig, Jane Crawford, Peter
Crayden, Julie Crews, Liz Criddle, Cristian Crisan, Susan Croker,
Malcolm Crosbie, Gary Crouch, Ann Cullity, John Curtis, Chloe
Czerwiec, Peter Dallimore, Raymond Dallin, Barry Daniel,
Heidi Daniel, Bruce Darby, Ash Dashlooty, Giuliana D'Aulerio,
Laura Davey, Matthew Davey, David Davidson, Peter Davies,
Diana Davies, Richard Davies, John Davis, Judith Davis, Alisha
Davis, Neal Davis, Melissa Davis-Cotgreave, Steve Davison,
Christine Davy, Reginald Dawson, Alan Day, Julie de Jong,
Phillip de la Hunty, Deirdre de Souza, John Deacon, John
Dean, Richard Dermody, James Devenish, Edward Devereux,
Brian Devine, Mick Devine, Tony Devitt, Natasha Dewani, Julie
Dickinson, Mollie Dinham, Cheu Diong, Amelia Dixon-Pugh,
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Oh, Doina Olaru, Bobbie Oliver, Marius Olivier, Hannipoula
Olsen, Alexander O'Neil, Christine O'Neil, Graeme O'Neil,
Ban-Ban Ong, Chow-Loo Ong, Amanda Ormerod, Shannon
O'Rourke, Alan Osborne, Ann Osborne, David Osborne, Jamie
O'Shea, Lucy O'Sullivan, Simon O'Sullivan, Trevor O'Sullivan,
Roger Overmeire, Sean Ow, Robyn Owens, Justine Oxley,
Megan Packer, Ronald Packer, Michael Page, Amrik Pala,
Zehra Palejwala, John Palfrey, Lance Palmer, Sally Pamberger,
John Pannell, Stacey Papa, Wayne Parker, Kevin Parker, Merle
Parkes, Brian Partridge, Kim Paterson, Mary-Anne Paton, Annie
Patrick, Leigh Patterson, Georgie Paulik-White, Lynette Payne,
Trevor Payne, Alistair Peacock, Chris Peacock, Ian Peacock,
(L-R) Anna Miller, Ric Stern and Juanita Perez (Convocation Officer)
Jane Peacock, Lara Peake, Robert Pearse, Brian Pegrum,
Bronwyn Peirce, Anna Pembroke, Rowley Pennock, Jennifer
Penton, Steven Pereira, Nicholas Peres, Robert Perriam, Stan
Perron, Fintan Persse, Zeke Pervan, Gabriela Pestell, Shirley
Peter, Daphne Peters, Diana Phang, Charm Phillips, Leslie
Phillips, Paula Phillips, Haydn Pickersgill, Rebecca Pierluigi,
Franco Pirajno, Conrad Pires, Terry Pitsikas, Cameron Platell,
Geoff Playford, Greg Poche, Julian Polain, Fiona Poole,
William Poole, Sam Popovski, Natasha Porter, Anthony
Postle, Susette Pow, Deidre Powell, Frederick Powell, Amy
Powell, Cheryl Praeger, Christina Pranata, Daryl Pranata,
Anna Presser, Melissa Price, Paula Prichard, Christine Prince,
Neville Pringle, Douglas Purser, Vinnie Pushpalingam, Leslie
Pyke, Janet Pyke, Zohaib Qazi, Aylene Quartermaine, John
Quealy, Pat Quilty, Bostang Radjagukguk, Lida Rahdon, Tanya
Ramakrishnan, Dexter Ramsay, Donalda Ramsden, Alan
Randell, Gaetano Rando, Lee Ranford, Jenny Rankin, Sally
Rankin, Colin Raston, Susanne Reeve, Bruce Rego, Lauren
Reid, Robin Reid, Desmond Reid, Graciela Rhodes, John
Ricciardo, Tobias Richards, Grace Richardson, Bernard Richter,
Christopher Ridings, Gianni Ripani, John Ripp, Barry Robbins,
Anne Roberg, N'Gadie Roberts, Jeanette Robertson, Joan
Robins, Bruce Robins, Peter Robinson, Anthony Robinson,
Brian Robinson, Della Robinson, Ellen Roe, Sam Rogers,
Benjamin Leonard, Emilio Leoni, William Leslie, Alfred
Leung, Jessica Lewandowsky, Steve Lieblich, Rosalind Lilley,
Janice Lim, Bernadette Lin, Arvid Linde, Laureen Lindsay,
Freda Livingston, Michael Lochore, Miriam Lochore, Bill
Loneragan, Kevin Long, Virginia Longley, Isaac Lorca Diez,
Jan Lord, Linda Low, Andrew Lu, Nicola Lucano, Roberto
Lujan Rocha, Steve Lukan, Susan Lyne, Aileen Lynn, Robert
Lynn, Merilyn Ma, Angus MacDonald, Catherine MacDonald,
Maureen MacDuff, Gary Mack, Jill Mack, Sandra-Lee Mackey,
Elizabeth MacKinnon, Alexander MacKinnon, Clive Macknay,
Wilma Macknay, Gemma Maclean, Cara MacNish, Andrew
MacNish, Alannah MacTiernan, Richard MacWilliam, Alex
Ma§ei, Ross Magno, Peter Maguire, Jack Mah, Stephanie Main,
Arthur Makin, Farai Makwiranzou, Kunal Malhotra, Ella Malita,
Jasmina Malkoc, Andrew Mallaby, John Malone, Stephanie
Maltman, Uday Manchanda, Roy Manchester, Bruce Manning,
Damian Mansfield, Anthony Marrion, Michael Marsh, Victor
Marsh, Margaret Marshall, Gordon Marshall, Mary Marshall,
Graeme Martin, Gregory Martin, Glenda Martinick, Audrey
Martins, Ian Martlew, Chris Massey, Natalie Mast, Paul Masten,
Josephine Masters, Anne Masters, Pam Mathews, Joyce
Matson, Kim Matulich, Lydia Maurice, Suzanne May, Zdenek
Mazanec, Brenda Mazzucchelli, Richard Mazzucchelli, Trevor
Mazzucchelli, Elsie McAdam, Damien McCann, Thomas
McCleery, James McClements, Bruce McClintock, Denzil
McCotter, Janine McCrum, Ian McCulloch, Moira McDermont,
Rosemary McGlashan, Peter McGowan, Fiona McGregor,
Luke McGuiness, Michael McGuire, Sharon McKerrow, Carryn
McLean, Douglas McLean, Glen McLeod, Patrick McManus,
Gaye McMath, Jan McMillan, Nola McPherson, George McRae,
Connor McShane, Shirley McWhirter, Bob McWilliam, Tim
Mead, David Meager, Janice Meakin, Rebecca Meakin, Edward
Medina, Amin Mher, Bowen Mi, Pip Micalizzi, David Michael,
Ken Michael, Tony Michell, Ian Middlemas, Bruce Middleton,
Joan Miles, Barbara Miller, John Miller, Moya Miller, Virginia
Miller, John Millett, Katherine Mills, Robyne Millward, Jill
Milroy, Mark Minissale, Ann Minister, Amy Miranda, Michael
Mischin, Darryn Mitchell, Alice Moala, Christabel Moffat,
Ali Mohammadi, Khwaja Mohiuddin, Richard Mollett, John
Moncrieff, Malcolm Monley, Peta Monley, Christopher Moore,
Michele Moore, Peter Moran, Kevin Morgan, Patricia Morgan,
Sidy Morin - Ka, Sarah Morris Adams, Dewi Moseley, Peter
Muhling, Patricia Mulcahy, Airen Mulligan, Paul Mullins, Terence
Mulroney, Ashleigh Murch, Daniel Murphy, Joe Murphy, Peter
Murphy, Brendan Murphy, Douglas Murray, Malcolm Murray,
Dino Muscara, Hemalakshmi Nathoo, Ainalem Nega, Chris
Neretlis, Ian Newnham, Harriet Newson, Aik Chern Ng, Andre
Ng, Joshua Ngai Mun Ng, Kenneth Ng, Danny Nguyen, Shiah
Nguyen, John Nicholas, Bob Nicholson, Eugenie Nicolandis,
Jennifer Nicolao, Patricia Nieuwenhuis, Cassandra Nixon,
Patricia Nixon, Peter Nolin, Pauline Norman, Eliza Noske, Pat
Nottle, Lucy Oborn, Christine O'Brien, Shiela Ocao, Francoise
Ode-Berryman, Richard O'Donnell, Peter O'Donoghue, John
O'Donohue, Amanda O'Donovan, Cathy O'Donovan, Stephen
Clare Greasley, Alan Green, Edward Green, Peter Green,
David Greenhill, Alison Gregg, James Gregg, Pamela Gregor,
John Kipling Grieve, Bill Griffiths, David Griffiths, Charlie
Gunningham, Jeremy Ha, Amy Hadassin, Syd Hall, Lois Hall,
Silvana Ham, John Hammond, Tim Hammond, Jean Hamory,
Gabor Hamory, Alec Hand, Peter Hannay, Stephanie Hanrahan,
Pauline Hansen, Michael Happ, Jayde Harding, Justine
Harding, Elizabeth Harding, Julia Harding, Joan Harlow,
Graham Harmsworth, John Harriott, Arthur Harris, Max
Harris, Ross Harrison, Reinhold Hart, Bruce Hartley, Lee Hartz,
Dominic Harvey, Jeromy Harvey, Nicholas Hasluck, Hasanah
Hasni, Garry Hawkes, David Hawks, Kerry Hawley, Shan He,
Frank Hedges, Terry Heenan, Trevor Height, Rudolf Heitz,
Alexis Hemsley, Warwick Hemsley, Michael Henderson, Kate
Henning, Pat Henry, Marion Hercock, Bill Heseltine, Quentin
Hess, Kenneth Hews-Taylor, Rie Heymans, Kerry Hill, Murray
Hill, Shelley Hill, Michaela Hill, Jo Hiller, Neville Hills, Marcus
Hitch, Kenneth Ho, Nick Hodges, Edward Hodgson, Anne
Hodgson-Goodman, Gary Hoffman, Donald Hogben, Joyce
Hogben, Jennifer Hole, Patrick Holland, Lyn Hollingsworth,
Beverley Hollyock, Janet Holmes à Court, John Holsgrove,
Sean Hood, Margaret Hooton, Alistair Hopkins, Steve Hopper,
Peter Hopwood, David Hough, Tracey Hough, Kamariani
Houlis, Leslie House, Tony Howarth, Bette Howell, Mar Hube,
Robert Hughes, Peter Humphreys, Meredith Hunter, Peter
Huston, David Huynh, Du Huynh, Zoe Hyde, Peter Hyman,
Ken Ilett, Alan Imerito, Anis Inayat-Hussain, Tim Inglis, Peter
Ingram, Angelina Ingrilli, Anne Ismail, Ungku Ismail, Theodora
Issa, Bill Isted, Benjamin Jackson, Emma Jackson, Deborah
Jackson-Porteous, William James, Adrian Jameson, Elliot
Jameson, Ian Janes, Douglas Janney, Stephen Jarrett, Dianne
Jarvis, John Jeffreys, Jegaluckshumy Jegasothy, Jeanette
Jensen, Catherine Jepp, Don Johnson, Rob Johnson,
Sue Johnson, Doris Johnson, Brooke Jones, Evan Jones,
Maxwell Jones, Patricia Jones, Jacqui Joseph-Bowen,
Bianca Jovanovic, Cheyne Jowett, Patrick Joyce, Petrice
Judge, Patricia Kailis, Martin Kalkhoven, Peter Kalmund,
Anthony Kane, Chaebin Kang, Jansje Karajas, John Karajas,
Kapila Karunaratna, Brian Kazakoff, Bill Kean, Odette Keely,
Anne Keith-Fraser, Dave Kelly, Jim Kemp, Irene Kempa,
Garry Kennedy, Trudi Kennedy, Ania Kestner, Umneea Khan,
Kenneth Khoo, Isabelle Khoo, Robert Kibblewhite, Tony
Kierath, Susan Kiernan, Michael Kile, Ivan King, Penelope King,
George Kingsley, Nin Kirkham, Dain Kirwan, Peter Klinken,
Ian Kneebone, Jan Knight, Tim Koh, Genevieve Konig, Julia
Kovesi, Vijay Kumar, Julie Kuruckchi, Rajendra Kurup, Tilak
Kuruppuarachchi, Kim Kyle, Bernardine Lambert, Heather
Lamont, Rona Landquist, William Langa, Bruce Langford,
David Langridge, Josephine Langridge, Terry Larder, Adrian
Larking, Jenny Larner, Adrian Lau, Ian Laurance, Roger Lavell,
Brian Law, Jill Lawson, Eric Lawson, Eric Le Page, Sheila
Lea, Verona Lea, Geoff Leach, John Leahy, Trevor Leaver,
Michael Ledger, Maria Lee, Ken Lee, Jacinta Lee, Kay Lee,
Will Lee, Melissa Leigh, John Leishman, Christian Lemnell,
Beverle Dodd, Andriu Dodson, Catherine Domahidy, Neil
Donaldson, Nadia Donatelli, Christine Donis, Craig Donovan,
Edmund Doogue, Adriana Douglas, Elizabeth Dowson,
Jacqueline Doyle, James Doyle, George Drew, John Driscoll,
Judith Drummond, Alexia Drygan, Ralph D'Sanges, David
Dun, Paul Duncan, Lachlan Dunjey, Tom Durkin, Timothy
Dymond, Katrise Eager, Rod Eagleton, Peter Eastlake, Rod
Eddington, Ryan Edgecombe, Natasha Alya Edmett, Colin
Edwards, Mark Edwards, Mary Edwards, Peter Edwards, Valerie
Edwards, Cyril Edwards, Mike Eggett, Johanne Eldridge, Petra
Elias, Sue Ellery, Maurice Ellvey, Laura Emery, Terri Emslie,
Daniel Eng, Richard Engel, Margaret Erneste, Judi Errey, Henry
Esbenshade, Vanessa Evangelista, David Evans, Frieda Evans,
Tony Ewing, John Eyres, Donna Faragher, Eduardo Farate,
Maria (Jes) Farate, Richard Farrar, Rosemarie Farthing, Eman
Fath El Bab, Kingsley Faulkner, Ben Feng, Wendy Fenton, Gus
Ferguson, Lynette Fernandes, Charmaine Fernandez, John
Ferreirinho, John Ferrell, Devid Ferri, Bruno Fiannaca, Gavin
Fielding, Cletus Fimmel, Carlo Fini, Marco Fiorentini, Michael
Firth, Franz Fischer, Brian Fitzgerald, Carol Fitzpatrick, John
Flecker, Simon Fleming, Janet Fletcher, Margaret Floyd,
Roselia Fogliani, Vivian Forbes, David Formby, Nicola Forrest,
Peter Forrestal, Alan Forsyth, Robin Foulds, Celine Fournier,
Lindsay France, Kirsty Freeman, Simon French, Therese
Frichot, Elizabeth Frith, Dick Frith, Shih Ching Fu, Duncan
Furphy, Margaret Furphy, Frederick Gall, Paul Galloway, Joe
Galvans, Rebecca Gambie, Sathyanarayana Ganganahalli,
Shanti Gangatharan, Brent Gardner, Carrie Gardner, Jane
Gardner, Anthony Gartrell, Sally Gatt, Lynn Gattorna, Jason
Gavranic, Hannes Gebauer, Rohan Gengatharen, Sean
Geoghegan, Elizabeth Gerner, Nick Gerrard, Luke Gibson, Erin
Gi§akis, Lynton Giles, Rhona Giles, Wendy Giles, Peter Gilet,
Robert Ginbey, Darren Ginnelly, Maureen Glancy, Donald
Glassford, Diana Glenn, Monique Gliozzi, Jean-Marie Gobet,
Brian Goddard, Joanne Godfrey, John Godfrey, Mayford
Godfrey, Margaret Goldswain, Barbara Good, Felicity Gooding,
Sue Gordon, Alexander Gorrie, Kelly Gough, Daniel Gouvignon,
Kamulsen Gowrea, Janine Goyder, Richard Goyder, Andrew
Graebner, Lloyd Graham, Christian Grainger, Tony Granich,
Anna Gray,
Many are regular attendees. (L-R) Edith Wood, Charles and Gillian Tucak
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The Warden thanked all the members of Convocation who
took the time to contact him and Convocation Council in
that period, as the Council value members’ views on issues
important to Convocation.
(Back Row L-R) Professor Kent Anderson (DVC Community & Engagement), Dr Doug McGhie (Warden), Professor Simon Biggs, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM (Immediate Past Warden and Senate) and Professor David Sadler; (Front Row L-R) Dr Joan Pope OAM (Deputy Warden), Professor Dawn Freshwater (Vice-Chancellor) and Hilary Silbert (retiring Senate member).
