spring ordinary meeting 2021

Friday 17 September 2021

Convocation

Spring Ordinary Meeting 2021

Acknowledgements:

Special thanks to Emeritus Professor John Melville-Jones AM who so generously volunteered and gave his time to

proof-read and edit this set of minutes.

Photo credits: Images throughout the booklet by Manny Tamayo Photography

AgendaSpring Ordinary Meeting Of Convocation 20216:30pm, Friday, 17 September 2021 by Zoom video conferencing technology

1. Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Minutes of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 19 March 2021

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. Q & A session

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MinutesAutumn Ordinary Meeting19 March 2021

The Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation was held on Friday 19 March commencing at 6:30pm via Zoom online webinar meeting.

The meeting was attended by the following graduates and guests.

Rida Ahmed, Khalid Al-Abbasi, Fiona Allan, Kris Bather, Andrew Berryman, Stuart Bunt, Lesley Cala, Harriet Calverley, Amit Chakma, Ace Choo, Tat Meng Chow, David Chumba, Devon Cuneo, Norma Curnow, Brett Davies, Simon Dawkins, Agi Gedeon, Jenny Gregory, David Griffiths, Jeff Gunningham, Roslyn Hackshaw, Chris Harkness, Bashar Hassan, Maureen Humpage, Gregory Jarosch, Susan King, Nin Kirkham, Raj Kurup, Hong Kai Lee, William Lee, Steve MacCarthy, David MacKinlay, Moira Maley, Jenny Marshall, Julie Matheson, Emma Mezger, Doug McGhie, Nee Nee Ong, Jim Paparo, Juanita Perez, Fran Pesich, Hwee Ping Koh, Valerie Saunders, Kala Senathirajah, Ric Stern, Jason Tan, Marc Tennant, Irene Wang, Roopa Whiteville, Vronsky Wik, Chris Williams, Paulina Wroblewski and Alan Yeomans

The following members of Convocation asked that their apologies be recorded.

Ian Abbott, Tine Adams, Tony Ahmat, Mohamed Ahmed, Hatem Al-Khazraji, John Allen-Williams, Rasheed Abdullah R Alsalhi, Mildred Ambrose, Lyneve Amoore, Daniel Anderson, Maureen Anderson, John Anderton, Michael Andrews, Tze Ang, Ashok Arasu, Suzanne Ardagh, Pooya Arjomandnia, Ruth Arnel, Gudrun Baer, Liz Bailey, John Baillie, Ian Baker, Mary Anne Baljic, Neil Bardsley, Cynthia Barrett, James Barrett, Ross Barrett, Ruth Barrett, Khalid Bashir, Ian Baxter, Tony Bayliss, Mark Beadle, Helen Bean, Gabor Bedo, Kenneth Beer, Angela Beeton, Gabriela Bekir Fuente, Haia Ber, Rodney Beresford, Eugenio Bini, Barrie Blackburn, Anne Blanchard, David Blunt, Lei Ping Boey, Angela Bollard, Angharad Booth, Ian Booth, Diana Boudville, Valerie Bourke, Willem Bouwer, Geoff Bower, Robert Bredemeyer, Ross Brennan, Sandra Brewer, Anthony Bright, Benjamin Brockhurst, Larina Bromley, Barry Broomfield, Maria Brown, Brian Browne, Susan Bryant, Dianne Budd, John Byrne, Teresa Canestrari, Edward Carberry, Darryl Carlson, Elizabeth Carr, Ian Carr, Georgia Carragher, Mark Casserly, Robert Cavanagh, Karyn Chan, Man Chan, Victor Chan, Trevor