6. Results of Convocation Elections for Warden, Deputy Warden, members of the Council of Convocation and one member of Senate
Each year elections are held for the position of Warden,
Deputy Warden and seven members of the 21 member Council
of Convocation. This year an election was also held for one
member of Senate.
To ensure the utmost probity in the conduct of these
elections, during 2013 Convocation Council took the
decision to outsource the conduct of these elections. This
year Convocation Council determined to continue with the
appointment of CorpVote to undertake the election process.
The Convocation Officer has oversight of all these
arrangements and therefore the Warden invited Ms Juanita
Perez to announce the results of the 2018 Elections.
The Convocation Officer reported that the Warden and Deputy
Warden are elected for one year terms and each member of
Council is elected for a three year term.
Nominations for these positions were invited during
November and December last year and a postal ballot of all
• Deputy Warden of Convocation, Dr Joan Pope OAM;
• Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Biggs;
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor David Sadler;
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community & Engagement)
Professor Kent Anderson;
• Members of the UWA Senate;
• Members of Convocation Council; and
• all the members of Convocation, including their guests
and friends.
The Warden then declared the meeting open at 6.30pm.
2. Apologies
The Warden noted apologies from former Chancellor & former
Governor Dr Ken Michael AC CitWA, former Chancellor, Clinical
Professor Alex Cohen AO CitWA, and over 900 other members
of Convocation. The Warden asked that if anyone wished to
convey any additional apologies, they could provide these
to the Convocation Officer, Ms Juanita Perez who will record
the details.
3. Minutes of the Spring Ordinary Meeting 2017
A copy of the minutes of the Spring Ordinary Meeting 2017 held
on Friday, 15 September 2017 appeared at Attachment A of
the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2018 booklet.
A motion to accept the minutes of the Spring Ordinary Meeting
2017 held on Friday, the 15 September 2017 was proposed
by Dr Joan Pope OAM and seconded by Dr Brett Davies. The
motion was carried.
4. Business Arising
The Warden reported that the Convocation Council has
continued to make the agenda papers available online and a
link to this documentation was provided in the meeting email
reminder sent to members.
Q&A SessionThe Convocation Council also received many positive
comments regarding the Q&A session at the end of the
meeting. Consequently, another Q&A session has been
included in the agenda for this meeting.
5. Correspondence
The Warden reported that the Convocation office receives
much correspondence on many matters, both as emails and
letters and they are largely addressed by the Convocation
Officer and himself as Warden.
Andrew Watson, David Watson, Ken Watson, Meryl Watts,
Cara Webling, Maxwell Weedon, Pelham Weir, Jason Wells,
Frank Welten, Yee Sang Welten, Fitzwilliam Wentworth, Martin
West, Patricia Weston, Ryan Whiddett, Kevin White, Xanthe
White, Camille Whitehead, Suzanne Wicks, Christopher Wijns,
Fiona Wildy, Helen Wildy, Phyl Wilkin, Barry Wilkins, John
Wilkins, Anne Williams, Janet Williams, Ken Williams, Claire
Williamson, Alexander Williamson, Anthea Williamson, John
Williamson, Alwena Willis, Brian Willis, Deidre Willmott, John
Willox, Rod Willox, Anne Willox, Kate Wilmot, Peter Wilmot,
Albert Wilson, John Wilson, Katrin Wilson, Robyn Wilson, Steve
Wilson, Danielle Winzenried, Josephine Wittorff, Wieslaw
Wojtowicz, John Wolfe, Dianne Lyn Wolfer, Michael Wong,
Rina Wong, Vanessa Wong, William Wong, Eric Wood, Fiona
Wood, Ashleigh Workman, Paul Wovodich, Peter Wreford,
Diam Wright, Helen Wright, Robert Wright, Ben Wyatt,
Jeannette Wyber, Jinchao Yang, Pauline Yarwood, Mary Ann
Yeats, Michael Yoo, John Yorath, Keith Young, Fiona Young,
Mary Young, Zoe Yujnovich, Panlop Zeephongsekul, Graham
Zemunik, Mark Zhang, Lianpeng Zheng, Yunyue Zhou
Ms Juanita Perez Convocation Officer as Secretary
Convocation asked members to support the recent PROSH fundraising paper. … (L-R) 2018 PROSH Director Jacob Colangelo and Megan Lee (2018 Guild President).
1. Welcome
In opening the Autumn Ordinary Meeting for 2018, the
Warden of Convocation, Dr Doug McGhie, welcomed the
following guests:
• Chancellor, The Hon. Robert French AC CitWA
• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dawn Freshwater;
• 2018 Guild President Megan Lee;
Robert Rogers, Enid Rose, Robin Routley, Graeme Roy, John
Royce, Geoffrey Rudeforth, Gesa Ruge, Tony Ruse, Jeffrey
Russell, Eliza Ryan, Carol Ryan, Nancy Ryan, David Ryan,
Margaret Sadler, Mihaela Sa§a, Barry Saker, Lindsay Saleeba,
Robin Salter, Diana Salvaris, Orestes Santos, Melvyn Sargent,
Saliba Sassine, Lynette Savage, Vincenzo Savini, Laurie Sawle,
Jane Scanlon, Denisse Scasserra, Eugene Schlusser, Deryck
Schreuder, Michelle Schwager, Andrea Giovina Sciubba,
Virginia Scott, John Scott, Jackie Scurlock, Amanda Seabrook,
Pamela Seaman, Margaret Seares, Roger Seares, Peter Seet
Pee Heng, Leah Segal, Brendan Selby, John Seotis, Ingrid
Shack, Susan Sharpe, Duncan Shearwood, Helen Shilkin-
Reinhold, Douglas Short, Jeanette Shorto, Jenny Shub, Marie
Therese Sicouri, Abu Siddique, Kadambot Siddique, Stuart
Silbert, Catherine Simcock, Viti Simmons, Genevieve Simpson,
Mindy Simpson, Su Sirr, Richard Sisson, Stephanie Slanzi, Yiing
Sleight, Melanie Sloss, Peter Smedley, Ben Smith, Geoff Smith,
Michael Smith, Patricia Smith, Peter Smith, Philip Smith,
Geoffrey Smith, Alberta So, Nicholas Sokolich, Jayantha
Somasundaram, Tamas Somosy, Elaine Soumanis, Maurie
Sparkman, Louise Sparrow, Robin Spence, Caroline Spencer,
Laurence Spencer, Pat Spillman, Amy Springer, Cornelia
Staats, Conway Stacey, Scilla Stack, Karl Staer, Gerrit Stafford,
Jenni Stallwood, Fiona Stanley, Jan Star, Susan Starcken,
Rodney Steed, Judith Stephens, Vivien Stern, Damien Stevens,
Mark Stickells, Leonie Still, Trevor Still, John Stone, Libby
Stone, Pauline Stone, Peter Strickland, Pat Stroud, Jan Stuart,
Angelika Sturman, Keryn Sturrock, Marina Sucur, Paulus Sui,
Bob Sullivan, Denise Sullivan, Jeanette Sumerling, Julian
Summers, Youqi Sun, Kylie Sutherlin, Aaron Svagelj, Murray
Swain, Lynette Swarbrick, Pam Sweeney, Kylie Sydney, Melissa
Symonds, David Synnott, Monika Szalai, Yola Szymakowski,
Dawn Tabet, Stella Tagbo, Andrew Taggart, Simon Taheri, Sally
Talbot, Kartik Tamil Selvan, Alexander Tan, Evan Taplin, Francis
Tay, Jeannette Taylor, Lorraine Taylor, Roger Taylor, Michael
Teare-Williams, Chantalia Tedja, Nadia Tedja, Ryan Teh, Lisa
Telford, Barbara Temperton, John Templeman, Christopher
Theunissen, Audrina Thien, Visnupriya Thirumurthy, Adrian
Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas, Ray Thompson, Beth Thompson,
Justine Thomson, Jawahir Thontowi, Neville Threlfall, Gene
Tilbrook, Daina Timermanis, Victoria Toal, Linda Tompkins,
Jamie Tonus, Geoff Totterdell, Sandy Toussaint, Mary
Townsend, Paul Townsend, Malcolm Treadgold, Alan True,
Jill True, Daniel Tschorn, David Tunley, Gyula Turchanyi,
Leisa Turner, Fay Uhe, Chumith Ukwattage Don Siriwardana,
Stanislav Ulrich, Susan Unger, John Urquhart, Paul Vajda,
Rhys Vallance, Micheline Van Der Beken, Damon Van Der
Linde, Agatha van der Schaaf, Nicholas Van Der Sluys, Jaimie
van Emmerloot, Kay Van Norton Poche, Diana van Straalen,
John Vann, Kevin Varvell, Richard Vaughan, Vij Vijayasekaran,
Tony Virili, Charlie Viska, Eva Vlahov, Erin Vlajsavljevich,
John Vodanovic, Margaret von Perger, Freddie von Schmidt,
Van-Van Vu, Ron Waddy, Alan Wade, Rosalie Wadley, Sheila
Walker, Elizabeth Waller, Amy Ward, Lisa Ward, Robin Warren,
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Safety around campus
The University, through Universities Australia, has generated
our own action plans and activities, protocols as a result of
responding to those agendas surrounding safety on campus.
This is a continued issue for the University. The University is
keeping it live in terms of how we manage this going forward
to the way we collaborate and consult with others.
The executives are working towards making sure that the
colleges, the Student Guild and the stakeholders, come
together to create a holistic approach to managing safety
on campus for all involved. This continues to be work that is
being done collaboratively with the student body. They are
looking at a whole range of initiatives put in place – they are
testing them out and taking feedback on them as they are
being implemented and developed. The University has a new,
improved capture and reporting system. This has resulted in
an increase in the number of incidents reported. The Vice-
Chancellor feels that this might be an indication that the
systems are improved.
Government Funding
On the 22 December, the University received a diktat from the
Federal Minister around the way in which they were going to
make changes to the funding regime. This is still being pushed
through Parliament, but there are some significant challenges,
and for this university, it relates to the way in which our
courses are structured because we have government funding
through our CSB places that goes all the way through our cycle
to a master’s program.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor David Sadler
will deal with how to address some of those challenges in
response to government reform whilst enhancing our existing
course structure and maximising its potential for the future.
Other Engagement Activities with Government
• A ‘Science meets Parliament’ event was held recently
where many of the University’s researchers spent time
talking to Ministers around their research and how it is
changing lives and improving society.
• Minister Alannah MacTiernan was in Albany at the Wave
Energy facility that UWA has opened in Albany as a result of
government funding.
• A new group of academics are working on an agricultural
facility that will be supported by the state as well.
Perth Festival
The University of Western Australia is the founder of the
Perth Festival. This year the Perth Festival was able to attract
450,000 people to events in the city, the Somerville Theatre,
and to the Writers’ Week. Many of those experiences that
have been happening on campus raise the profile of the
University and activate the campus in different ways. The Vice-
Chancellor added that it was an absolute pleasure to see that
participation has gone up from 400,000 last year, and it was a
great outcome for all of those involved.
Strategic Vision for 2030
The University will be embarking on a process for the Strategic
Vision for 2030. It will be a process that runs for about 12 to 15
months. The University will be focusing on a 10-year horizon
with a view to looking at the megatrends in our sector, and
in society, and then to have the strategic plan endorsed by
Senate in 2025.
The Vice-Chancellor said that it is important to start a
process well in advance, and it is more important than ever
in her view, because of the really challenging and changing
external economic, social and political environment. This
includes some of the changes to the higher education
sector reform and funding - it refers to the ways in which the
sector and society in general is being disrupted through the
development of digitalisation and technology and those
advances leading to challenges around the future of work. This
is really important because so much of what the University
does is around focusing on future employment. The business
environment is less and less predictable, not just for this
sector, but for many sectors.
The process will engage with all of the University’s
stakeholders - the students, the academic staff, the industry
partners, the government, and Convocation. The process
will involve setting up a whole range of opportunities for
engagement where people can submit their thoughts, their
papers, and their ideas.
The Vice-Chancellor will receive ideas, thoughts, submissions
from Convocation and they will be considered in the same way
that all other submissions will be, and they will be contributing
to the whole thinking that the Executive is doing. The
Executive will pull the strategy together for presentation to the
Senate which will happen next March.
• to Peter Robinson for bringing great knowledge of
Convocation’s history and for insight to the operations of
the University; and
• to Zohaib Qazi for youth and enthusiasm and showing
us that the young graduates are keen to serve with
Convocation.
7. Vice-Chancellor’s Report
The Warden next invited the Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Dawn Freshwater, to present her report to Convocation. A
copy of the text of the Vice-Chancellor’s report appeared at
Attachment B of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2018 Booklet.
The Vice-Chancellor took her report as read. In addition to her
report, the Vice-Chancellor reported on the following:
Chancellor
The new Chancellor, The Hon. Robert French AC CitWA, was
officially installed on 1 February 2018. The event was a great
celebration and very well attended.
New Appointments
• Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Biggs;
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor David Sadler;
• Pro Vice-Chancellor Education, Dr Peter Dean; and
• Director of Campus Management, Mr Trevor Humphries
Summer School
At the last Ordinary Meeting of Convocation, the Vice-
Chancellor reported that they have been working considerably
behind the scenes to develop a summer school at UWA. The
Vice-Chancellor reported that 1,300 students took part in that
summer school despite the fact that it was quite late by the
time that they were able to advertise, and she looks forward to
a growing number next summer. Much of the education units
that were on offer during the summer were revitalised and so it
has been a wonderful exercise for the University as well as for
those students.
Welcome Festival
The students enjoyed an enhanced orientation experience
this year. There has been a significant change in the format
of the student orientation program from that which has
been running since 2000. There was a flag ceremony for
every international student’s country that was represented.
Information sessions were provided for parents at the Octagon
Theatre, and over 300 parents attended those sessions. A
procession was also conducted and the Vice-Chancellor was
delighted to say that she is looking at how Convocation can be
involved in this festival, having run this one pilot this year.
members of Convocation for whom we have postal addresses
was conducted during February and March this year, closing
on Tuesday 13 March.
Because the UWA Statutes pertaining to Convocation were
dra§ed before email was invented, we are required to use
a postal voting process. Hopefully when the Statutes are
revised we will be able to use a more efficient election process.
Ms Perez then announced the results of the 2018 Convocation
Elections:
Convocation Elected Senator (re-elected 3 year term)
Mr Simon Dawkins
Warden of Convocation (re-elected unopposed)
Dr Doug McGhie
Deputy Warden of Convocation (re-elected unopposed)
• Dr Joan Pope OAM
Convocation Councillors (elected unopposed)
• Ms Devon Cuneo
• Emeritus Professor Jenny Gregory AM
• Mr Graham Harmsworth
• Dr Raj Kurup
• Mr James Paparo
• Dr Fran Pesich
• Mr Ric Stern
The Warden thanked retiring Senators Ms Hilary Silbert and
Mr Quang Ly for their services on Senate.
The Warden then paid tribute to the following members of
Convocation Council who completed their terms.
These include:
• Mr Paul Appleton
• Mr Garry Hawkes
• Mr Zohaib Quazi
• Mr Peter Robinson
• Ms Dianna Salvaris
On behalf of Convocation Council, the Warden expressed
thanks for their contribution over the time they have been
on Council,
• to Paul Appleton who has stood down a§er 16 years
on Council and has contributed his great knowledge
and commitment to the history of Convocation and its
relationship with the University;
• to Garry Hawkes for his excellent contributions to matters
around governance and elections;
• to Dianna Salvaris for active involvement and committee
chairing with engagement and seeking benefits for our
members;
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Guild Activities to date
Welfare Department
The Welfare Department headed up by Phoebe Ho
have launched a number of new initiatives including the
international student welfare packages that contain essential
information for students for where to get academic support
through to sexual health and mental wellbeing. The packs are
available in English and in Mandarin to ensure that students
are definitely receiving and understanding all the information
that they need to know.
Access Department
The Access Department has developed a campus accessibility
application in collaboration with Guild Volunteering and a
club called Coders For Causes that shows students all the
accessible routes around campus and levels of accessibility
for each building, and where all the resource rooms around
campus are. They also ran an accessible club carnival for
students who struggle to participate in the regular club
carnival because of the large crowds, the loud music and the
crowded spaces.
Education
The Guild has been working hard to ensure that notices
for students sitting supplementary exams went from three
days to two weeks. They have also introduced a trial of the
Class Representative System which is also in place at other
universities like Leeds and Auckland, in which each unit has a
representative who relays constructive feedback back to the
unit coordinator, ensuring timely and effective feedback but
also empowering students to engage in their education.
Ms Lee has also been working closely with the Deputy Vice-
Chancellor Education, Professor David Sadler, to develop
a new education strategy to ensure an engaging university
experience. This includes ensuring that students have
impeccable and interactive digital support, and a smart
campus that allows students to tailor their learning spaces to
what they require. This initiative aims to ensure that students
are engaging meaningfully and effectively when they have
face-to-face time with their academics.
Exams
The Guild has also been working with the University towards
some changes to the exam timetable which, currently, aside
from being wildly unpopular, posed some safety risks for
students in the later darker winter months.
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO)
The Guild has just released the start of their campaign against
the MYEFO proposed funding changes as well as some of the
proposed legislative changes that will see changes to the
HECS repayment threshold that will disadvantage students
and dissuade students from seeking a higher education.
8. Guild President’s Report
The Warden then invited the Guild President, Ms Megan Lee,
to present her report to Convocation. Ms Lee took her report
as read, a copy of which was provided at Attachment C of the
Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2018 agenda booklet.
The Guild President first gave a brief introduction about
her background and herself as the 105th iteration of Guild
President. Ms Lee is a first-year post graduate law student
and a proud member of Convocation a§er completing her
undergraduate degree in Political Science.
The Guild
The Guild President then gave a brief summary of what the
Guild is and what the Guild does.
The Guild’s vision is to provide UWA students with the best
possible student experience throughout their degree and
to be the leading student-run organisation internationally.
The Guild is benchmarked as one of the best in the country
and they are now aiming for an international standard. Their
mission uniquely outlined in statutes is to foster all that
tenders to the advancement of learning and the ennoblement
of life. This is achieved through their amazing student
representatives and the staff who put in so much effort
towards ensuring that students leave UWA with more than just
a degree.
The Guild aims to provide means of social interaction between
students at the University through their student departments
and over 187 student-run clubs and societies who ran over
1,200 events for students in 2017. Also to provide, conduct,
facilitate or manage educational, cultural, sporting, welfare
and commercial facilities or activities for the direct or indirect
benefit for students at the University. The Guild runs nearly all
of the commercial outlets on campus, and with a new $1.7m
upgrade to the Refectory which will ensure that students have
healthy, affordable meal options across a wide taste of foods
and drinks. Through their professional and independent
welfare services provided through Student Assist, they can
help support students as well. They also aim to further the
common interests of students at the University.
The Guild is legally recognised as the conduit between the
University and students at every level from small university
committees through to the UWA Senate. Ms Lee and Mr Peter
Watson, the Postgraduate Student Association President,
are the two student representatives on UWA Senate which
is very unique as many other student union or student guild
presidents are not as fortunate to have that opportunity.
The Guild President puts her foot down, tree planting for 2018 Convocation Day.
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With the important focus:
• To support the University and the Vice-Chancellor
Statute Changes
Convocation has begun its contribution to Statute changes,
working with the University Secretary, Ms Deirdre de Souza, to
amend and update the statutes that relate to Convocation.
• Working with the University Secretary Ms Deirdre de Souza
• All statutes will be collapsed to a single statute
• Convocation will not have regulations so key items will be
defined in the statute
• Current roles seen as appropriate
• Simplify, some changes
• Maintain interest through the website
The many statutes of the previous Act will be brought
together in just one multi-faceted statute under the new Act.
Convocation’s Governance Committee, led very ably by Dr
Susan King, is progressing its contribution.
The working group and the University intend to simplify and
clarify operations where possible. One important amendment
will replace the costly postal voting arrangements with an
electronic system for all Convocation elections.
The Warden expressed thanks to Dr Susan King for her time
and efforts.
Graduation Ceremonies
The Warden and a few of the other Convocation Councillors
have just had the pleasure of participation in the 12
graduation ceremonies held for March 2018.
The Warden pointed out that in many cases, that is the first
real contact that the students, then becoming graduates,
have with Convocation, as they leave the University. It is
appropriate because they then become members but it is
important that they are aware of it.
The introductory speeches to Convocation by both the
Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor were excellent and
Convocation was very well positioned in that situation.
Convocation welcome and encourage at the graduation, the
bringing together and sharing of stories because there are so
many wonderful stories of student time and achievements
subsequently to tell.
Convocation Day Celebration
Convocation Council celebrates Convocation Day on the
anniversary of the first meeting of Convocation which was
held on 4 March 1913. Convocation and the University have
a very long and strong history. The annual tree planting to
celebrate Convocation Day is fitting for a University known for
Food Pantry
The Guild has launched a food pantry in their residential
student spaces to ensure that students do not go hungry. The
pantry also includes other everyday essentials for students
who cannot afford them.
Safety on Campus
The Guild has been working on the safety on campus action
plan and ensuring that the University and the Guild are
fulfilling the recommendations that came out of the Human
Rights Commission report into sexual assault and harassment
on campus.
PROSH
PROSH is in its 87th year this year. Ms Lee stated that this year
she has seen the highest number of student participation in
the past five years that she has been at university. Ms Lee said
that students forewent a ‘sleep-in’ to sell their PROSH papers
to raise money for four charities.
Partnership with the University
Ms Lee has been working with members of the University
Executive to ensure that there is a University Guild action
plan for 2018 which will focus on the principles of governance,
communication and consultation between the student body
and the University to ensure that they are indeed working in
partnership for this year.
Guild Council Alumni
Ms Lee called for Convocation members who were also
members of Guild Council or involved in Guild Council to
please get in touch with the Guild. The Guild would like to
provide members with updates on what the students are
doing, and send invitations to Guild Council reunions. Contact
details: [email protected]
9 . Warden’s Report
The Warden, Dr Doug McGhie, took his report as read. A copy
of the Warden’s Report appeared at Attachment D of the
Autumn Ordinary Meeting agenda booklet.
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 Convocation,
since the last Ordinary Meeting.
Convocation’s Roles
The roles remain as:
• Representation
• Engagement
• Promotion
• Contribution
• Govern ance
• Awards - Convocation Council is doing well in providing
Faculty and Postgraduate Awards.
• Honours – Convocation Council is active in recognition of
honours but Western Australia is not doing well enough
compared to other states in terms of its recognition of
its people who deserve honours. The Warden feels that
Convocation members are in the best position to make
recommendations. Convocation members know wonderful
people who have done wonderful things, and the chance
is there to elevate the status of both the University and
the state.
• Engagement – The Warden said that it is well and truly
recognised that Convocation has a wonderful engagement
with the older cohort. The challenge is for Convocation
also to engage with the younger members. For that to
happen, it is an access issue, it is being seen, doing,
working with them, helping them and having prominence
on campus.
• Promotion – Convocation members may be able to
support the University by better presenting university
graduates and their achievements a§er student life.
• Our network - Convocation network is enormous and
very good, it can encourage volunteering, mentoring,
placements, employment and the like. It may be something
that can be done and that should be done for the
University.
50 Year Reunion
Before concluding his report, the Warden drew attention to
the final item in his written report, the work that Convocation
undertakes each year to organise a reunion luncheon
for graduates to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their
graduation from UWA. This function goes from strength to
strength each year with the 2017 reunion for the graduates
of 1967 being one of the best that anyone has attended.
However, to improve on this excellent outcome for this year,
assistance is sought from Convocation members to provide
information on 1968 graduates with whom we are unable to
locate. A list of the 1968 graduates with whom we have lost
contact with are contained on page 48 of the agenda booklet.
The Warden called upon the attendees to forward any
information regarding the whereabouts of these graduates to
Dr Joan Pope and Mrs Pauline Tremlett via the contact details
listed on page 48.
This year the reunion luncheon will be held in Hackett Café
(old Ref) at noon on Saturday, 20 October, 2018.
10. Convocation Officer’s Report
The Convocation Officer’s report appeared as Attachment E
of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2018 booklet. This report
contains a list of graduates whose whereabouts have become
unknown since the last Ordinary Meeting. Those attending
its beautiful grounds, and it cements Convocation’s strong
relationship with the Student Guild.
Convocation Day has been held in partnership with the UWA
Student Guild in which a tree planting ceremony is held every
year. The Warden said that it has been a great pleasure in
recent years to see the Guild Presidents planting a tree within
the grounds of the University. To celebrate Convocation Day
in 2017, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater planted
a tree with Guild President Nevin Jayawardena, and this year
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Kent Anderson planted a
tree with Guild President Megan Lee.
Megan Lee (Guild President) and Professor Kent Anderson (DVC Community and Engagement) planting the first of what will become a line of White Jacaranda trees along Saw Promenade, Convocation Day 2018.
The Warden said that this year is a wonderful step because
Convocation has been promised by University Campus
Management, an avenue of trees alongside Saw Promenade
and James Oval that could be named ‘Convocation
Walk’. Currently the UWA map does not have anything
that recognises Convocation - so that would be a first. It is
important that Convocation develops that sense of place and
identity on campus’.
Masonic Hall
At the Spring Ordinary Meeting last year, it was noted that
Convocation had made a contribution to the Masonic Hall. The
Warden reported that the site was progressing well. The site is
important because it is the western entry to the University and
is a prominent location, and Convocation will be prominent
within in terms of the naming rights of the boardroom at the
Masonic Hall known as the Innovation Quarter (IQX). The
Warden thinks there will be opportunities for Convocation to
do prominent things in that location in the future alongside
the University.
Call to Arms
The Warden has met with members of the University Executive
and received challenges for Convocation to continue its
excellent voluntary work and to do more:
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going gathering for a Chronicle of Convocation, have benefited
from her knowledge of the photographic holdings, attention
to detail and her obliging and friendly attitude.
Born in Portugal in 1960 Maria at the age of two, migrated
to Mozambique to join her father who had migrated a year
and a half previously. Soon the family migrated to Rhodesia
[Zimbabwe] to improve economic conditions. Maria graduated
with a Rhodesian Certificate of Education with a distinction
in history in 1976, and the equivalent of year 10 studies in
Portuguese. Joining the firm of Dunn and Bradstreet she
became Supervisor of the Hire Purchase Information section.
However by the end of 1977, due to the escalating civil
war in Rhodesia, the family migrated once more, this time
to Australia.
She was employed in the micrographics industry both in the
private and public sectors, becoming the Technical Control
Officer at the State Microfilm Bureau. During this period she
undertook part time studies at Murdoch University, graduating
BA [1994].
When the State Microfilm Bureau was discontinued in
1996 she transferred to the State Records Office and took
up the role of Archives Assistant and Coordinator of the
Government Agencies Microfilm Program. This provided her
with an opportunity to expand her interest for research and
preservation of history. Her delight in working with archives
persuaded Maria to formalise her “hands-on” experience
with a theoretical foundation in part time studies at Curtin
University graduating with a Diploma in Recordkeeping and
Archives [ 2002 ].
Maria continued as archives assistant at the State Records
Office and in 2004 she was a finalist in the Early Career awards.
In 2005, a secondment position arose at UWA. 6 months later
to her delight and surprise she was appointed University
Archivist. Maria regarded this as an opportunity to preserve
and promote the history of UWA.
Maria is a member of several professional associations:
the Australian Society or Archivists [ASA] : their deputy
Representative to the State Records Advisory Council [SRAC]
which group. She is a Member of the Australasian Universities
Records and Archivists [AURA] and Associate member of
the Records and Information Management Professional
Australasia [RIMPA] makes recommendation to the State
Records Commission [SRC] and Member of the ASA University
Special Interest group [UniSig], previously holding the position
of Convenor of this.
She is a member of the Archives Reference Group for “Expert
Nation” an ARC 3 year funded project which is compiling
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.
11. Other Business
Convocation Medal
The Convocation Medal was presented to Ms Maria Carvalho.
Ms Carvalho was being recognised for her significant and
sustained contribution to the University since 2005. The
Warden invited the newly re-elected Deputy Warden of the
Convocation, Dr Joan Pope OAM to deliver the citation for Ms
Maria Carvalho.
Citation for Convocation Medallist
The Convocation Medal was presented to Ms Maria Carvalho by the Warden Dr Doug McGhie.
Ms Maria Carvalho in her role as University Archivist, has
been of significant assistance to many Convocation projects.
Many members of Council over the past decade and a half
have valued her willing and rapid response to enquiries
for accurate, well-sourced information. In particular, those
who have volunteered for the background preparations for
Graduate Reunions, University Anniversaries, The ‘UWATCH’
Theatre collection, historical articles for UNIVIEW and the on-
12. Keynote Speaker
The Warden then introduced the guest speaker for the
evening, Mr Patrick Cornish, who gave a talk on ‘UWA:
Launchpad for a Storyteller’.
Patrick Cornish held the audience with his presentation.
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.
(This section is verbatim so attendees are not misquoted.)
Question 1: Robert Chivers
I was interested in the mentioning of the 2020 and the 2030
strategy plans. I’m interested to know what were the major
outcomes that were met and also the major variations that
weren’t met, keeping in mind that they’re long-term plans so it
would be differences to be noted.
Robert Chivers, the first of many speakers from the floor.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
Are you talking about the 2020 plan? So – thank you so the
2020 plan was developed in 2014 and it was running to 2020
an on-line biographical database of Australian University
WWI staff and students. The objective is to capture their
involvement in the war, its impact on their lives once they
returned to Australia. It is a collaborative project involving the
Australian War Memorial, The National Archives of Australia
[NAA] and the Universities of Melbourne, Queensland,
Adelaide, Tasmania and UWA.
Maria has been ex officio on the UWA Historical Society
committee since its inception a decade ago.
For the University Centenary she contributed to several
publications; created an Archives on–line exhibition,
researched and provided a wide range of material for the
designer of Luminous Night which transformed the Crawley
campus into a walk-through phantasmagorical history of UWA.
Her normal duties are to assist and contribute to the
compilation of Faculty and School histories and anniversaries
and Reunion Displays and Exhibitions; Academic Research,
Graduate Research, Corporate day-to-day needs, and
background information on Bequests to the University.
Back in 1998, Giles Auty, via the Weekend Australian, posed
the question, “The University of Western Australia boasts the
loveliest campus and buildings of any Australian University
...what blessed breed of people get to work in a place as this?”
Maria said she wanted to reply with “I am happy to be a
member of that blessed breed!”.
As a proud member of the Convocation of the University of
Western Australia she is a deserving recipient of tonight’s
Convocation Medal.
Armistice Day
The Warden provided a brief notice to advise that a function
to lay a memorial plaque that recognises students and staff
who gave their time and lives to fighting in the war is planned
for the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day on 11 November
this year. The Warden gave our thanks to the UWA Historical
Society for acknowledging this important day and support
coming from any other directions as well.
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in. The same would be the case in education. Of course we’re
looking at ways of improving the quality of our teaching and
we’re measured externally and we’re working against a set
of rankings there and including performance metrics set by
the government and employability is an example where we’re
also looking at improving how we measure our achievements
against graduate destination. That’s – they’re just a couple of
examples so they’re achievements.
Where are there gaps? There’s always things that we could do
better so can we improve more in student education and the
student experience? Of course we can and that’s what some of
the projects have been around.
Question 2: Wayne Marron
I moved to Perth from Bunbury in 1963 to study here. By luck
I own a penthouse over in Crawley 23 floors up and I have an
Iots view of what’s happening to the Carnaby cockatoo. I didn’t
think I’d be a bird lover but I’ve become that. And I attended
my first Convocation meeting about two years ago, I believe,
and two questions were ruled out of order or nearly that by
the Chancellor, not the Chairman and I didn’t ask my question.
But I’ve gathered my courage and I’m going to ask one now.
Wayne Marron asks a question of the panel.
I want to ask how is it that someone who had nothing in ’63
ended up with 86 acres in Oakford and devoted 3ha of that
to the waterbirds of the southwest of Western Australia and
I have 41 of them living there in their development that’s
about to happen and how is it that the University of Western
Australia who was given by Hackett the land over where the
MacGillivray Oval is and could just plant the odd banksia and
and that’s a five-year strategy that is measured on an annual
basis and the set of KPIs, the key performance indicators, that
we report against in that annual review are some of which
we have to report externally to the Auditor General and some
of which we have to report to the Commonwealth. So there
are sets of indicators that we’re working against including
in education, things like quality measures and in research,
number of research grants including a whole set of measures
around our operations, campus management, things like
equity in student recruitment and diversity and staff base,
there’s a whole set of indicators that we use. Many of those
as I say are driven externally but we also add to those as a
set of indicators each year and so as we go through the plan
of course we set a target and work to a set of indicators five
years out.
Annually as they’re measured and monitored and reported
against we note any gap in the variation but we also modify
them because five years is a long time, of course so we have
to modify them on an annual basis and we do that through a
whole set of other – scanning the environment and horizon
scanning but also taking account of any changes in legislation
or regulation or in terms of the external market forces. So
there’s a bit of a complicated algorithm that goes on here in
terms of assessing performance against those KPIs but we
set them quite ambitiously over a five-year period and then
through an annual review in our faculties and in our divisions
we look at ourselves against – and one example is in my report
so it refers to rankings.