Cheney, Michael Chester, Eric Chidlow, Robin Chinnery, Carolyn Chong, Wee Choeng Chong, Lee Christensen, Andrew Christophers, Sylvia Churchill, Megan Clark, Sharon Clark, Alan Clarke, Linda Clayton, Lynette Clayton, Gaetane Colborne, William Coleman, Tim Colmer, Sue Colyer, Arthur Conacher, Colin Cook, Gregory Cook, Geoff Cooper, Tony Cooper, Vida Corbett, Dale Cornell, Rochelle Cornell, Duncan Cowan, Rebecca Crawford, Susan Croker, Kevin Crombie, Alice Cross, Meredyth Crossing, Joanne Cruickshank, Stewart Cullen, Shirley Daffen, Timothy Dawe, Reginald Dawson, Libby Day, David de Hoog, Monika de Lautour, Francesco De Toni, Susan Dean, Kelvin Dekker, Barry Dennis, Brian Devine, Natasha Dewani, John Di Camillo, Amelia Dixon-Pugh, David Dockery, Ian Dowling, Christine Dragoo, David Dun, Alan Duncan, John Duncan, Paul Duncan, Geoffrey Duniam, Anne Dunne, John Dunne, Joshua Dunne, Tim Dymond, Anthony Edis, Honi Edmondson, Cyril Edwards, Hartley Edwards, Johanne Eldridge, Sue Ellery, Laura Emery, Nelly Engelhardt, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis, Tony Ewing, Ernest Fardin, Richard Farrar, Joanne Farrell, Samuel Field, Gavin Fielding, Margaret Fitzgerald, David Fletcher, Tim Flowers, Margaret Floyd, James Fogarty, Boh-Sah Foo, Martin Forsey, Alan Forsyth, Robin Foulds, Pamela Foulkes, Lindsay France, Karen Francis Alchin, Gareth Franklin, Robert French, Shih Ching Fu, Ken Fung, Simon Funnell, Ashleigh Furfaro, Jo Gatland, Lynn Gattorna, Rohan Gengatharen, Ross George, Nick Gerrard, Marina Gerzic, Khanh Giang, Jonathan Gibson, Vivienne Glance, Siao Yen Goh, Amanda Goodier, Sue Gordon, Frederik Grader, Christian Grainger, Stephen Graves, Allan Green, Pam Gregor, Geoffrey Grewar, Bob Groves, Suren Gunasekera, Silvana Ham, Alec Hand, Pauline Hansen, Michael Happ, Lenn Harris, Lloyd Harris, Max Harris, Reinhold Hart, Gregory Harvey, Garry Hawkes, Kim Heitman, Helga-Eva Helmers, Ricardo Herrera Ayala, Barbara Hill, David Hill, Kerry Hill, Murray Hill, Wendy Hillier, Lynette Hirsch, Joy Hocking, Shaun Hodges, Alan Imerito, Douglas Janney, Geoffrey Jenkinson, Rob Jewkes, V Jeyakanthan, Murray Johnsen, Beverly Johnson, Brian Johnson, Jackie Johnson, Evan Jones, Patricia Jones, Tom Jones, Patrick Joyce, Sally Joyston-Bechal, Lynne Junk, Peter Kalmund, Jennifer Keddy, Jade Kenna, Norma Keys, Anderson Kho, Raymond King, John Kleinig, Stephen Knott, Joanna Knowles, Jeremy Koh, Joseph Kong, Genevieve Konig, Michael Konrath, Julia Kovesi, Rakesh Kumar, Patricia Lagan, Mable Lam, Rona Landquist, Andrew Langford, Tom Langley, Jenny Larner, Boon Tuan Lau, Kathryn Lawry, Jill Lawson, Trevor Leaver, Hah Lee, Russell Lejeune, Colin Lennon, Alfred Leung,

Drisana Levitzke-Gray, Bin Li, Caixia Li, Casey Li, Marshall Lightowlers, Bee Na Lim, Say Lim, Xinyi Lim, Robert Limina, Ian Lindsay, Milvert Yi Song Ling, Virginia Longley, Gary Low, Jenny Low, Nicola Lucano, Verona Lucas, Dorothy Lucks, Angus MacDonald, Catherine MacDonald, Brittany Malauski, Althea Malligan, John Malone, Odette Margot, Clive Mariano, Melissa Marinelli, Jelena Markov, Anthony Marrion, Gregory Martin, Siobhan Martin, Timothy Martin, Glenda Martinick, Bruce Maslin, Olive Mason, Frank Mastaglia, Joyce Matson, Renata Mattia, Barry Maund, Suzanne May, Richard Mazzucchelli, Trevor Mazzucchelli, Wayne McCay, Sharon McCleary, Robert McCormack, Janine McCrum, Roy McCulloch, Linda McKean, Penelope McLoughlin, Ian McNaughton, Bob McWilliam, John Meehan, John Melville-Jones, Con Michael, Ray Milbourne, Emily Mills, Jill Milroy, Ann Minister, Darryn Mitchell, Patricia Moffett, Melinda Moir, John Moncrieff, Diana Moore, Peter Morgan, Beverley Moriarty, Sidy Morin - Ka, Susan Morris, Kim Mossenson, Patricia Mulcahy, May Mulholland, Kim Munckton, Ashleigh Murch, Lisa Needham, Mark Newman, Geoffrey Newman-Martin, Ian Newnham, Hiu Lam Ng, Ginny Ngok, Trevor Nicholls, Xianwa Niu, Karen Nonis, Alby Nuich, Reshmi Nundloll, Rikard Nyman, Rick O’Brien, Ilse O’Ferrall, Doina Olaru, Chow-Loo Ong, Chuan Ong, Eng Seong James Ong, Tony Osman, Michael Page, Dina Papas, Carol Paris, Annette Parker, Nicky Partridge, Bing Pasquier-Cullity, Kim Paterson, Sue Paterson, Ian Paton, Arthur Patterson, Rosalie Pech Eva, Steven Pereira, Claire Perrozzi, Rayma Pervan, Guy Peterson, Jessica Pham, Diana Phang, Paula Phillips, Peter Phillips, Haydn Pickersgill, Ray Piesse, Marina Pitts, Emily Plank, Geoff Playford, Miko Poh, Joan Pope, Cheryl Praeger, John Pratt, Antony Price, Alexandra Pritoula, Anuradha Pullakhandam, David Pullan, Maria Purnamasari, Leonie Quartermaine, Dan Quirante, Bostang Radjagukguk, Donalda Ramsden, Peter Randell, Lee Ranford, Heidi Reinholz, Christopher Reynolds, Peter Reynolds, Carl Richards, Jan Richards, Janette Richards, Christopher Ridings, Geoff Riley, Timothy Riley, Noreen Riordan, Maureen Roberts, Frank Rochelle, Ellen Roe, June Roe, Robert Rogers, Sam Rogers, Gil Rooke, Jasmin Rothery, Robin Routley, Katherine Rowcliffe, Matthew Rowcliffe, Jim Rowlands, Annie Ruddy, Baden Rumble, Margaret Sadler, Barry Saker, Jenny Sales, Sueli Sano, Maria Saraceni, Melvyn Sargent, Anthony Sayers, Eugene Schlusser, Rosalie Schultz, Michelle Schwager, Louise Scott, Simon Scott, Tony Scott, Jennifer Searcy, Gary Seers, John Seotis, Leonard Seow, Gloria Seow Han-Khee, Tim Setter, Barry Sexstone, Harish Shah, Tayyeb Shah, Nadia Shaikh, Saroja Shepherdson, Jasrina Sidhu, Bruce