Now many of us would have a view on rankings and we can
see them as you know both positive and negative in terms
of the way in which we refer to them nevertheless they are
important in today’s environment and so we work out, we’re
looking at an improvement on rankings in all areas and that’s
one of the things that we measure ourselves against. So we
would expect to see an improvement across all areas and if
we haven’t then we do an analysis in terms of what that might
be telling us and how to work with that. Does that answer your
question? Okay, sorry.
Robert Chivers: Thanks for explaining the process but I was
interested in some of the key achievements if you like and
some of the key variations, examples of those ones from the
layman’s point of view.
Vice-Chancellor: Yes so key achievements would be in
research, for example, in the rankings but also this year we
secured the – so of $33m of research grants available, for
example through the NHMRC which is the Medical Research
Council, we secured $27m of that $33m that was available
nationally. Now I use that as an example because we set
ourselves a target of improving the amount and the quality of
our research but also the quantity of research grants coming
project in Albany. Is this in conjunction with Carnegie Wave
Energy and if not why not?
Response: Vice-Chancellor
Yes, it’s a great question, thank you and I'm really pleased that
you want to know a bit more about that. It is in conjunction
with Carnegie and we’ve been working with them in
partnership on this for over 12 months now but as importantly
it’s in conjunction with other universities in the state. It brings
such a vibrancy to our existing campus and of course it adds
value to the community down there and as I mentioned the
Minister was there today. And there’s quite an expansion
program going on down there as a result of this particular
project so I hope that answers your question.
Question 4: Brett Davies
My question’s to the Chancellor. You were involved in Guild
politics, you were involved in Convocation Council but now
you’re our leader as the Chancellor. Now that you're Chancellor
have your views changed about our university at all?
Brett Davies during question time.
the Carnaby would be able to eat? Now if you read the recent
news – excuse my loquaciousness but I have that – if you read
the news in recent times the banksias from King’s Park have
disappeared because of a wildfire that was set by some guy
and I saw when I first got there hundreds of mothers taking
their fledglings to the little crop of banksias and taught them
how to crack the nuts. I saw only one mother go there this year
and she flew over and she went away.
The banksia is disappearing and the Carnaby is disappearing.
Now I know the learned justice and I’ve read his history
with one set of Aboriginals of this country but the Carnaby
cockatoo is a grand original so I ask is it possible that over in
these housing developments that you’re insisting on that you
could set aside – in my case I did 5ha out of 86. I’ll take three
out of – hectares only of banksia. I ask further, if Convocation
will consider this I will leave my email with the young lady
outside and I will send all the research that you need if you
consider making this decision.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
So at the moment there’s actually no plans to do anything
with that land and in fact there’s – it’s been – we’ve already run
over the time of any applications and I think I made that point
at the meeting last year and nothing further has been done
or developed in that regard and so there’s no progress at all,
nothing has been lodged, no application’s been lodged and
there’s no plan to do anything at the moment with that land.
So what I would say is that in the fantastic new developments
that we’re working on on campus one of them includes the
new School of Indigenous Studies which is – the palette is of
the Noongar colours and of course we’ve done a huge amount
to protect the trees that are part of that area and we will be
putting in some new trees and flora and fauna and so what
we’re doing at the moment is we’re working very closely as the
Chancellor said on – with our stakeholders including many
of our Noongar elders who are advising us on the ways in
which we think about the development of our – not just our
campus infrastructure but the development of our campus
master plan.
That work has – is ongoing, we’re just scoping that work for
the whole of the campus but the School of Indigenous Studies
would be a really good example of where we’ve taken account
of all of that you know referring back to heritage and to culture
and thinking about ways in which we can plant some of the
indigenous trees and to grow that environment further than
we have perhaps done in the past. So there’s one example and
I'm sure there’ll be many more as we go through the process of
developing the campus master plan.
Question 3: Ruth Arnel
My name’s Ruth Arnel and I have a question for the Vice-
Chancellor. In your report you mentioned the wave energy
Ruth Arnel making an enquiry.
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What I haven’t changed, the view that I still take, and
because it’s there in the statute, is that Convocation is part
of the University and that I think that we can have a much
stronger engagement than historically with Convocation
and that’s already happening both with Dawn and with
myself and you can see the consultation processes that are
going on and Convocation being brought in as Dawn has
already mentioned, strategic planning process. So we’re
not for example looking at a strategic plan which pops out
of the black box and that’s important for the Senate, that’s
important for Convocation. So that’s a view which has perhaps
evolved, developed but certainly I think Convocation is – it’s
statutorily part of the University, it’s a very important network
for all us and so I support it.
Question 5: Tim Dawes:
I’m Tim Dawe. I have a question for Patrick Cornish, in fact
twofold question. In doing your literature studies which writer
did you study? And the second part is, is there anyone you can
nominate as one of your mentors in journalism?
Tim Dawes, a former Deputy Warden of Convocation.
Response: Patrick Cornish:
Writers – you mean studying – have long have you all got? Are
you here ‘til midnight? Authors, I learnt as probably a journalist
should as a generalist bits and pieces from different writers
so on his or her day, Jane Austen for example, but among the
things I learnt in my honours year here was the name of Patrick
White and I’d hardly heard of him – I certainly hadn’t heard of
him when I was at school in England but I remember being
struck by how innovative Patrick White was – occasionally
difficult but I’ll just give you one example. Coming from a
background where you did not start a sentence with the word
but Patrick White, the whole sentence would read but, he
Response: Chancellor
Well I can’t really remember what they were. You’re quite right,
I was involved with the Guild Council. In fact somewhere in the
back of that – of your papers there’s a book of the Council – a
photograph of the Council in 1967 which I appear as Guild
Treasurer looking extremely youthful. And subsequently
because I did a science degree and then I did law I think it
was while I was still a law student that I actually joined – got
elected to the Standing Statutes Committee as it was then
called of Convocation. And Convocation was then very much
a body in search of a mission and in fact Bob Nicholson set
up an appallingly named committee called a Stimulative
Subcommittee which conjured up images of a dead frog which
you’re trying to prod with you know an electric current. And I
remember looking at some of the history, actually, at the time
‘cause I thought there was much more engagement possible
between Convocation and the Guild.
Historically, post-war, you’ve got a lot of people doing second
degrees and some very talented people like Nugget – the
young Nugget Coombes and they were getting Guild of
undergraduate members onto Convocation because – and
they were electing Convocation – sort of students onto the
Senate, in fact more – or younger people onto the Senate.
And when Wolf did his Royal Commission he said there were
complaints that there were not enough respectable bishops
and that sort of person so I did try – I actually wrote a big piece
for Pelican suggesting that there was an overlooked power
axis here. In fact I remember trying to put a honey trap at the
beginning of the article by not looking like an apologist for
Convocation so I quoted a bit of poetry from Felicia Hemans’
about Italy, the Home of the Arts where glory's faded smile
sheds lingering light o'er many a mouldering pile. And that was
probably a reference to the age range of the Standing Statutes
Committee at that time.
The Chancellor, Robert French AC, responding to a question during the “Q&A” session.
names on the honour board from the 1920s which was in Irwin
Street and is now to be restored – there’s a big crack down
the centre of the jarrah piece – so many of the names that you
have recounted from the Claremont Teachers’ College work
of course were also students here at the University, perhaps
doing one or two units – not here but in Irwin Street and your
book has already been marked by several people who are
going to be working on a photographic display. The difficulty
for us, we want to make a pictorial display and finding
photographs of everyone is tasking us so you have several in
your book, we’ve collared them, I tell you, but if anyone else
has any photographs or knows family of great-uncles and
great-grandfathers and things please let us know. I commend
your work on that immensely, thanks, Neville.
Question 7: Freda Livingston
Freda Livingston probably addressing Vice-Chancellor. I would
just like to know if the University has a strategy to address
the declining numbers or enrolments of local students?
Thank you.
Long-time Convocation volunteer, Freda Livingston.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
Thank you, yes, very happy to answer that question. So as
you have indicated there is – and this year alone coming
out of the schools in our state we’ve had a 3% reduction of
students just coming out of school so there’s obviously less
students available in terms of looking at the numbers that
we would normally pull into enrolments from our state-wide
schools into our university and that’s just one area that we’re
looking at so I’m going to focus on your question which is the
local area, not the national, international markets that we’re
looking at.
So we have a schools engagement strategy which is one part
of what we’re doing, Freda, and it’s – mainly sits in the domain
of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, David Sadler, and the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, Kent Anderson, with this and in fact we had
a meeting about this earlier today. We’ve got a strategy of
working very closely with our schools and not about the you
was imitating the way someone is talking so that’s just one
example and really, Tim, I can’t go through them all.
Mentor, I’ve had people who picked me up, who actually
although I claim to have taken John Kay’s counsel to shut up
a little bit in fact I didn’t shut up immediately, I was – went
back to UK and still could talk a bit but I again listened to bits
and pieces and eventually got old enough to thank people in
time. It’s all very well thanking people when they’re gone but
I learnt – and if I could just say about obituaries, I would love
to compile a book of obituaries of UWA people. I have – I don’t
know how many of them – my wife by the way should have
credit for this marvellous selection of photos that she did so
thank you very much, Jo, but she has helped me with a book
on obituaries and there is a copy outside – Philippa Madden
is in there, by the way, I was so taken by her story that that’s
why I’ve singled it out but yeah, I’ve just carried on and I think
obituaries compared with most of the rubbish that a journalist
writes in a lifetime, obituaries actually matter. They’re sort of
history and so on, so whoever pointed me towards that aspect
gets my vote. Thank you very much.
Question 6: Neville Green
I asked for the microphone ‘cause many people like me
need to have someone speak on a loud microphone. The
question is you previously referred to the Armistice Day which
is now Remembrance Day and the honour board for I take it
graduates of this university that served in – well world war
one? Second world war?
Historian, Neville Green, asks a question.
Response: Deputy Warden Joan Pope:
Neville, your book called Soldier Teachers, Teacher Soldiers is
very much in our mind at the moment because so many of the
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and seeing someone who is their peer, someone is you
know a – their future self but not that far off telling them why
they enjoyed their time here at UWA and of course are most
engaged students – there are over 4,000 of them involved in
clubs and societies – are the ones that are really making the
most of their time here at UWA. So we’re you know from a
Guild perspective I think that’s probably the most important
thing, is peer to peer engagement because that’s why I came
to UWA and you know it’s the courses and all that kind of – the
offerings and stuff that’s – they’re all very important but I think
it’s that personal connection that needs to come from the
University.
Question 9: Ray Tauss:
Thank you, Warden. Warden, if your name appeared on the
slide I would have a question for you about Convocation so
maybe that opportunity will occur this evening. My question is
for the Vice-Chancellor and it is again about the wave energy
project. Is it true that the onshore interface with the wave
energy product is incapable of handling the energy product
and if so what was the University’s role in scoping the wave
energy project?
Ray Tauss, framer of many a question over the years.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
Yeah. I mean I may seek some input from Simon here who’s
– but my response would be to the first point, is it true
that the onshore – offshore product is – no, that’s not my
understanding so in fact when I spoke to Christof Gelden
who’s our oceans engineer who’s leading this project in Albany
only earlier today that was not the message I was getting so
I’m not sure if there’s been some miscommunication around
the offshore product or not but maybe – I mean maybe I’ve
misunderstood quite.
That’s not true of the wave energy facility so of course – I
mean one of the things that the University, we’re very proud
of is the work that we are doing in energy and renewables and
the work that we’re doing through LNG and wave energy is
know at the Year 11, Year 12, going in very early to do some
engagement work with them on helping them to think about
their career strategy but also engagement with them in
different ways.
One of the things that in fact David’s been involved is what’s
known as a children’s university and ways in bringing younger
children onto campus to engage in some of the activities on
campus and we’ve been talking to such institutions as SciTech
about that so it’s not just about us going about, it’s what
about – what we’re doing to come in at an early age. And then
obviously we’ve got a strategy that’s now being led by our
new Chief Marketing Officer, Owen Davies, in terms of really
working our – not just in terms of our marketing but working
our social media – it’s something that Patrick spoke about
earlier in terms of the online and digital. It is a way in which
we reach young people but getting the message out there
about the value of the course, the particular structure that
we offer with cycle 2 - cycle 1, cycle 2, cycle 3 being building
mechanisms for future careers and really ensuring that we’re
clear about what we offer. So there’s a lot of things going on,
that just summarises one or two things but the short answer
would be yes, there is a strategy.
Question 8: Warden
I wonder if I could take a follow-up to that to you, Megan, in
terms of the assembled group we have here tonight represents
many generations of graduates from this university. From the
Guild what would you like? From this – in terms of what can
we do, all of us, about student experience and just making
life better on the University, with the University for you as a
student passing through?
Response: Guild President
Thank you, Warden. So for me when I first was contemplating
what university I was going to go to I told my mother I’m going
to be doing Fine Arts and she said Finance, that’s fantastic.
No, no, Fine Arts, Mum. Oh okay, you’re still doing Law later,
though, right? And the main reason I was interested in coming
to UWA was because I could get not only depth of learning
through postgraduate study but breadth of learning through
the undergraduate degree. Myself, I’ve been working a lot
with the Future Students team about how we can engage
with students. You know being relatively young myself even
I struggle to you know engage with 17-year-olds but how
do we tell students why UWA’s a fantastic place to be and
a big part of that which we’re very grateful for particularly
in the Future Students team is our amazing campus culture
largely facilitated by the Guild and the clubs that the Guild is
affiliated with.
So we have been sending Guild representatives out on their
school outreach program to have – engage students to talk
about why they like UWA and I think it’s that word of mouth
alongside our Australian flag, our university flag and our state
flag and the Aboriginal flag? Thank you.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
Thank you for the question. Can I just say that I don’t have
all the power here with regards to the flag policy so I would
just like to correct that point because the flag policy of the
University is also a policy that goes to Senate and it actually
went to Senate in December. So the flag policy’s being revised
and it has gone to Senate and we had a discussion about it
at Senate in December so just to be aware that with those
sorts of policies, because they are obviously as you’ve really
quite rightly pointed out the gateway to the University and it is
important that we think about this carefully and in fact we are
also – there is part of a federal policy that means when there
is – something happens in Parliament in Government, when
they fly a flag at half-mast we are also behest of that and we
have to fly at half-mast so it’s not all quite within the remit of
the Vice Chancellor.
Having said that we actually put a new flag pole up last year.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community Engagement was
part of developing the new policy around the flag poles and
yes, you’re right to note that we have had the five flags flying.
Now we had a discussion about this at Senate. Kent, you
might want to just – this is something that sits right within
your area, you might just want to respond very briefly about
where we’re at with the changes to the flag policy and what’s
happening next.
So the reason I’m saying that is because the meeting was in
December of Senate and the next meeting of Senate isn’t ‘til
next month so there’s been a gap between the process going
to Senate and it then going back in April.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Kent Anderson: Thank you
and thank you for the question. Yes, the University historically
– or not historically but for the last few years has had three
flag poles at the front of the campus and it’s increased to
five flag poles at the front of the campus. Three of those flag
poles are very specific with the flags that must be flown all of
the time, the national flag, the state flag and the Aboriginal
flag. Two of the flag poles are open. What the policy does
specify is that certain times of the year different flags should
be flown at those, for example during NAIDOC Week the
Torres Strait Islanders’ flag is flown and during Pride Week
the LGBTIQA rainbow flag is flown. We have an open space.
We also need flags for visiting foreign dignitaries when they’re
here so hopefully you were here for the Honorary Doctorate
of the Irish President, that would be another example where
we would have flags available to fly for that so it is open, it is
flexible. What is key is that the three flags must be flown, the
other two are open and right now they’re being filled by those.
Other flags can be suggested.
a part of that through our Oceans Institute so I think we just
have to make sure that we’re consistently communicating the
positive value of what we’re doing down there.
Question 10: Mog Gadsdon
It’s in regard to the flags at the front of our university. It’s the
gateway to our university and well seen from the approach
from Winthrop Avenue and along Stirling Highway. There are
five flags there, the Australian flag, the University flag, the
state flag, the Aboriginal flag and the rainbow flag. This last
one has evolved from being a flag of peace that was displayed
around the world in many countries since the ‘60s, Europe,
America and Australia, of course. But I understand that our
university is supportive of this gay community, this rainbow
flag has – when it’s cited now is usually associated or only
associated with the gay community and I support that the
University is with them and their flag as many other flags are
entitled to be flown.
Mog Gadsdon, one of the recent group who celebrated a 50th Anniversary of her graduation from UWA.
However I understand from the UWA flag policy of 2016 that
a flag at your behest can be flown at certain – on certain
occasions and for say the gay community there are certain
days that are recognised internationally, HIV/AIDS Day for
instance and even here UWA Pride Week. But recently the
rainbow flag at the front of our university has been flying
continuously for months and I wonder why that is so? So can
I please ask for an explanation? I believe you are the person
who says this is possible and I think this situation is not
working as it should. Has it had proper approval? Has it been
granted, this minority group flag, to be flown continuously
and what can be – we expect in the future with this flag flying
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we’re poorer because we’re not celebrating all those odd,
unexpected, almost serendipitous sort of things that swing
around a university campus like –
Response: Warden
Okay and thanks for the comment and I think it was addressed
in two ways in this evening’s proceedings. One, I mentioned
at the graduation ceremony that certainly we as Convocation
encouraged the stories of what the graduates achieve a§er
and that’s exactly what you’re talking about, and Patrick in his
address went very much down the path of saying yes, there
are stories to tell, there are the extraordinary and what we
might term the ordinary but it – in the end they all turn into
pretty extraordinary when you bother to go and have a look at
them. And so yes, the challenge is there through Convocation,
for the University and so on and I think that probably covers
what you’re asking us. We recognise the challenge universally
here. And I think two more questions, one, the lady in the
middle and two there and we’ll then call it an evening and
thank the panel.
Question 12: Fiona Kibblewhite:
Hi there, my name is Fiona Kibblewhite, I graduated in ’85 from
UWA. My question is directed to Megan. Do you feel that the
cost of being a student is getting more difficult because it’s
well documented you know how much the rising cost of living
in Perth etc so I’d just like you to share any of your experiences
because it must be quite interesting in your position.
Fiona Kibblewhite raises a question of concern for current students.
Response: Guild President
Thank you, thank you for that question. The short answer
is yes, being a student is difficult and particularly as the
student body at UWA continues to diversify and the number
of low SES students, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Question 11: Gil Hardwick
My name’s Gil Hardwick. I’d like to address the point raised
earlier about UWA still hitting below its weight and I’d like to
– not saying that UWA doesn’t hit below its weight but there’s
not enough emphasis on where it is. I was first here in the
1980s, my father-in-law opened the door for Deng Xiaoping
in China and we met here and my son, Graeme, graduated in
Geology a§er growing up, coming back between Australia and
China, maintaining that close relationship all the time. And
when he was Wongai President for the 50th anniversary year
he didn’t bother – no offence against the Guild but he didn’t
bother with the Guild, he just went and networked straight
out with the companies and got his jobs. Before I came in
here I’d grown up out in the bush, I spoke Aboriginal language,
I’d already been through Law before I came here, it was that
recognition of me as a person that put the idea in my head as
a bush kid of actually coming to university.
Gil Hardwick’s heartfelt comments.
So what I’m saying is the influences on this place and the
way so many different people move through this place, a
far bigger, a far more complex – there are far more deeper
stories and really engaging stories that are the reality of this
place but when we come back on campus it’s like this sort
of sinking back into a sort of postgraduate – post-secondary
sort of trivial thing and the real recognition until they get
invited to lunch by the Chinese Students’ Association, the
lunch with Bob Hawke who’s highly regarded in China,
nobody knows about it. We go back out into our public life
and nobody knows, nobody seems to think about it. When
we talk – while we’re talking about Aboriginal reconciliation
the sheer numbers of graduates who’ve been through law
with Aboriginal names who already preceded this whole
reconciliation thing have been there all the time in 250 years
of Australian history are not being told and I’m arguing that
they feel prepared and they feel engaged in their university
experience. Students are very time-poor and I think a lot
of - there’s a misconception that students are lazy but that’s
not true, students work very hard, not only in their studies
but in you know sometimes three, four, five jobs as well as
everything else that they do.
Question 13: Ivan Kennedy
Ivan Kennedy, a former student of the late Lex Parker at this
university. Yeah, my question is fairly general and I thought
tonight we heard very well from Mr Cornish, our speaker, of
how emotion plays an important role in seeking wisdom but I
would like to know from the Vice-Chancellor or the Chancellor
what the University is doing about ensuring the primacy of
reason over emotion as far as society is concerned.
Ian Kennedy rounds off the “Q&A” session.
Response: Vice-Chancellor
And I'm still feeling the emotion of it. But you know actually
the other thing that’s happening of course is it’s percolating
through me in the context of the questions that I’m getting
and in the context of being in the privileged position of
leading this institution through its next strategy and working it
through in terms of bringing forward the history, the heritage,
the emotion that’s connected that and taking it forward in a
way that’s thoughtful, considered, deliberative, conscious, all
of those things that of course lend themselves to the rational
side of our minds. Now we all know that the le§ brain and
the right brain cope quite admirably living in the same head
for most people so from my perspective, actually, and I talk
here as somebody who has mental health in my background,
bringing those two things together has never been more of an
imperative.
So one of the things that the strategy has to do for the future
and Megan has really articulated this better than I ever
could, is bringing together the social and the technological
together so that they actually work in harmony. We cannot
have a generation of graduates coming out of university who
are digitally literate, technologically literate, able to code
you know this is happening at such an early age and they’re
developing an app at the age of 10 or whatever it is. Fantastic
students, students from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds increases we have noticed that it has become
significantly harder for students to engage and participate
in the full university experience so to speak. We run a
professional support service called Student Assist where our
caseworkers assist students with academic, financial and
welfare concerns, their caseload has increased from 800 in
2016 to 1,200 last year. The number of students requiring
financial assistance from the Guild which is what we provide,
we do a student loan scheme, emergency loans, long-term
loans as well as grants has massively increased and that
budget is continually growing every year.
The National Union of Students did a national survey into
student wellbeing and student housing and affordability. Over
80% of students cited financial concerns as a reason why they
withdrew from their studies at university. Many students do
not live with their parents. I think you know I myself come from
a very safe financial background. Whilst my parent – I am a first
generation Australian, my parents worked very hard to make
sure that I was supported through my time at university and
continue to support me through that time at university. I only
make minimum wage as Guild President and that’s definitely
– I wouldn’t be able to live off that. But the fact is that many
students are making minimum wage, they are working
multiple jobs, they are studying full-time and on top of that
you know they’re expected to volunteer and intern and have
a social life and you know potentially be a carer for someone
in their family and we do note that those – the number of
students experiencing those difficulties and those burdens
is increasing and our students are citing a lot of financial
concerns as well as mental health and wellbeing concerns as
reasons why they either do not enjoy their time at university or
have to fully discontinue from their studies at university.
Chancellor: And even when they are – if they’re continuing
with their studies, as I understand it the Guild has a concern
that they’re not able to get onto the campus and have the kind
of interaction that Patrick was talking about before.
Guild President: Yes
Chancellor: And hence the pressure for online lectures
and so forth.
Guild President: Yes, we know that students want the
flexibility in their learning but also that doesn’t mean
necessarily though that they want to do away with face-to-
face with their academics, they want to when they are on
campus have the most engaging and enriching experience
so they feel like they’re getting you know what they’re paying
for – rather, what they’re accruing debt for but also to have
that flexibility when it comes to learning content and ensuring
that they’re getting that content delivered to them in the most
effective digital way so that when they come onto campus
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(L-R) Terence Chia, Marina Gerzic and Duc Thi Dau
As this marks the end of his first year as Warden of
Convocation, it was very important that he thanked his
colleagues on Convocation Council for the support they
have given over the past year. The Warden said that it has
been a privilege and a pleasure to undertake this role of
Warden, and added that it is not without its challenges and
time commitments, it does demand -but it was worth doing.
The Warden remarked further that he thinks the breadth
and depth of questions, the discussion, the speakers at this
meeting is well and truly illustrative that Convocation has a
huge role to play with the University in doing some wonderful
things for some great people who are graduates and for those
who are coming through as students and future graduates.
The Warden thanked the wonderful assistance provided by
the diligent, diplomatic, hardworking Convocation Off icer
Juanita Perez. He thanked her for all her advice and guidance
over the past year, and for coordinating all the arrangements
for this Ordinary Meeting.
The Warden thanked the various University teams who help to
organise this meeting.
The Warden also thanked Manny Tamayo Photography for his
services at this meeting and at all past Convocation events.
Manny, an MBA graduate of UWA provides all the photography
for Convocation events at “mates rates” as his contribution to
Convocation.
The Warden also thanked all for attending the meeting and
declared the Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for
2018 closed at 8.37 pm.
Convocation Councillors and members mingle and follow up the questions of the evening.
skills, they’re all needed but it needs to be applied in the
context of humanity, in the context of society and the context
of people and in the context of human interaction and that
was one of the things that Patrick said so I’m still in that reverie
and my response to you is that it’s going to be so important
that we continue to tell the story of how the rational side of
our histories and futures align with the emotional side of our
histories and futures because that’s what storytelling does, it
brings them together.
End of Q&A Session
Conclusion
All ages enjoyed the outdoor supper at the UWA Club (L-R) Mary and Arpad Mencshelyi
(L-R) Ian Car r with Angeline and Chuan Ong
Introduction
It is a pleasure to provide my report to the Spring Ordinary
Meeting of Convocation for 2018. It has been a productive
year so far and the remainder of the year promises to be
equally busy and successful as we move closer to setting the
University’s Strategic Vision to 2030.
UWA’s Strategic Vision 2030
Consultation on the UWA Strategic Vision 2030 was off icially
launched at the All Staff Forum on 20 April. The full suite of
Green Papers was released for input and consultation with
this initial phase closing on 29 June 2018. This consultation
period was extremely successful with 55 formal submissions
of which the majority were group submissions. The University
community embraced the use of appreciative inquiry and this
has resulted in useful, relevant, high quality feedback.
The Executive Strategic Retreat took place on 2 and 3 August
and provided an opportunity to further delve into strategic
priorities and options for the University.
Convocation will continue to be updated at subsequent
meetings. Academic Recruitment
Academic Recruitment
To date, the Be Inspired campaign has generated 584
expressions of interest (EOI) via the online ‘Be Inspired‘
campaign site with a mix of local, national and international
candidates. Out of the total, 499 are external and 85 internal,
with a fairly even spread across the faculties, and 79 have
applied for the positions advertised this year. To date, there
have been a total of 497 applicants, of which 418 are in
addition to previous EOIs, for all positions advertised, all
coming from a variety of locations including Australia (38%),
Europe (13%), Asia (9%) and the UK & Ireland (6%). The
remaining 34% is made up of small percentages distributed
across the globe.
Executive and Senior Leadership Staff ing changesDeputy Vice-Chancellor Research
A§ er many years of dedicated service to UWA, Professor
Robyn Owens has made the decision to retire at the end of
her current term, in November 2019. Robyn’s contribution to
the University has been immeasurable, having performed
numerous roles, most recently observing two terms as the
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Community & Engagement
Professor Kent Anderson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community
and Engagement has elected not to seek an extension to his
current term, and return to his family in Canberra. Kent will
finish at UWA on 31 December 2018, following four years of
energy and commitment.
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research
I am also pleased to advise that following a competitive
Expression of Interest process for the Pro Vice- Chancellor
Research, Professor Tim Colmer has been successful
for the role and will commence his six- month term on
Monday 6 August.
Director Appointments
Appointments to the position of Director in Human Resources
and Strategy, Planning and Performance have recently been
made, with both positions to be filled in October 2018.
Significant Events and Announcements
Rankings
The University has cemented its place among the world’s
top universities with nine subject areas ranked in the top 50
globally, according to the 2018 Academic Ranking of World
Universities. UWA was ranked first in Australia in four subject
areas: Marine/Ocean Engineering, Agricultural Sciences,
Environmental Science & Engineering and Biological Sciences.
Other subject areas ranked in the world’s top 50 included
Mining and Mineral Engineering (5), Oceanography (24),
Ecology (29), Clinical Medicine (39) and Public Health (48).
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Young Lives Matter Foundation
The Young Lives Matter Foundation was launched on 18 May
by Member for Curtin and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon
Julie Bishop. The Foundation is based out of UWA and will
support research to identify trigger points for youth suicide
and help predict when a person is at high risk. The Foundation
will bring together medical professionals, mathematicians and
data analysts.
Go8 Student Advocacy Group
The student organisations of the Group of Eight (Go8)
Universities established a Go8 Student Advocacy Group with a
view to having greater impact on the higher education sector
and a stronger relationships with the national group of the
universities and students which they represent. UWA Guild
attended a Go8 Student Advocacy Group event in Sydney
from 15-17 July. The student representatives that make up
the group have identified a framework and set of issues that
they wish to meaningfully engage with the Go8 to develop
initiatives that aim to address and explore these topics.
Worldwide Universities Network
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) partnered with
UWA to hold its Annual General Meeting and associated
workshops in Perth from 20 – 25 May 2018.
Over the week WA played host to a globally significant
gathering of world university leaders, further enhancing the
State and the University’s global reputation as a knowledge
and research leader.
The conference program included a dynamic mix of
workshops and events with representatives from 23
universities, spanning 13 countries across six continents
collaborating to drive international research and translation of
this research, with a focus on four globally significant themes:
• Responding to Climate Change
• Public Health (Non-Communicable Disease)
• Global Higher Education and Research
• Understanding Cultures
The event was an opportunity to showcase Perth and Western
Australia to academic leaders from across the globe and
highlight how we are contributing to major international
challenges, including the United Nations’ Sustainable
Development Goals.
Public Policy Institute
In May the UWA Public Policy Institute (PPI) was launched, a
new initiative for UWA to share its world- class research and
expertise with decision makers and community leaders to
help shape the future of society. Through the Institute the
goal is to position UWA as a trusted partner for those seeking
In the overall rankings UWA’s position remains consistent,
with a minor movement from 91 to 93. Taking into account
the timing of movement of HiCi’s and UWA’s recent Fields
Medal recipient, which will not have been awarded in time to
factor into the ARWU rankings, this represents a steady result
for the University and an anticipated significant leap up the
rankings in 2019.
ARC Funding success
UWA will work in partnership with Curtin University as part of
a new ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre that will
aim to use data science to transform asset maintenance for
Australia’s resources sector.
Announced by the Federal Government in early August, the
new centre was awarded $3.9million in ARC funding and will
see us working with industry partners Alcoa, BHP and Roy Hill
to develop employees that have analytic skills in data science,
needed for jobs of the future in the resources sector. Planning
for the new ARC Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance
through Data Science has commenced.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science
and Engineering
UWA’s Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems is partnering
with the University of Newcastle and the University of
Wollongong in a project aiming to pioneer new science-based
tools for optimising transport infrastructure by developing
cheaper, safer and cleaner energy solutions, to meet with
the ever increasing demand on transportation and the need
to reduce environmental impacts. The Centre for Excellence
was awarded $17.3 million in funding through the ARC Centre
of Excellence scheme, and has leveraged this contribution
to obtain an additional $74.4 million from other sources and
industry partners, including UWA.
Western Australia Life Sciences Precinct
In early July UWA was announced as the lead university in the
new Western Australian Life Sciences Precinct which will bring
together researchers and industry partners to generate new
business opportunities in medicine, health, agriculture and
biodiversity. UWA will partner with the State Government and
MTP Connect in this initiative to grow Western Australia’s life
sciences and will run educational programs to support start-
ups and provide business development, innovation, health
translation, investment attraction advice and boost local
research capability.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Program
The University has been awarded nearly $1m as part of the
Federal Government’s New Colombo Plan Mobility Program;
this will support 160 students and 15 projects, demonstrating
our continued commitment to Indo-Pacific engagement.
Media Analysis (April- June 2018)
In quarter 2, 2018 there were 1281 media items that mentioned
UWA in state and national media (748 in the press and 533 in
broadcast), representing an increase on the same quarter in
2017 (1133 items) and the highest rate since Q2, 2016. Positive
stories that had a strong feature in the media included UWA
research into physical activity in children, the announcement
of the new UWA-led Wave Energy Centre in Albany and
research into rates of high blood pressure. Overall the areas
of health and medicine, science and arts and humanities
received the most amount of media coverage.
Acknowledgements and Achievements
On 2 May UWA alumnus and former Deputy Prime Minister
Hon Kim Beazley was officially sworn in as WA’s 33rd Governor.
Governor Beazley will be a strong advocate for Education
in our State and we look forward to engaging with him in
this capacity.
In August, Professor Akshay Venkatesh, believed to be one of
UWA’s youngest graduates, was awarded one of the world’s
most prestigious mathematical awards – the Fields Medal.
Eighteen graduates and three staff members of the University
were recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Professor Romola Bucks and Professor Johanna Badcock
were admitted as Fellows of the Association for Psychological
Science in recognition of their contributions to the science.
Dawn Freshwater
Vice-Chancellor
evidence-based ideas, working with Government, industry,
NGOs and the community sector to find solutions to current
and emerging issues.