Sivalingam, Marian Skwarnecki, Stephanie Slanzi, Melanie Sloss, Brian Smith, Frank Smith, Geoff Smith, Philip Smith, Sushil Sood, Krittin Sowattanaskul, Arthur Spartalis, Gary Spurge, Cornelia Staats, Karl Staer, Jenni Stallwood, Myra Stanbury, Glen Stevenson, Sandra Stevenson, Lindsay Stewart, Pauline Stone, Agnes Sumargi, Junbo Sun, Ida Suod, Warren Swain, David Swan, Richard Sweeting, Anthony Tan, Dino Tan, Hock Chye Tan, Ting Huang Tan, Michael Tarca, Olivia Tate, Clayton Taylor, Noel Taylor, Tony Taylor, Tracy Taylor, Michael Teare-Williams, Ryan Tedja, Dian Astari Teguh, Adrian Thomas, David Thomas, Ray Thompson, Robert Thompson, Roger Thompson, Neville Threlfall, Varatharajan Thuraippah, Julia Thurloe, Ray Thurloe, Albert Tognolini, Robert Toia, Francis Tomas, Geoff Totterdell, Malcolm Treadgold, Alan TRUE, Wendi Tsai Wan Hsien, Gyula Turchanyi, Ewen Tyler, Stanislav Ulrich, Ainslie van Onselen, David Vanzetti, Richard Vaughan, Christine Venables, Peter Veth, Freddie von Schmidt, Petar Vujovic, Anthony Waldock, Claire Walker, David Watson, Ken Watson, Bourby Webster, Sally Webster, Roy Weerasekera, Pelham Weir, Martin West, Ryan Whiddett, Jodi White, Mary-Jane Whitehead, Janet Williams, Brian Willis, Rodney Willox, Caroline Winwood, Dianne Wolfer, Daniel Wong, Juk Wong, Petrina Wei-Lin Wong, Tiong Kiat Wong, Jenni Woodroffe, Kevin Woods, Helen Wray, Peter Wreford, Ben Wyatt, Shirley Wyburn, Zheng Yao, Qingdan Yu, Yuqi Zhai, Huizhen Zhang and Lin Zhang

Ms Juanita Perez, Convocation Officer as Secretary

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY

The University of Western Australia acknowledges the custodians and traditional owners of land on which any of its campuses are located.

At the main campus, Crawley, from which this Meeting is being broadcast, the University acknowledges the Whadjuk Noongar people as the traditional owners of the land on which it is situated.

The Whadjuk Noongar remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land, and continue to practice their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge.

We pay our respects to their elders – past, present and emerging.

1. WELCOME

In opening the Autumn Ordinary Meeting for 2021, the Warden of Convocation, Clinical Professor Lesley Cala, welcomed the following guests:

• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Amit Chakma• Guild President, Ms Emma Mezger• Chief Advancement Officer, Ms Fiona Allan• Members of the UWA Senate• Members of Convocation Council, and all the members

of Convocation from Regional WA, interstate and overseas, including

• Chile• Ghana• Indonesia• Malaysia• Mozambique• People’s Republic of China• Saudi Arabia• Singapore• South Africa• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• United States

The Warden then declared the meeting open at 6.30pm.

2. APOLOGIES

The Warden noted apologies from:

• The Chancellor, the Hon Robert French AC; • Tayyeb Shah, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global

Partnerships; and an• An ‘In principle’ apology for the late Adjunct Professor

Jennifer Searcy OAM has been submitted by her husband Ray Tauss. Jennifer just very recently passed away on 2nd March. Jennifer was an ardent supporter of Convocation and attended all Convocation Ordinary Meetings at least from the time of her graduation, unless she was ill or out of the State. Jennifer received her first UWA degree in 1955.

The Warden asked that if anyone wished to convey any additional apologies, they should provide these to the Convocation Officer, Ms Juanita Perez, who would record the details.

3. MINUTES OF THE SPRING ORDINARY MEETING 2020

A copy of the minutes of the Spring Ordinary Meeting 2020 held on Friday, 18 September 2020 appeared as Attachment A of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2021 booklet which was posted on the Convocation website.

No requests to amend the minutes have been received.

A motion to accept the minutes of the Spring Ordinary Meeting 2020 held on Friday, 18 September 2020 was proposed by Adjunct Professor Dr Brett Davies and seconded by Dr Doug McGhie. The motion was carried out by an online poll during the meeting.

4. BUSINESS ARISING

No matters for any business arising had been received.

5. CORRESPONDENCE

The Warden reported that the Convocation office receives a great deal of correspondence on many matters, both as emails and letters and they are largely addressed by the Convocation Officer and the Warden. The Warden thanked all the members of Convocation who took the time to contact her and Convocation Council in that period, as the Council values members’ views on issues concerning Convocation.

Letter received from Mrs Errol Broome BA ‘58, Brighton VIC:

Please accept my apologies, as I will miss the Ordinary Meeting.