In the region of 200 responses have been received following
the launch. These have included opportunities to: work
with local and State Government areas on governance
training; work on thought leadership projects focused on the
economic development of the State; connect our expertise
in health areas to policy decision makers; provide an outside
perspective to the Scottish Exchequer on policy reform; and
others which UWA PPI is now following up on. To date, 17
projects are in development.
Engagement
UWA Open Day
UWA Open day was held on Sunday 12 August and was a
great success with a range of activities which showcased the
diverse experiences available to students. An estimated 18,740
– 20,824 people attended, and 3,134 recruitment leads were
generated. Since its launch in June 2018 the Open Day website
has received over 44,000 unique views – up almost 10,000
from the same period last year.
Significant acknowledgement goes to staff, student and
volunteers, who invested passion, commitment and time into
planning for and making the day a success.
Respect. Now. Always.
1 August 2018 represented 12 months since the release of
the report into sexual assault and harassment at Australian
universities. This provided UWA with an opportunity to
communicate to staff and students progress made against
the report’s findings, highlight further actions to be taken
and reinforce our commitment to maintaining a safe and
supportive environment for students and staff.
Media Engagement
International Star Wars Day (May the 4th) is celebrated far
and wide and this year we decided to engage in this pop-
culture movement. To mark the day we created a video that
shows BB-8, a new UWA student, exploring the UWA campus,
bumping into current students and other Star Wars characters
– showcasing our beautiful university and amazing facilities.
The reception of this video surpassed all expectations
and through Facebook it reached 500,407 people and was
shared over 3,200 times; it was also viewed over 30,000 times
on YouTube.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off in mid-June and we
marked this with a short video featuring some of the
University’s diverse international cohort. The video has been
viewed over 25,000 times.
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2018 has been a massive year for the UWA
Student Guild in regard to achieving our
strategic goals and expanding our impact across
the University. Every President’s term has its ups
and downs but this year on a whole has seen the
Guild move from strength to strength.
The student representatives, almost all of which
volunteer their time and the incredible Guild
staff have worked tirelessly this year to ensure
the Guild is achieving real wins for students. It
has been an honour to lead such a passionate
and tireless group of student advocates.
I’d like the extend my sincerest thanks to the
Warden of Convocation, the Convocation
Council and the UWA graduate community,
of which I am also a proud member, for their
support of myself and the Guild during my term.
As always it means a great deal to know that
the wider UWA community has a keen interest in
and support for the current student body.
If anyone has any questions or comments about
this report, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Megan Lee
105th UWA Student Guild [email protected].
ORDINARY MEETING
UWA STUDENT GUILD
CONVOCATIONREPORT TO
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The UWA Student Guild’s pivot object is to further the student body’s ‘ennoblement of life’ whilst at
University. The Guild’s aim is to be regarded as the sector leading independent student-run organisation.
We are regarded as the national standard for our management structure, leadership capabilities and service
delivery, especially in the areas of student welfare, clubs and societies and events.
Statistics in the following areas:
BACKGROUND
STUDENT REPRESENTATION
• Guild Representatives on over 45 University Committees including the UWA Senate
SUPPORT SERVICES
• 1275 student assist cases to date • 52 new cases this year
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED
• Over 187 student clubs.• Over 100 student volunteering opportunities• 18,523 hours dedicated to clubs and volunteering in 2018
FOOD & DRINK
• 1233 coffees made at Quobba Gnarning Café in one day – it’s 3rd highest sales day!• Vittoria Coffee, new Refectory, new Tavern Menu!
INFORMATION & ADVICE
• 14,500 diaries issued• 97% of students are Guild Members.
GUILD COUNCIL
GUILD EXECUTIVE
EDUCATION COUNCILDEPARTMENTS
Faculty Societies• Students of Natural and
Agricultural Science• Architectural, Landscape and
Visual Arts Students’ Association• Arts Union• Blackstone Society• University Dental Students’
Society• Economics and Commerce
Students’ Society• Education UnioN• Health Science Societ• Music Students’ Society• Science Union• University Engineers Club• Western Australian Medical
Students’ Society
• Access• Albany• Environment• Ethnocultural• Indigenous• International• Mature-Aged• Postgraduate• Pride• Residential• Sports• Welfare• Women’s
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESTRUCTURE
SUB-COUNCILS
157 Clubs & Societies
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PROGRESS ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
1. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
2. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
We have been working or nurturing relationships with the University, State Government, Federal Government, National Student Organisations and other student organisations globally.
Multiple student representatives have had many meaningful meetings with State Government ministers on issues relating to our portfolios and the activities of the Guild as key stakeholders.
In addition, as Guild President I have had the opportunity to establish relationships with Federal Ministers and other key government stakeholders such as the Group of Eight. I was a member of the inaugural Go8 Student Leaders Conference and have successfully worked with the University to host the next Go8 Student Conference at UWA.
The Guild spaces are always evolving to meet students needs and desires. This year the Guild opened the new Refectory Space.
The $1.7M space features a range of seating to meet every need, powered desks, extra wifi access points, expanded outdoor seating arrangements, new fitting and furnishings and a new student kitchen. We anticipate that the new outlets will be occupying the space by the end of the year. In addition to the space, we completely remodelled the Refectory and Tavern shared kitchen to allow for a new Tavern menu.
This is part of the wider Guild Masterplan Review. Our service provision is continually
growing, and we’re starting to branch out into the rest of the Guild Village Precinct. The vision is that highly relevant and in-demand commercial spaces will feature along the ground floor of the precinct. We will have a revamped Guild Village Café and Student Centre, with a lot of our services such as Student Assist, Guild Departments and Pelican moving along the top floors of the Guild Village.
This will allow for greater visibility and accessibility of the services and brands.
3. STUDENT REPRESENTATION
We pride ourselves on having active and involved student representatives embedded into the University governance structures. Spanning from the University Senate to the Faculty and School, student representatives actively engage with the decision making processes of the University.
My predecessor signed the Partnership between UWA and the Guild which established that both organisations respect each others efforts and work together in order to better the student experience at UWA. We are the second institution in Australia to have such a Partnership agreement.
This year, with the Prof. David Sadler the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education), the Guild signed the Action Plan. It sits under the Partnership agreement as a set of agreed goals that the University and the Guild will work in tandem to achieve, in the spirit of the Partnership.
The 2018 Action Plan focuses on establishing a university wide approach toward embedding student representation in governance structures, a commitment to better lighting and safety on campus and considerable work towards improving the university’s digital experience.
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2018 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
RESIDENTIAL
Inter-College Community Cup
Women’s Week Screening of the Hunting Ground
Battle of the Bands
Welcome Back Tav show
College vs FacSoc Frisbee Match
SECRETARY
Orientation Action Plan
WELFARE
Food Pantry fund raising
Budgeting Workshop
Cooking Masterclass
Sustainable Fashion Clothes Swap or Shop
Mental health Week
My Health Record Campaign
Monthly Welfare Charity
Positive Affirmation Coffee Cups and
Positive Vibes Board
VP
New Guild Website tender
MASA Events
SOC
CCZ Online meeting space booking
EFTPOS Machine Hire
Club Merchandise in the Second Hand
Bookshop
PRESIDENT
Action Plan – student representation governance, safety on campus and student
digital experience
ENVIRONMENT
Guild Gardens collaboration with WASC to introduce more Indigenous plants and edibles.
Enviro Week featuring meatless Monday, keep cup event, zero waste workshop
and Tree-via night
Fossil Free UWA campaign and bike ride event
Guild Sustainability Plan
ACCESS
Access Week Art Exhibition
Volunteering fair and Accessible Club Carnival
PRIDE
Department Camp
Love Simon Movie Night
PSA
Women in research events
Postscript
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL
Variety Concert club collaboration
Social Justice Week
Language Week
Faith Week
EDUCATION
Mandatory lecture capture and downloads commencing
semester 2
Expanded Class Representative System
Best Units Guide
Teaching Awards
Changes to the Assessment Policy to allow for extended supplementary exam notice
days and review of scaling to a criterion-based
assessment model
MAIN CHALLENGES
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Every presidency has its ups and downs, but it has been a
positive year for the student representatives on a whole.
The main challenges we face are in the Education space
– with the reduction of active teaching weeks from 13
to 12 and the ongoing debate regarding the University’s
standard approach to assessment late penalties.
In addition, a huge challenge has been pushing for
the prioritisation of safety initiatives and educational
programs at UWA when it comes to sexual assault
and harassment. The University in collaboration and
consultation with the UWA Student Guild has made some
positive progress towards to addressing this important
issue including the independent audit of the residential
colleges, reviewing of sexual misconduct policies and
online anonymous reporting systems.
The progress we’d like to see from the University can
often be slow in coming to fruition, and a main challenge
we have faced is in the lobbying space for more lighting
on campus, a more responsive security service and better
consent education modules that actually address wide
spread cultural problems.
Another final challenge we have faced is the attractiveness
of this University to prospective students. Any shift in
student numbers is felt directly by the Guild in our funding
models and operational activities. Considerable work has
been done especially as part of the 2030 Vision planning
to rectify this problem.
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Tremlett, both retired experts from the State Solicitor’s Office,
offering to complete the work pro bono within the available
time frame. It remains a daunting task and we gratefully
appreciate this assistance.
This example demonstrates the value of the network as the
skills and energy that sits in Convocation’s membership
and remains largely untapped. Therein lies a challenge to
Convocation and the University, but more on that later.
Full details of the proposed changes of Statutes will be
available on the Convocation website at www.convocation.
uwa.edu.au when they have been sufficiently developed.
Graduation Ceremonies
Convocation continues with its important role at all
graduations, with the Warden or representative welcoming
all graduates to Convocation as new members. At the six July
2018 Graduation Ceremonies, the Warden and Deputy Warden,
along with two Councillors, Dr Agi Gedeon and Mr Tony Tate
AM, delivered the Welcome Address.
Caption: Convocation Councillor Tony Tate AM delivering the Warden’s Welcome address at the July Graduation ceremony.
At each ceremony one or more Council members made
themselves available to personally hand the unique message
sticks provided by the Alumni Office to new graduates.
The format of the Graduation Ceremonies has stabilised
for now, with Convocation retaining its prominent
welcoming role.
It is always an absolute pleasure to be in a position to welcome
the new graduates, our new members to Convocation.
Introduction
Since the Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation held
in March this year, there have been many significant issues
concerning the University reported in the media. The Vice-
Chancellor’s report for this meeting covers these issues for the
University and the students’ perspective is presented by Ms
Megan Lee, President of the Student Guild.
Vice-Chancellor
The development of the new 2030 Strategic Plan continues
a§er the Green Papers were released for comment to
stimulate the planning process. Convocation submitted its
own carefully considered Green Paper covering key items
of interest from the graduate perspective and this was well
received by the Vice-Chancellor, and a discussion of this is
planned for the near future.
Convocation’s role in relation to Statute changes
Convocation is contributing to Statute changes that flow
from the 2016 changes to the UWA Act, working with the
University Secretary, Ms Deirdre de Souza, to amend and
update the statutes that relate to Convocation. There will
be just the single statute covering all parts of the University
once completed. We have met three times with the University
Secretary and are comfortable with the process for review.
However, the challenge of the task has become more than the
volunteers of Council, in particular chair of the Governance
Committee, Dr Susan King can complete in the available time.
Fortunately, the powerful Convocation network has come
to the rescue with members Greg Calcutt AM and Patrick
Warden's Report Spring Ordinary Meeting, 21 September 2018
have been thinking then that “It’s about the network of the
future” and he could see the value. The figure above suggests
there are about 150,000 individual graduations, with several
individuals graduating more than once. Suffice to say there
may well be 130,000 alive today.
In a recent chat with Curtin graduates I checked their number,
roughly 250,000, some of them undoubtedly also graduates of
UWA, so the competition for members of “networks” is fierce.
UWA has Convocation. Curtin does not but it does have active
alumni groups working for it! It’s up to UWA to maximise the
benefits that can flow through its Convocation.
Communication with our members is critical, and this
has been more difficult than needs be, given some of the
rules of engagement between Convocation, Council and
the University over the years. Convocation has enjoyed an
excellent working relationship with Professor Kent Anderson
as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Community and Engagement. He
will be missed by Convocation when he leaves the University
later in the year. Convocation extends its very best wishes for
his future.
Convocation embraces the ideal of partnership with the
University, always seeking a stronger relationship and a fuller
appreciation of the value of the energetic and dedicated
graduate serving in a voluntary capacity. Convocation’s
Council and the University must be committed to a sustained,
smooth and efficient working relationship.
A Reflection
Let me reflect on my own trip with the University and
Convocation since graduation, first in 1972, then in 1981 and
finally in 1991. Far too much time spent at UWA, but it moulded
me, is important to me and has always been so, through work,
sport, mentoring, supervision, colleagues and friends, but
what about Convocation?
I was an occasional three-year subscriber, when I opened the
notices, but was I close to Convocation, did I know what it
was and did or could do? Hardly–living, working and family in
Narrogin, Perth, Bunbury, Kununurra, then eventually back
in Perth, how could I be? Had I heard about it or seen any
indication while in my ten years or so at uni over two and a half
decades – not at all?
More recently, a friend (it’s the network) asked if I would stand
for Convocation Council. I did and five and six years later I am
still here and am Warden. But I am just one of that 100,000
plus and in the second bar up in the figure, (also the third and
fourth). More networks!
In my presentation at the last Ordinary Meeting I highlighted
Masonic Hall Innovation Space
The redevelopment of the Masonic Hall into the new
Innovation Quarter Exchange (IQX), has progressed with
new client innovators occupying some of the working space.
The Convocation Boardroom is largely complete, although
a Council meeting in the room showed the acoustics to be
challenging. Work is underway to solve that problem and an
official naming and opening is planned for the very near future.
Connect, Communicate, Celebrate
In my last report to the membership I reiterated that “All
members of Convocation are life-time members of the
University community and therefore an integral part of UWA.”
I want that to be as important to this University as it is to
Convocation Councillors, present and past, and the regular
attendees at our Ordinary Meetings. Convocation should be
prominent in everyday university life so staff and students
know what Convocation can offer them.
At the Spring Ordinary Meeting in 2017, guest speaker
Tom Murrell challenged Convocation to establish and
maintain communication with its graduate members using
contemporary media. To this end Convocation’s LinkedIn
page is expanding its influence and I have enjoyed making
occasional posts. Younger members have been attracted to
participate and the subscriber number is growing, now around
3,500. We are doing well, but it is all done by volunteers, so not
always as rapidly as we might wish.
The challenge of connecting with representatives of
generation, gender, occupation and location has been
highlighted. The age spread of our membership was used in
our 2030 Green Paper.
A very easy response to this figure is to focus on the big
numbers of recent graduates at the top. Simply put, if you
are of my age and time from graduation there are more of
them than us.
When Sir John Winthrop Hackett stipulated there should be a
Convocation at the new UWA he was being smart. He may well
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Dr Joan Pope (Deputy Warden) setting up the display table, UWA Open Day (12th August 2018)
(L-R) Nee Nee Ong and Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis
I write this on the day a§er our 2018 Awards Ceremony, where
around 100 attended, including a strong representation of
the University Executive, to celebrate the achievements of
undergraduate and postgraduate students in study, research,
culture, sport and even the need of remote students for
support with accommodation. You can imagine how thrilled
we were that one of the winners of our new undergraduate
prizes had travelled from Singapore to accept his award.
(L-R) Kak Ming Ling was presented the Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award by Professor Simon Biggs, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Convocation’s lack of identity, particularly on campus with
“Where’s Wally?”. We have approval for “Convocation Walk”
alongside Saw Promenade, an avenue of trees planted by each
year’s new Guild President, a great start.
Subsequently just by asking a few questions we have been
granted a page (Convocation Conversations) in each edition of
the Club magazine. We will soon have a live screen showing
Convocation’s activities in the Club Corridor, alongside the
existing static display of features of UWA – and it may even
become “Convocation Corridor”.
“The Club” magazine, Issue 56 (July – September 2018), and “Convocation Conversations” first submission on page 29.
Our guest speaker at the Spring Ordinary Meeting, Jill Benn,
University Librarian, has approved access to the screens that
display information in the library, to the students who are
there every day. We will be visible on campus to students, but
the volunteers will have to hold the content together.
In mid-August the University attracted over 15,000 people,
including future students and their families, to its Open Day.
Given very short warning many members of the Convocation
Council volunteered to support the day and champion the
graduates.
Convocation at UWA Open Day, 12th August 2018, (Standing L-R) Dr Doug McGhie (Warden), Devon Cuneo, Melissa Hetherington & Temperance, (Sitting L-R) Tony Tate, Agi Gedeon and Julie Crews.