1950s: My time at UWA (Arts) was the most wonderful – in every way. The teachings, and the atmosphere, enveloped me and not only my brain. Time working on ‘Pelican” started my future career in journalism, and friendly students from all degrees have remained friends for life.

All best wishes to our Uni’s Convocation.

Errol Broome (née Moss).

Letter received from Dr Joanna Knowles PhD ’87, Med ’89, MlntRelns ‘18:

I am very disappointed that the Convocation Meeting will be online!! This is ridiculous as we have so many other Meetings face to face!!! Sorry to say I will not be attending.

Joanna Knowles

6. RESULTS OF CONVOCATION ELECTIONS FOR ONE MEMBER OF SENATE, WARDEN, DEPUTY WARDEN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF CONVOCATION

In accordance with the University of Western Australia Act 1911 and University of Western Australia Statutes Chapter 4, the annual Convocation Elections were held this year to fill the following positions• One member of Senate• Warden of Convocation• Deputy Warden of Convocation• Eight members of the Council of Convocation (Six of

whom are elected for three years, and two of whom are elected for two years)

To ensure the utmost probity in the conduct of these elections, Convocation Council took the decision to outsource the conduct of these elections. This year Convocation Council appointed CorpVote Pty Ltd to undertake the election process.

At the close of ballots on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, the following were elected:• One member of Senate – Adjunct Professor Dr Brett

Davies (3-year term)• Warden of Convocation – Clinical Professor Lesley Cala

(1-year term)• Deputy Warden – Adjunct Professor Dr Brett Davies (1-

year term)

Convocation Councillors (in alphabetical order):• Emeritus Professor Jenny Gregory AM (3-year term)• Dr Estie Kruger (3-year term)• Dr Raj Kurup (3-year term)• Dr Moira Maley (3-year term)• Ms Rosalind Moore (3-year term)• Dr Fran Pesich (3-year term)• Ms Devon Cuneo (2-year term)• Mr Simon Dawkins (2-year term)

On behalf of Convocation Council, the Warden expressed thanks to the retiring Convocation Councillors for their contribution over the time they have been on Council:• Dr Doug McGhie, Immediate Past Warden• Mr Andrew Berryman• Mr Jim Paparo• Mr Ric Stern• Mr Elliott Wallace

All Convocation Councillors are volunteers, just giving back as they can with the time they have available.


7. VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

The Vice-Chancellor’s written report was provided as Attachment B of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2021 Booklet.

The Vice-Chancellor reported on a number of events that had occurred since the last Ordinary Meeting held September 2021. The most significant event was that our students had been able to return to campus, and we were able to conduct face-to-face teaching; this was because of the way our government had managed the COVID-19 restrictions.

Unfortunately, a number of our students are still stranded overseas and elsewhere. As a result of that, we continue to provide, at a parallel level, teaching and learning opportunities online.

Having students back on campus had made the atmosphere livelier.

The second event is that the University has launched a growth plan to deal with some difficulties faced by the University. The growth plan is working very well domestically. The University’s current projection is that enrolment will grow by about 12%. Part of this is driven by external factors such as border closures, students who might have gone elsewhere, leaving Western Australia.

Over the last year, the University had taken a number of steps to be responsive to student needs by introducing a number of new, and some repackaged programs in such a way that met student needs. This had led to a growth in demand for a UWA education. The Vice-Chancellor stated that the university was delighted to be able to do that because over the past several years, we had seen a decline in student enrolments.

On the international side, despite the difficulties, and despite the borders being shut, we have been able to retain our international students – some of them being in their home country when the lockdown occurred and were unable to return to WA due to the border closures. Where numbers warranted, we have taken measures to provide them as best as we could, with some semblance of a campus experience by creating ‘learning centres’. A large number of our students have chosen to attend these learning centres so that they can learn together in a campus environment, albeit in a different setting, but nevertheless, following UWA the curriculum online. In addition to that, we have been able to provide many of the support services online. Although it is not the same as meeting our students face-to face, it is better than not doing anything.

All of these efforts have led to significant retention of those who are not able to return to Perth, and also to a positive survey result coming out of student engagement overall.

Just on the morning of the Ordinary Meeting, a report was published in which students from across Australian universities were surveyed to determine the level of engagement during the year 2020, which was impacted by COVID, and all of the campuses that were having to resort to online learning. The Vice-Chancellor was pleased to report that UWA did very well. In fact, among peer research intensive institutions members of the Group of Eight, our student engagement score was the highest.

Looking to the future, the Vice-Chancellor said that he saw a bright future that included a significant expansion of international enrolments when borders re-opened. In the meantime, the university was preparing for that possibility, and was shoring up various programs again to meet the demands of our future students.

His final comments were on the priorities that had been set by the Executive:

1. Financial sustainability2. Enrolment growth3. Student experience

The Vice-Chancellor would put together two major taskforces to examine two major areas:

1. Future of learning2. Student experience

He concluded that it would be a busy year ahead, moving forward with these priorities and taskforces.

8. GUILD PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The Guild President’s written report was provided as Attachment C of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2021 Booklet.

108th Guild President Ms Emma Mezger reported that the Guild Council had an interesting start to the year in 2021. Thankfully, they managed to travel through what seemed to have been the bulk of the snap lock-down, and now see restrictions easing from the State Government. That period had a large impact on Summer school students, deferred exams and students beginning intensive courses. They had secured ungraded passes for the Summer school which hopefully relieved some of the academic stress students were facing. They had also made sure these delays did not impact students looking to re-enrol in Semester 1 2021. Moving forward, they had worked to create contingency plans for learning and teaching and events on campus, should another lock-down occur. She commended

students for being so understanding and patient through that period.

O-DAYThis year the Guild continued to organise O-Day at UWA for all new commencing students where they coordinated over 200 stalls and a crowd of 10,000 people.

They now have over 150 clubs on campus, ranging from Women in Engineering to the Wine Appreciation Society. They have seen the fall of Manic Depressives and the rise of Sober, EMAS and Leisure, who host festival-style events on campus of more than 3000 people. Throughout the year they oversee over 1,800 events by clubs who host everything between Catwalk Fashion to Quidditch matches. Ms Mezger shared a video of the 2021 O-DAY.

Champion MerchandiseThis year, the Guild released a UWA branded clothing line, in collaboration with Champion, which had proved immensely popular with staff and students. Ms Mezger shared a video of the Guild/Champion fashionwear.

Underpass RenovationOne of the Guild’s most momentous achievements for the students at UWA in their history as an organisation was the building of the Stirling Highway underpass in 1970.

After a student fatality in 1967, UWA students and the Guild successfully lobbied to have an underpass built. This was achieved in partnership with the University and with support of the local councils. The underpass has been operating for just over 50 years, servicing on average 5,000 students, staff and residents each day. It provides safe access to the northern side of the highway, residential colleges and bus transport links.

Unfortunately, over time, the tiling and lighting within the underpass had deteriorated significantly. This was creating a safety concern for students, staff and local residents. It also had no surveillance system (CCTV) which is of particular concern to residential students who frequently used the underpass to get to and from the University at night. The Guild was excited to see where this project would go through the collaboration of the University, the Main Roads Department and the Perth City Council.

Academic Workstream The Guild was working closely with the University to redesign and overhaul the delivery of educational content and student assessment. Ms Mezger was working alongside the Education Council President and committee to survey students on their experiences with oral assessments, group assignments and tutorial participation to explore opportunities to further improve the accessibility and equity of assessments at UWA.

Guild Micro-Badging The addition of a Guild micro-badge for students to display to potential employers was approved. This badge aims to recognise the leadership experience of students who contribute to the Guild.

Mindful CampusIn consultation with UWA Student Life, The Living Room and the Welfare Department, the Guild would be investigating opportunities to integrate wellbeing strategies into the UWA Curriculum.

Isolation on Campus CampaignThe campaign on loneliness and isolation in collaboration with Welfare and ISD aimed to be released in Semester 1 2021, with the overall goal of breaking down the cultural barriers of seeking and recognising help. It was intended to target the most vulnerable within the UWA Community and engage them with UWA Student life.

SVLG Level 1The Guild aimed to encourage UWA students to get involved with campus and local community. To encourage more participation, they were working to provide a level 1 service-learning unit for committee members who do not qualify for the SVLG level 2 units.

Bob Nicholson Room RenovationsWalls have been painted. Carpet will be cleaned next week.

Guild Refurbishment The Guild is looking to new ideas for the Guild Village space and infrastructure.

ACHIEVEMENTS• Semester 2 mid-semester break moved to end of week

6• Compulsory 7-day notice period of any assessment

changes • Successfully lobbied for the creation of the Student

Global Advisory Group • Acknowledgement of Country embedded into LMS• Re-location of Guild Volunteering & Guild Student

Centre • New rooms for ISD, Pelican, PROSH and Women’s

Department• 24/7 Access to Medical Library for HMS Students • First Year of Transcript Recognition • Ungraded passes and ungraded fails for Summer

School • Club & FacSoc Introduction Videos embedded into

LMS• Consistent Echo Lecture Captioning


12. Q & A SESSION

Q & A Panel Members:Professor Amit Chakma, Vice-ChancellorMs Emma Mezger, Guild PresidentClinical Professor Lesley Cala, Warden of Convocation

(This section is verbatim so that panel members are not misquoted.)

Question 1:Emeritus Professor Bruce Armstrong• What is the University doing to support its currently

enrolled overseas students from the Asia Pacific region? • What is the University doing to increase its enrolment of

students from the Asia Pacific region?

Response:Vice Chancellor: I have already covered part of the answer in my report. We have about 1500 students stranded overseas who are students enrolled at UWA, have undertaken part of their studies with us, and went home and couldn’t return. In response to COVID-19, we very quickly put all our courses online, and obviously when you do it, there is a lot of learning that has to be taken into account, and as we experience from it, we continuously improved how it will serve the needs of our students. After one semester of experience, we surveyed our students and got significant feedback, and as a result, have taken a number of actions. The most significant feedback was while they were getting the content of the teaching from online delivery, what was missing was the social aspect, student support aspect. So now we have moved a number of our other services online. So that’s how we have tried to support them. In the meantime, of course, we are working with our governments trying to prepare for the time when some of these restrictions might be lifted, trying to explore how we can bring them safely to Australia without jeopardising public health, and the safety aspects of it. So these are ongoing discussions and of course availability of the vaccine will make it a lot easier to advance them.