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Community Links
Greetings from UWA Convocation
UWA Convocation is thrilled to have the opportunity to connect
with many of our members through the University Club’s exclusive
channel. Look forward to regular conversations that will celebrate
our members’ contributions to society.
All graduates of The University of Western Australia are permanent
members of the Convocation of UWA Graduates and have a
life-long relationship with UWA. Convocation is one of the four
constituent bodies of the University (along with staff, the students
and the Senate), as defined in the University of Western Australia
Act of 1911.
Many great universities are defined by their graduates, who
collectively guard and augment the reputation of their universities.
UWA needs a strong and vibrant graduate community and
Convocation works to:
• Enhance the reputation of the University, particularly through its
members’ achievements.
• Maintain a long-standing commitment to undergraduate and
postgraduate scholarships, bursaries, and awards.
• Encourage good governance of the University through the
election of members of Convocation to the University Senate
and the Council of Convocation.
• Bring graduates together in a range of activities,
including reunions.
• Invite influential speakers to address Ordinary Meetings of
Convocation in March and September annually.
Further information is available from the Warden or through the
Office of Convocation at [email protected], or on
(08) 6488 3006.
Tree planting commemorates 105 years of
UWA Convocation
A white Jacaranda tree was planted on The University of Western
Australia’s Crawley campus on Sunday 4 March to celebrate the
anniversary of the first meeting of the Convocation Council of
UWA graduates in 1913.
Planted between the Social Sciences building and James Oval
by UWA’s 105th Student Guild President, Ms Megan Lee, this
commemoration has been an annual tradition for the University
since 2016.
Warden of Convocation Dr Doug McGhie said this annual event
is an excellent way to celebrate Convocation Day and the great
things being done by UWA graduates, while also reaffirming the
strong relationship between the Guild and Convocation Council.
“We were honoured this year to not only have with us the 2014
winner of the prestigious Convocation Geoffrey Kennedy Award,
but also the second ever winner of a Convocation Postgraduate
Research Travel Award almost 30 years ago,” Dr McGhie said.
PGRTA Award Winners. Back: Ben McAllister.
Row 2 (L-R): Paola Magni, Richard Harper, Brenda Powell.
Row 3 (L-R): Helen Barbour, Angie Kings-Lynne. Front: Kanthi Perera.
“Along with numerous other past award winners and members
of Convocation, it was a great way to mark the 105th
anniversary of Convocation.”
Dr Paola Magni, now a lecturer and researcher in forensic
science at Murdoch University, won the Geoffrey Kennedy
Award in 2014, but was unable to take it up due to
circumstances beyond her control. Dr McGhie thanked
Dr Magni for attending Convocation Day and commended
her for the ground-breaking work she is doing in her field as a
high profile forensic scientist and as a wonderful role model for
women in science.
Professor Richard Harper received his Convocation
Postgraduate Research Travel Award in 1989 in the second
year the Convocation awards were running. A past Councillor
of Convocation and now Dean of Science at Murdoch
University, Professor Harper told everyone how winning the
award gave him a fantastic boost at a critical time in his
PhD studies.
Dr McGhie invited all members of Convocation to next year’s
Convocation Day tree planting when lifetime subscribing
members will celebrate with the current Council.
Convocation Conversations
collecting food, inviting students to a home cooked meal.
What a difference that could make.
A Bike Ride for Convocation, Cancer, MND and Young Lives
That same night of the Awards Ceremony I went public on
my intention to participate in the Ride to Conquer Cancer as
Warden, challenging the network to raise just $1 per member
but not just for cancer. I have had my own flirt with cancer
(melanoma as a result of too much time on the beach as a surf
lifesaver), but I also want to contribute to research into Motor
Neurone Disease (MND), as it took my mother and a work
colleague some years back, and youth mental health (we lost a
son to suicide 15 years ago).
I have also heard just today of the diagnosis of a close friend
with terminal cancer, they are all close to home.
I must express my admiration for the bravery of Neale Daniher
as the face and exemplar of MND and the “Big Freeze”. I am
the proud owner of a “Big Freeze” beanie. I was deeply moved
when I heard him speak at the televised game on the MCG and
personally at the following Eagles game when beanies were
being sold. They had sold out by the time I arrived, but I told
my mother’s story to one of the workers and he gave me his,
shed a few tears then too.
UWA is involved in research into all of these challenges and
Convocation will be able to collect and distribute funds
through the Office of Advancement.
As the nominal head of Convocation, I hope the membership
can get behind me as I complete the 100 km ride from Perth
to Mandurah on Saturday October 13th, returning the following
day with another 100km back to Perth.
I have a pretty good bike, ride and swim pretty well every day
(although never 100km) so I am confident of completing my
part of the deal.
The link at www.campaign.uwa.edu.au/dougmcghieride will
collect and distribute the funds raised.
Queen’s Birthday Honours
During July, Convocation Council was delighted when
the following graduates and other members of the UWA
community were recognised for their achievements in the
Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
In the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, the following members
of Convocation were recognised for their contribution
to Australia:
(L-R) Jeremy Quek travelled from Singapore to receive the Inaugural Convocation Undergraduate Prize in the Bachelor of Commerce presented by Professor David Sadler, DVC, Education.
(L-R) Marathon Kayaker Josh Kippin was presented the 2018 Convocation Sports Scholarship by UWA Sports General Manager
Ian FitzpatrickRafeif Ismail (Centre) was presented the 2018 Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence by Guild President Megan Lee, and Convocation Councillor Clinical Professor Lesley Cala
On that night Guild President Megan Lee and I discussed how
Convocation may be able to assist with the need of some
students for access to sufficient cheap and good food. It’s the
Convocation network that could help here, making meals,
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(Back Row L-R) Jonathan Strauss, Warren Kerr AM (Immediate Past Warden and Senate), Jeff Gunningham, and Simon Dawkins (Senate)(Middle Row L-R) Jim Paparo, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis, Brett Davies, Doug McGhie (Warden), Ric Stern, Fran Pesich, Jenny Gregory, Devon Cuneo(Sitting L-R) Maria Carvalho (Convocation Medal recipient), Nee Nee Ong, Susan King, Agi Gedeon, Joan Pope (Deputy Warden), Julie Matheson and Tony Tate.
Convocation Council
This report highlights some of the many issues considered
by Convocation Council, and the Statutory requirements of
Convocation. We continue to be particularly effective with
our existing awards, scholarships and events, but are shi§ing
towards appointing project managers with small support
teams for other targets. We have maintained the conventional
committees for the following:
• Awards Committee chaired by Ms Nee Nee Ong,
• Governance Committee chaired by Dr Susan King, and
• Honours Committee chaired by Adjunct Professor Warren
Kerr AM
Events and other engagement projects are more easily
covered by one or two councillors taking charge and calling
for assistance from within or outside Council as required. The
main events remain:
• our Ordinary Meetings, where Ms Juanita Perez takes
the central role and assistance from UWA staff including
Uniprint and Brand Marketing and Recruitment is critical.
Councillors help in various ways;
• the Annual Awards Ceremony, with Ms Perez central to
the organisation, with Chair Nee Nee Ong and the Awards
Committee completing great work, and outside supporters
assisting with the selection process;
• Convocation Day, where the Warden is assisted by several
councillors, the Guild and University Grounds staff;
• 50th Anniversary of Graduation where Deputy Warden Dr
Joan Pope and Mrs Pauline Tremlett have been central to
all recent celebrations;
Appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia:
Ms Erica Lee Smyth, AC (BSc 1974; DLitt 2008)
Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia:
Mrs Danielle Eva Blain, AM (BA 1967)
Emeritus Professor Bruce Clifford Elliott,
AM (BEd 1972; MEd 1973; PhD 1978)
Professor David Rowley Fletcher, AM (MBBS 1970)
Clinical Professor David Russell Hillman, AM (MBBS 1974)
Mr Robert John Inverarity, AM (BA 1967; GradDipEd 1967)
Clinical Professor Domenico (Dominic) Spagnolo,
AM (MBBS 1976)
Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia:
Dr David John Cook, AO (BE 1965)
Emeritus Professor Robin Mary Creyke, AO (LLB 1966)
Professor James (Jim) McCluskey, AO (BMedSc 1974;
MBBS 1977; MD 1991)
Ms Paula Ruth Nathan, AO (BA 1977; BPsych 1981;
MPsych 1983)
Clinical Professor Michael Francis Quinlan,
AO (MBBS 1962; MD 1969)
Dr Paul Richard Wood, AO (BSc 1977)
Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia:
Dr Alan Edward Bray, OAM (MD 1977)
Mr Archibald Simon Murray, OAM (GradDipEd 1975)
Mrs Audrey Jean Pearson, OAM (BA 1953; CertTeach 1954)
Adjunct Clinical Professor John Graham Rosenthal, OAM (BSc
1967; MBBS 1971)
The Honourable David Lawrence Smith, OAM (LLB 1966)
Convocation’s Honours Committee plays a role in nominating
and supporting nominations for our UWA graduates and this
encourages an increasing number of nominations for those
worthy of recognition being sent through to the Honours
Secretariat in Canberra. Given that the evaluation process
conducted by the Honours Office normally takes at least 18-24
months, Convocation Council is hopeful that an increasing
number of UWA graduates will continue to be included in
future Honours announcements. Members of Convocation
who are aware of worthy graduates are encouraged to
contact the Council through the Convocation Officer so that
confidential nominations may be progressed.
Members are also encouraged to nominate worthy members
for internal honours such as Honorary Degrees, the
Chancellor’s Medal, the Convocation Medal. the Philippa
Maddern Award, Guild Volunteer and others.
*Ms Nee Nee Ong Council Member (2016-2019)
Mr James Paparo Council Member (2012-2017; 2018-2021)
Mr Gary Pennefather Council Member (2017-2020)
Dr Fran Pesich Council Member (2010-2014; 2018-2021)
Mr Ric Stern Council Member (2018-2021)
*Mr Jonathan Strauss Council Member (2011-2019)
Mr Tony Tate AM Council Member (2017-2020)
Mr Simon Dawkins Elected member of Senate (2010- 2021)
Mrs Pauline Tremlett has been co-opted to help the Council
with the 50th Anniversary lunch and has been excellent
contributor yet again. Our newest co-optee is Rubyna Mher,
representing our younger members and learning the ropes
with Convocation and Council.
(L-R) Co-Opted Convocation Council members, Pauline Tremlett and Rubyna Mher
Thanks
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 year.
Since the last Ordinary Meeting, recognising the challenges on
our volunteer Councillors and one full time employee, we have
employed an Assistant to our Convocation Officer. Ms Melissa
Hetherington has lent her considerable energy, enthusiasm
and skills to all tasks to which she has been assigned and is
a great addition to the Convocation team. Melissa is a PhD
candidate at UWA and works one day a week at the Guild
as Archivist.
Finally, I must commend the splendid support we have all
received from the Convocation Officer Ms Juanita Perez, with
her excellent Convocation corporate knowledge, adherence
to our statutory obligations and untiring efforts to action the
results of our deliberations.
Dr Doug McGhie
Warden of Convocation
Other projects have been championed by Councillors or
small teams,
• Treasurer, Julie Matheson;
• Discontinuing the Lifetime email due to security issues,
Gary Pennefather;
• Fundraising projects, Brett Davies;
• Live display screens in the University Club and UWA Sports
to promote Convocation’s identity and activities, Warden
and Immediate Past Warden;
• A page of promotion of and stories about Convocation
in each edition of the University Club News, Uniview
magazine and the bi-monthly Alumni Connect, Jim Paparo;
• Updating the web site, Assistant Convocation Officer,
Melissa Hetherington and Graham Harmsworth.
The members of Convocation Council are as listed and
pictured below. Those whose terms on Council are complete
in 2019 are indicated with an asterisk. They may renominate
for a position on Convocation Council when nominations open
in November and close in December this year. Any member
of Convocation may nominate for the elected positions. All
members for whom postal addresses are held will receive
their voting papers early next year. Members for whom we
do not have email addresses can assist the communication
process by forwarding those to Convocation, particularly as
we progress towards electronic elections in the near future.
*Dr Doug McGhie, Warden of Convocation 2017-2018, Council
Member (2013-2016)
*Dr Joan Pope OAM, Deputy Warden of Convocation (2016-
2018), Deputy Warden 1985; Warden 1986-1988 Council
Member (1984)
*Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM Elected member of Senate
(2015–2019), Immediate Past Warden of Convocation (2017-
2019) Warden of Convocation (2013–2017) Council Member
(2010-2013)
*Dr Mark Andrich Council Member (2016-2019)
Clinical Professor Lesley Cala Council Member (2010-2020)
Dr Julie Crews Council Member (2017 2020)
Ms Devon Cuneo Council Member (2011-2021)
Adjunct Professor, Dr Brett Davies Council Member (2016-2020)
Dr Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis Council Member (2017-2020)
*Dr Libby Feutrill Council Member (2016-2019)
*Dr Agi Gedeon Council Member (2015-2019)
Emeritus Professor Jenny Gregory AM Council Member
(2018-2021)
Mr Jeffrey Gunningham Council Member (2017-2020)
Mr Graham Harmsworth Council Member (2015-2017
2018-2021)
*Dr Susan King Council Member (2013-2019)
Dr Raj Kurup Council Member (2017-2021)
*Councillor Julie Matheson Council Member (2016-2019)
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“You can see why we hold the Convocation Awards Presentation here”
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Convocation Officer’s reportThe following is a list of graduates whose current whereabouts have become unknown since the Autumn Ordinary
Meeting of Convocation on 23 March 2018. Graduates are listed according to the Faculty from which they obtained their
latest degree, along with their year of graduation.