In terms of our plans to recruit additional students from the Asia-Pacific region, we are taking a number of different steps. Part of it is really for us to decide that we want to have more international students, a decision that we have already made. The demand for the UWA program is strong. I think it is not going to be that difficult for us to be able to recruit those students. But in preparation for this now we have taken a number of steps. We have a major program where we bring in students who are not quite ready to attend university, so they need some preparation, and offer those students an opportunity to be prepared to be able to be admitted by the University. We are shoring up some

ours. However, this activity plays a very significant role in transferring knowledge from our laboratories to the private sector, not only benefiting society at large. Drugs discovered on our campus will benefit many patients; in many instances it benefits humanity – but that’s a service mission that we perform.

There are few universities around the world who have hit the jackpot. So when you hit the jackpot, then you can get a lot of money out of it, but that’s kind of luck of the draw. In fact, even our $10 million is a result of few, many jackpots. Two or three of the intellectual properties generate the bulk of the revenue. So we want to do the very best to make sure that the knowledge that we generate is put to good work, but we cannot rely on revenue from the income to support our core operations.

Guild President: The Guild has always worked to encourage student innovation and encourage students to pursue their dreams by commercialising their ideas. We have very recently launched our very own student innovation centre which is called Venture, which is aimed at encouraging students to think flexibly, critically think and connect them with industry partnerships. So far this year, we have seen exponential interests from students, and I am very much excited to see where that will take us over the next decade.

Question 3:Dr Hatim Ghadhban AboodI would like to discuss the accreditation of the engineering curriculum. In USA and many countries, it is based on ABET whereas it depends on the Australia Engineers at UWA.

Response:Warden: Engineers Australia is the peak professional body for engineering in Australia, although the term ‘engineer’ is not legally protected in Australia in the way some other professional titles are. Engineers Australia is also a signatory to the international engineering standards in the Washington Accord, as is ABET. Accreditation by Engineers Australia hence assures that our graduates meet both national and international standards, and is the most appropriate accreditor for an Australian institution. Additional accreditation by ABET would come at a significant additional cost and would not provide any higher level of international transferability as Engineers Australia is recognised by the Washington Accord.

The Warden acknowledged Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic, Professor Graham Brown, in the Office of DVC Education for providing this information.

9. WARDEN’S REPORT

The Warden’s written report was provided as Attachment D of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2021 Booklet.

In addition to her written report, the Warden highlighted the following:

Achievements of Convocation Council1. Task Force to assist students disadvantaged

by COVID-19.2. Zoom conferencing for Committees and Council.3. Completed a review of the entire UWA Statute.4. Celebration of the 50 year anniversary of the graduation

of UWA graduates continues.5. Participation in the graduation ceremonies welcoming

graduates to Convocation.

The challenge presented by COVID-19 had resulted in the four parts of the University – Senate, Staff, Students and Convocation coming closer together.

50th Reunion luncheon for the Graduates of 1971 will be held at noon on Saturday 20 November 2021.

The Graduates of 1971 for whom we had lost contact were listed on page 36 of the Agenda Booklet. The Warden asked that if anyone knew the whereabouts of any of those Graduates, they should please forward the information to the Convocation Officer via [email protected].

All Graduates of 1971 for whom we have contact details will receive an invitation.

Graduates and friends who had attended previous luncheons were also most welcome to share in the celebration.

10. CONVOCATION OFFICER’S REPORT

The Convocation Officer’s report appeared as Attachment E of the Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2021 booklet. This report contained a list of graduates whose whereabouts had become unknown since the last Ordinary Meeting. The Warden asked members to review the list and to notify the Convocation Officer, Ms Juanita Perez, if the contact details of any graduates listed in this report were known to them.

11. OTHER BUSINESS

No other business items for this meeting had been lodged.

of those programs, we’re going to be creating a new entity called UWA College for those students who wish to come here but not are quite ready to attend the University.

We are looking at strategy partnerships with others who know the marketplace better than we do – some are private sector partners. And finally, we are experimenting, offering a market specific degree program. We are in the final stages of planning an executive MBA delivery just targeting India as a market. We will be doing a lot of those experimentations, and learn from our experiences, and then shore up.

Our primary concern right now is borders. Till the border is open, we can’t really be launching any of these programs, minus those that we can do online.

Question 2:Mr Gregory JaroschWhat is UWA doing to move away from income reliance on foreign student enrolments and instead focus on much greater higher returns via greater engagement in start-ups, entrepreneurship from student and staff innovation patenting, IP royalty streams?

Response:Warden: Convocation can assist via its members, with their connections to industry, to promote start-ups. Links are possible with firms within Australia and overseas to assist entrepreneurship.

Vice-Chancellor: First let me give you the good news. Your university does extremely well in this area. This year, our revenue from these activities will exceed $10 million. So $10 million may not sound like a lot, but when you look at all the universities around the world, research intensive universities, $10 million puts us probably in the top 10%. I’m guessing, not based on hard core research. So that is a very good situation.

Second example of our success, just recently, two drugs, medical drugs from our Faculty of Medicine have been approved by the FDA – so they are being commercialised. So out comes the reality check, if you will … the bad news part of it, none of this will be sufficient for us to generate enough revenue to support our core operations. Our operating budget is about $700 million. So $10 million that I have cited, part of it goes back to the discovery process. People who have made the discovery, they get half of the money. About 25% goes to the units who have been responsible for it. So roughly 25% is available to the university to support these operations. So, at any university, if you’re breaking even, you’re lucky. This is not a money-making operation for most of the universities, including


CONCLUSION

The Warden thanked all the people who had assisted her in the preparation of this event.

A special thank you to:

Ms Juanita Perez, Convocation Officer and her Administrative Assistant Mr Kris Bather; and to Harriet Calverley – who have all played a major role coordinating the arrangements for this Ordinary Meeting;

Perth Audio Visual for recording this meeting;

Manny Tamayo Photography for all the photography for Convocation events; and

The Chancellor, the Hon. Robert S French AC, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Amit Chakma, the Immediate Past Warden Dr Doug McGhie, Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM and Deputy Warden Adjunct Professor Dr Brett Davies for their encouragement since she had taken office.

To the Members of Convocation Council and Convocation, the Warden pledged to continue to do her best to advance the reputation of the University and in so doing serve the community.

The Warden declared the Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2021 closed at 7.20 pm.

Question 4:Mrs Roopa WhitevilleMost of the candidates for the Convocation of UWA graduates’ election 2021 are current office bearers. Wouldn’t it be better to give an opportunity to new candidates?

Response:Warden: I would like to point out that when nominations are called for, there is nothing preventing persons who are not already office bearers from nominating. If the voters decide they prefer retention of corporate memory, they will vote for the current office bearers. If a change is sought, voters will vote for the new names.

Vice-Chancellor: I think it’s on all of us to encourage greater engagement. To the questioner, when election comes next time, please consider putting yourself up as a candidate and encourage others to do so. So the more the better.

Question 5:Dr Thomas WilsonThe plaster casts on the walls of the Arts building are mostly damaged and this state of disrepair is an embarrassment to lecturers in Classics. Is there any plan for their maintenance in the future?

Response:Vice-Chancellor: So this takes me to the negative territory. Unfortunately for a long time, we have not been able to maintain our beautiful campus. There has been significant deficit in routine investments that we should have made, and we need to make, to maintain our buildings, to provide for IT infrastructure. So there’s just a lot of backlogs and that’s why financial system stability is priority for us. If we can fix that, then we can tackle this set of problems. So I don’t have a quick solution for you, but I can tell you that we have a plan, and we are going to tackle all of these deficits one at a time with a very strong focus on student experience. For example, we have laboratories that date back to the 1950’s. Software laboratories are very modern, but we have laboratories I have personally seen, that date back to the 1950s. Of course, that’s not ideal either. In fact, that is not acceptable. So when we are looking at investment in the future, we will be prioritising all those investments through the lenses of improving, enhancing student experience. And obviously, you’re making reference to your classroom. I’m pretty sure you know that classroom will also find its place on that list of priorities.

End of Q&A Session

INTRODUCTION

It is my privilege to provide my report to the Spring Ordinary Meeting of Convocation 2021 and update you on University and alma mater developments.

As the COVID-19 global pandemic drags through its second year, none of us are unaffected. While in WA we have been fortunate to have had few cases to date, the closure of state and international borders to keep us safe cannot be sustained forever. UWA researchers have been at the front line of the fight against COVID-19 – providing advice to governments and the community on vaccinations, epidemiological modelling and clinical support.

Universities themselves are not immune to the impacts of the pandemic, and we are seeing difficult times across the broader higher education sector. A key challenge is the fact that our international students cannot get to Australia to study. And due to the two, three or four-year length of a university course, the impacts of losing these students will have a long tail, probably well into the second half of the 2020s. UWA is no exception; our financial challenges have been publicly canvassed at length. As custodians of this great University, it is evident that we must take decisive action to ensure our financial sustainability for future generations.

Within these difficult times, it is not all gloom. Universities endure. They outlive nations and the generations of students they teach. I face our future with confidence. Universities endure, as does UWA’s ongoing mission,

written into our founding Act, to ‘advance the prosperity and welfare of the people’ of WA.

UNIVERSITY UPDATES

Structural Deficit, Reform and RestructureConvocation members will be well aware of The University of Western Australia’s underlying structural budget deficit. In October 2020, the UWA Senate commissioned me to tackle this challenge head on, and our new internal management structure came into effect from 7 January 2021, replacing our former four faculties with a single College of Schools. The University also made some organisational changes such as a reduced Executive team and realignment of reporting lines.

Our initial tranche of internal structural reform and imposed measures have reduced our annual structural deficit from $70m to $40m. However, more work is needed to find the balance. We have already seen proposals from the Library, the School of Social Sciences, and Brand, Marketing and Recruitment. While not all areas will require a formal change process, all areas are expected to contribute to our savings goals and there will be further proposals for reform over coming months. I commend the business unit leaders for stepping up and contributing to this exercise which is long overdue. It has been a difficult but necessary undertaking.

EZONE Student HubThe University of Western Australia’s EZONE student hub was officially launched in May with foundation partners BHP and Woodside. The collaborative learning and research space was guided and inspired by local Noongar traditions of learning on Country. The University acknowledges the generous support and funding made possible through the bequest from alumnus Robert Telford, Eastwood Family Foundation, Harold and Margaret Clough and Giumelli Family Foundation as well as many other donors and alumni. Minister for Innovation the Hon. Don Punch MLA, who officially opened the building, said a significant part of Western Australia’s economic future rested on innovative collaboration between universities and industry.

Thank you to all those staff, students, contractors and partners who contributed to the EZONE project. The new building is a monument to the hard work, dedication and ingenuity of the UWA community. When we pull together, the sky is the limit.