Architecture, Landscape
and Visual Arts
2010 Zi X. Ban
1986 Gavin P. Knox
2011 Felicity Palumbo
1997 Christopher I. Tomlinson
Arts
1974 Stephanie A. Abercromby (née
Boys)
1999 Toby N. Adams
2001 Roslyn K. Affleck
2005 Jaye D. Alderson
1976 Rebe Atlas (née Berinshaw)
2007 Michelle A. Ball
1977 John Bardwell-Dix
1987 Kathleen J. Brenton-Coward
(née Prebble)
2010 Sarah E. Brice
1987 Brett A. Buktenica
2005 Raul S. Cantor Lopez
1976 Laura Connell (née Nickel)
1974 Brenda M. Conochie
2007 Jonathan D. Craig
2005 Ian A. Dolphin
1966 Andrew C. Domahidy
1970 Mary G. Evans
2016 Connor M. Fisher
1986 Heather D. Formaini
1999 Alison J. Fullam
1994 Emma E. Giambazi
2005 Belle Glaskin
2001 Ciara M. Haughton
1989 Margaret P. Henderson
2000 Christopher D. Jeakings
2002 Richard John
1993 Shane Johnschwager
2003 Michael R. Knowles
2006 Genevieve Y. Kung
1981 Brita Lim
1971 Suzanne J. Locke
1983 Susan Longo
2003 Paul C. Metcalf
1985 Christine A. Meyer
1981 Lynn E. Moss
2016 Alexandra H. Mould
2006 Maria A. Olejnik
2008 Tanya H. Oxtoby
1987 George Papamihail
1989 Susan Peacock
1974 Lloyd J. Peasley
2009 Laura K. Pond
1982 Dimitra H. Samios
2005 Stefano F. Santacaterina
1998 Bridget Stone
1989 Gek-Luan Tan-Noonan
1955 John J. Taylor
1975 Sandy M. Taylor
1981 Nicholas G. Toyne
1949 Elizabeth A. Van Hulssen (née
Bennett)
1988 Jacqueline M. Walsh
1951 Vivienne H. Ward (née
Toussaint)
1995 Rodney S. Wong
1967 Phaik K. Yeoh
Board of Studies -
Bachelor of Commerce
2016 Max M. Sands
Business School
2004 Sania Abid
2003 Hui Ang
1998 Daniel C. Barnao
2007 Mark P. Bertinshaw
2002 Kamini B. Bhojwani
2001 Vishen L. Bisnath
2009 Luke Boswarva
2006 Robert B. Brajkovich
2000 Blair J. Brice
1985 Slade A. Burnet
2012 Yat H. Chan
1973 Choon Ying Cheah
2002 Derek T. Chih
2007 Wee C. Chua
2013 Scott D. Clayton
1999 Angela J. Cross
1991 Lee J. Daniels
1995 Roger P. Dartnell
1967 Michael K. Davidson
2006 Natalina F. De Felice
2010 Maurice M. Doger de Speville
2006 Gavin R. Evans
1992 John J. Fitzgerald
2008 Su-Wei Foo
1982 Paul G. Fox
1973 Peter S. French
1999 Richard H. Hamersley
1997 Perrie S. Henderson
1986 Bee-Eng Hong
2006 Caley J. Horner
2008 Noor Zahirah Z. Ismail
2000 Kirrilee F. Jack
2000 Tania E. Jacobs
1994 Sascha A. Keen
2005 Jennine Kerr
2007 Jeremy J. Koh
2000 Chyn Koh
2011 Brie Langley (née Summerton)
1986 Peter R. Lawson
2000 Dayna L. Lee
2005 Boon S. Lee
1997 Gus E. Lee-Steere
2008 Nicholas Lim
2005 Lawrence L. Lim
1981 Mary Lim
2010 Amy V. London
1987 Brett C. McAuliffe
2002 Graeme D. McKenna
1983 Catherine S. Meacock
(née Gibson)
2001 Emma K. Miller
2004 Melissa J. Moorfield
2007 Tendai L. Muchero
2003 Paul G. Murray
2003 Christopher I. Murray
2006 Peter W. Ndiang'ui
1999 Michael Pecen
1991 Christian S. Pedersen
1994 Daniel M. Phua
2003 Luca M. Pietropiccolo
1993 Subashini Pulendran
1987 Howard C. Rae
2004 Andrew J. Read
1992 Ashley B. Rockman
2009 Jacqueline A. Rowell
2002 Benjamin D. Rumble
1986 Simon M. Rusk
1998 Vincent Sai
2004 Kurt S. Sibma
1982 Gordon A. Sklenka
1998 Penelope A. Smith
1994 Lyle S. Steffensen
1998 Joel M. Stone
1998 Melissa J. Sturgess
2004 Lisa M. Tassone
2011 Michelle C. Teo
1981 Yiu Joe Toh
1980 John Van Heurck
2008 Prashant Venkatesh
1999 Matthew K. Wellisch
2004 Trent L. Winduss
1998 Simon P. Worth
1996 Carman Yung
Education
1981 Narelle E. Alderman
(née Hasemer)
2003 Peter R. Altmeier-Mort
2003 Belinda J. Anderton
2012 Benjamin C. Beaton
1993 Paul Beecham
1985 Michael J. Blackwell
2000 Hansen Blaise (née Joanne
MacPherson)
1985 Heather M. Cannard
2001 Jane A. Claringbold
2013 Rochelle L. Coleman
1979 Shane R. Crockett
1986 Christine H. Cullen
1980 David S. Curry
1975 Anthony J. D Souza
1975 Philip S. de Garis
1973 Scotty M. Elliott (née Scott)
1978 Terry J. Foley
1987 Immacolata A. Franco
1983 Trina M. Glover
1981 Stephen J. Godwin
2012 Larissa F. Golden
1980 Neil C. Jilley
1998 Darian M. Le Page
1953 Anne H. Leach (née West)
1980 Bernadette A. Lee
1998 Andrew G. Lincoln
1992 Todd A. Manson
1998 Andrew D. Nicholls
2001 Grace Parks
1991 Kanu C. Patel
2004 Velayutham Ramasamy
1983 Christopher R. Rogerson
1998 Othman B. Simbran
1971 Heather M. Thompson
1998 Beverley Ward
2001 Anna Y. Young
Engineering, Computing
& Mathematics
1994 Clive S. Adams
2008 Katherine M. Brisco
1972 Ian J. Chandler
2013 Divya A. Chapman (née John)
1997 Edmund E. Chong
1994 Leith C. Collins
2004 Glen D. Cooney
1971 Kai-Ken Foong
2002 Andrew A. Forsyth
1994 Daniel I. Goodman
2007 Kevin Ho
1998 Philip A. Jefferys
2006 Aris Johar
2003 Alan J. Joice
2008 Uday Kamboj
1980 Wan C. Kok
1975 Pak L. Kong
1996 Mark J. Lewis
2010 Xue T. Liu
1992 Matthew A. Lyons
1968 David Macey
1998 Ian T. Marshall
1997 Yusuf A. Merchant
1968 Kam W. Ng
2007 Asher M. Packard-Hair
1973 Michael E. Perreau
2002 Sinisa Rakovic
1999 Michael A. Sharman
1982 Peng T. Soo
1997 Stephen A. Stretch
2000 Johan I. Subagio-Bakti
2009 Michael Talikowski
1973 Christopher B. Tan
(Tan Boon Chee)
2003 Jonathan C. Tan
1971 Chock-Nguang Tay
2012 Zachary W. Thornton
2007 Shuguang Wu
1972 Chen Ying
2012 Meng B. Zhang
Graduate Research School
2008 Gina L. Ambrosini
2001 Ross A. Ashman
1995 Tim T. Cable
1978 Donald Casson
1987 Robin H. Cowen
1975 Kenneth H. Davis
2011 Neil I. Gillespie
2007 Damien P. Hewitt
1985 Karen Hillman
2004 Trudy M. Hoad
1997 Stephen Kargotich
1998 John R. Kennard
2008 Andrea Khong
1992 Stephen P. Loss
1999 Andrew J. Marsh
2003 Kristina L. Mills
1998 Regina A. O'Brien-Malone
1999 Nicholas J. O'Toole
2014 Cathryne G. Sanders
1992 Hema Sharda
2005 Philippa K. Tandy
1997 Peter J. Thompson
1977 William D. Weeks
Law
2002 Alison M. Baxter
1982 Gregory A. Benn
2005 Holly S. Boyd
1989 Simon O. Copp
1990 Fiona J. Crago
2002 Erin J. Forrester
2005 Andrew J. Harvey
1997 Samantha C. Hayward
2002 Joanna E. Kargotich
(née Livanos)
2007 Aziz R. Khan
2012 Nicholas G. Mansfield
2001 Angela M. Murphy
2007 Christopher B. Nakamura
1987 Susanne L. Nelson
2006 Dominic A. O'Toole
2009 Penelope L. Pain
2004 Katie L. Pope
1997 Deborah L. Porter
1951 James D. Purvey
1993 Haydn J. Rigby
2007 Karen L. Tseu
2003 Alexandra Will
2008 Eleanor M. Yates
2007 Emilie C. Young
Medicine, Dentistry &
Health Sciences
2005 Husain H. Al-Reshidi
2006 Marcus Y. Chan
2001 Warwick D. Howe
1993 James J. Hu
1998 Yee Ling Kuok
2007 Wei-Mun Lam
2002 Duane F. Pennebaker
2010 Lavinia A. Petrescu
1980 Nick P. Silberstein
2001 Sarah J. Smith
1982 Christopher W. Turner
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Science
2008 Yee L. Ang
2009 Sophie G. Arnall
1959 Lynette M. Baxter
(née Saunders)
2011 Chiquita J. Burges
1976 Christopher J. Cooper
2001 Sherylyn M. Crisp
1996 Elliott J. Cross
2012 Luke B. Cummins
2004 Alvin J. d'Almaida
1992 Shani Dunne
1985 Antonio Graneri
2007 Adeline Hsu
1996 Rebecca Hughes
1992 Lapchi Huynh
1980 Christopher R. Hyde
2006 Alysia M. James
1947 Joy J. Jenkyn
2007 Yen M. Lim
2007 Karilyn A. Mahon
2006 Kelli N. Masters
2001 Emma K. McClughan
1995 Robert P. McFerran
2006 Fiona J. McLean
1989 Stephanie R. Meyer
1980 Shelagh C. Morgan
2005 Leah Muecke
1983 Siew Kong C. Ng
2008 Katie E. Nowland
1993 Brad J. Nugent
2008 Kerry L. O'Sullivan
2004 Michael C. Pang
1993 Ann M. Penketh
2003 Dean T. Plunkett
1977 Ann M. Quartermaine
2007 Samantha Repacholi
2008 Sharon A. Ridley (née Byrne)
2016 Matthew E. Rowbottom
2005 Kate D. Seaward
2008 Yi T. Seet
1989 Bronwen Simms
2007 Erin M. Smith
1988 Kathryn L. Smith
(née Devenish)
1965 Geoff A. Taylor
1971 Martin J. Taylor
1993 Jacqueline L. Teo
2004 Felicity Thorpe
1994 Phillip J. Trenerry
2015 Gek C. Wan
2003 Megan J. Waterhouse
1995 Christianne C. White
1987 Charles K. Wilks
1995 Christopher Cheun Choong
Wong
2008 Kelly Wrightstone
“The UWA Watersports Complex”
2017 Convocation Audit Report
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2019 50th Anniversary Reunion LuncheonWe are seeking the 1969
Graduates below
Convocation is again organising the
annual reunion luncheon for graduates
celebrating their 50th graduation
anniversary from UWA.
This event has become very popular
and all graduates are welcome.
The Convocation Council arranges
the function but would welcome
volunteers from among the 1969
graduates to join the committee and
to assist. If you are interested, please
forward your name and phone number
to the Convocation Officer, Juanita
Perez, via email to Juanita.Perez@
uwa.edu.au.
Help make this milestone an
enjoyable celebration of your
academic achievements.
We are still trying to trace some
‘lost graduates’ listed below.
Anyone knowing the present address
of any of these graduates is asked
to pass the information on to the
Convocation Officer.
Note: names in brackets are
maiden names.
Architecture, Landscape
and Visual Arts
Douglas Ransom
Arts
David Addenbrooke
John Anderson
Susan Atkins
Judith Barrett (Brechin)
Anthony Best
Reginald Birch
Daniel Boss
Noel Bryan
Russell Burgess
John Campbell
Kim Chee
Simplicius Cheong
Mary Chui
Kathleen Cockerell
Susan Constantine
Michael Croker
Graham Douglas
Robin Evans
Sandra Ferguson
Kerry Foster
Stacy Gallagher
John Garrett
Patricia Gerritsen
Caroline Gillies
Denise Gillies (Remnant)
Leonard Goodall
Christine Gould (Rodgers)
Jean Gray
Lynette Green
Susanna Grey-Smith
Gertrud Grotegoed
Emil Haberfield
Petar Hadji-Ristic
Pamela Hainsworth (Minchin)
Margaret Hallett
Daniel Hancock
Gregory Harper
Patrick Harrington
Leo Hassam
Winsome Hatcher
Florence Haycock
Bernard Higgs
The campus as it was in 1967
Linda Hogg
Beverley Hood
Richard Hook
Theo James
Ian Johnston
Gillian Johnston (Forbes)
Stephanie Keating (Fisher)
Margaret Le Breton (Jackson)
Peter Le Breton
Judith MacWilliam
Aileen Maguire
Jennifer Marsh (Loverock)
Richard Nagle
Sarah Nelson
Ivy Ng
Henry Nicholls
Peter O’Sullivan (Cullen)
John Perry
Sally Pullin (Halbert)
Margaret Quin-Conroy
Abdul Razak bin Muhammad
Elizabeth Richardson (Barclay)
Mary Rossiter
Dahlia Routman
Jenny Rushton
Maureen Ryder
Jane Sax
Jack Shamoon
Anders Sievers
Diana Silver
David Smith
Timothy Stafford
Francis Sykes
Lay Tan
Nguyen-Thi Thuy
Barbara Tyler
Alan Watt
Michael Weir
Felicity Wellington
Poh Wong Poh Ling (Leong)
John Zloich
Business School
Ian Baster
Lynette Birch
Stephanie Campbell
Michael Carter
Guan Chor
Kenneth Clarke
Bryan Cooper
Tran Dang
Nguyen Davis
Valaiporn Eksangsri
Josephine Fernandez
Penelope Gibson (Ferrier)
Choon Ho
Jeannine Kitson
Soo Kok
Somchart Komate
Jonathan Nelson
Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen
Chun Pang
Evgeniy Poroch
Christopher Somas
Ronald Van Santen
Seow Wang
Thye Wong
Mee Yuen
Education
Ron Banks
Leslie Banyard
Andre Baronie
Margaret Carroll
Siew Chan
Owen Cook
Peter Dunnell
Kay Fandry (Davies)
Grant Glinski
Wendy Griffiths
Brian Haines
Walter Hall
Errol Hammond
Peter Harmsworth
Patricia Harrison (Philson)
Trevor Harwood
Sharon Hopkinson
Ronald Hu
Terrence Jackson
Willie Karmelita
Wee Kwok
Anthony Lembo
Susan Lorrimar (Odgers)
Brian Martin
Trevor Miller
Robert Miller
Bernard Nohan
Alice O'Loughlin
Pamela Piper
Robin Porteous
Alexander Pouw-Bray
Jacqueline Prior (Wickham)
Peter Richards
Bethwyn Roberton (Smith)
Christine Rutter
Margaret Sherwood
Frances Sillitto (Andre)
Robert Stephen
Ernie Stringer
Keith Taylor
Peter Thompson
Susan Walker
George White
Mohammed Yasin
Engineering, Computing
& Mathematics
Barry Chia
Kevin Colledge
Lyn Metcalf
Valentine Ng
Richard O'Donoghue
Rodney Perry
Peter Schoonens
Laurence Seddon
Frank Tung
Tea-Kruy Ung
Richard Winslade
Graduate Research School
Lee Brotherson
Edgar Campbell
Andrew Hamilton
Patricia Hansen
Aloysius Ho
Howard Jones
Lesley Le Souef (Searle)
Rodney Mahon
Leslie Mutton
Richard Pepper
Kanhaya Purohit
David Sang
Peter Sellick
Hefazat Siddiqui
Bernard Tang
Donald Taylor
Trevor White
Law
Rosemarie Solomon
Zbigniew Umbras
Anthony Wainwright
Medicine, Dentistry
& Health Sciences
Kwong-Shing Chang
Tommy Chung
Brian Davidson
Beverleigh Fitch
John Good
Susan Jordan
Robert Lawson-Smith
Gerald Milner
Francis Newton
Kenneth Parker
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Rasiah Rajagopalan
Robin Readhead-Taylor
Matthew Yung
Science
Terence Anderson
Bernard Ardagh
Yvonne Atkinson
Timothy Barber
James Battye
Christopher Benson
Kerry Bradshaw
Helen Carter
Siew-Ching Chang (Wee)
Errol Cocks
Robert Dekker
John Di Renzo
Lutz Engelhardt
Monica Fletcher
John Franklyn
Dennis Gillespie
Roderick Graham
Michael Gray
Jennifer Greenham
Alan Habgood
John Hall
Susanne Harris
Cheng Hoffman (Cheah)
John Hudson
Judith Hudson (Wilkins)
Charalambos Karathanasis
Patrick Ko
Eric Ko Chok Fai
Antony Kubicki
Elke Kuuse (Tawist)
Pui Lee
Shui-Lung Lee
Leonie Lee
Suang Lek
Kenneth Mann
Ian McDonald
Ian Miller
Anthony Miranda
Astley Molyneux
Teng Ng
David Nicholls
Robert Olivier
Judith Paterson (Ottaway)
Craig Pearson
Ann Peters
See Poon
Christopher Prince
Murray Ray
James Ridley
David Robertson
Diane Robinson
Juris Rungis
Joanne Samson (Patman)
Paul Stocker
Seng-Yeang Tan
Richard Tinkler
Christopher Tomney
Bee Wee
Peter Whittle
Lloyd Williams
Voon Yeong
“Celebrating 50 years of friendship”
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2018 Convocation Awards and Scholarship Winners2018 Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence
Rafeif Ismail, in the Category of Literature
2018 Convocation Accommodation Scholarship
Claire Ruth Palmer Bachelor of Science, majoring in Pharmacology and Biochemistry
2018 Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award Winners
Aida Carolina Borges Carneiro School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering
Buddhi Ram Chaudhary Tharu School of Social Sciences
Aria Dolatabadian School of Biological Sciences
Alicea Garcia School of Agriculture and Environment
Fiona Hook School of Social Sciences
David Jago School of Molecular Science
Jeanette Jensen UWA Law School
Kak Ming Ling Centre for Child Health Research
Belinda Martin School of Biological Sciences
Md Sultan Mia School of Agriculture and Environment
Samuel Montgomery School of Medicine
Bryony Palmer School of Biological Sciences
2018 Convocation scholarships, prizes and award recipients with UWA Executives and very special guests.
Albert Pessarrodona Silvestre School of Biological Sciences
Arman Siahvashi School of Engineering
Penelope Strauss School of Population and Global Health
Arnold van Rooijen School of Earth Sciences
James Wong School of Human Sciences
Rachael Zemek School of Biomedical Sciences
Fangning Zhang School of Biological Sciences
Yueqi Zhang School of Biological Sciences
2018 Convocation Sports Scholarships
Hayley Clark Sailing
Joshua Kippin Marathon Kayaking
2018 Convocation Undergraduate Prizes
Sophie Coffin Convocation Indigenous Undergraduate Prize
Olga Mazur Convocation Undergraduate Prize in Bachelor of Science
David Murley Convocation Undergraduate Prize in Bachelor of Art
Jeremy Quek Convocation Undergraduate Prize in Bachelor of Commerce
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