Vice-Chancellor’s report2021 Spring Ordinary Meeting of Convocation


2020 Crawley Campus Masterplan releasedIn recent months, the University has released its 2020 UWA Crawley Campus Masterplan. The Masterplan was shaped collaboratively thanks to a wide-range of stakeholders including UWA students and staff, and the wider community, who helped us gather ideas and prepare us for the future.

UWA has a rich heritage with a beautiful campus that we are immensely proud of. However as we move forward what students, researchers and communities need from our physical facilities and environments is changing. Simultaneously, new digital needs are rapidly evolving. To meet these needs, the physical and digital environments that UWA offers will also need to evolve.

Importantly, the Masterplan will guide rejuvenation and activation of the University’s core campus to consolidate activities and provide facilities for our students, staff and the broader community to connect and collaborate over the next decade and beyond.

EducationWestpac Asian Exchange ScholarshipsSeven students from The University of Western Australia are among 35 young Australians to be awarded a Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship. Scholarship recipients Steve Clarke of Hamilton Hill, Huba Novak of Harrisdale, Maria Waters of Kalamunda, Brian Chi of Jolimont, Benjamin Caulfield of Brentwood, Emma Bond of Doubleview and Bohemia Crawford of Crawley will have the opportunity to study in Asia from Semester 2, 2022 for up to 12 months provided travel restrictions have eased. The Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarships are awarded annually to undergraduates who are passionate about strengthening ties between Australia and Asia.

Ciara Glennon Memorial Law ScholarshipNatalie Fretton, a second-year Law student with a passion for making a difference in climate change and sustainable development, has been awarded this year’s Ciara Glennon Memorial Law Scholarship. Natalie completed a Bachelor of Arts at UWA in 2019 and is now undertaking a postgraduate Juris Doctor degree.

Space Agency Head visits UWA studentsUWA engineering and science students have learned about the future of careers in space from the Head of the Australian Space Agency and UWA Graduate, Enrico Palermo, during a recent visit to campus. After completing a Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science at UWA, Mr Palermo became the COO of Virgin Galactic, before taking the helm at Australia’s space agency earlier this year.

UWA Students build ‘brains’ of autonomous busStudents from The University of Western Australia have become the first in Australia to develop the hardware and software to control an autonomous shuttle bus, allowing it to operate on campus and adapt to changing road conditions.

Trials of the bus, named ‘nUWAy’, have started on the Crawley campus, between Reid Library and the Business School and rides are free to students, staff, and visitors. The UWA School of Engineering’s Renewable Energy Project (REV) acquired the shuttle bus as a shell without any software, and engineering students added hardware extensions and a full software stack to operate the vehicle. The bus is equipped with sensor systems to guide navigation and prevent collisions, including eight Lidars (a remote sensing method that uses lasers), two cameras, a GPS and an inertial measurement system. An independent hardware system monitors the vehicle’s movements and automatically stops the bus if an object or person comes too close.

WASO and UWA develop world premiere in side-by-side collaborationUWA Conservatorium of Music students and WASO musicians have worked closely together in an intensive week-long workshop to explore Stravinsky’s beloved masterpiece Petrushka, through composition, improvisation and experimentation, under the direction of internationally acclaimed composer and animateur Paul Rissmann. The project cumulated with the combined forces of the UWA Symphony Orchestra and WASO performing a new work in response to Stravinsky’s classic, alongside the original seminal ballet score on Tuesday 10 August in Winthrop Hall.

ResearchHandpicking genes for disease-resistant cropsUWA researchers, including from the UWA Institute of Agriculture, have developed tools to identify plant genes resistant to disease-causing fungi and deploy them to create more resistant crops. It could lead to more productive harvests and reduce the need for farmers to apply fungicide to canola crops, a major export industry for Australia. The researchers from the UWA Batley Lab set out to investigate the evolution of the resistance genes against blackleg to develop a durable resistance mechanism to the disease for breeders and farmers. Using genome sequencing, the team developed a screening platform that can identify the genes that underlie the resistance against blackleg in canola plants. The resistance genes can then be deployed in breeding programs to protect canola crops nationwide.

$6 million for medical research into cancers with low survival ratesA medical trial to improve diagnosis in cancers with low survival rates and a project to investigate the genetic causes of neurological disorders in older patients are two research projects at UWA to be awarded $6 million from the Commonwealth’s Medical Research Future Fund.

Professor Nigel Laing AO, from UWA and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and his team, will receive $3 million to investigate the genetic causes of neurological disorders including ataxias, where patients lack muscle control or coordination of voluntary movements, such as speaking, eye movement, swallowing or walking.

Associate Professor Leon Adams from the UWA Medical School was awarded $3.2 million to carry out a nationwide trial to identify cirrhosis and liver cancer in patients sooner. The study will recruit 2,800 patients with risk factors for cirrhosis and liver cancer from rural and urban general practices around Australia and will assess the effect and cost of a strategy to diagnose cirrhosis early and survey patients for liver cancer.

Events and AnnouncementsAlternative pathways for year 12 studentsUWA will offer alternative admission pathways again this year. In 2020, UWA was the first Australian university to launch an early offers scheme to help Year 12s make the best of their Year 11 predicted ATAR to gain university entry. To obtain an early offer, students must achieve a predicted ATAR three points higher than the entry requirement for their nominated course for courses with an entry requirement of up to 92 and one point higher for courses above 92. Feedback on this approach has been very positive, indicating that it is assisting in helping reduce stress and improve mental health and wellbeing among Year 12 ATAR students.

The 2022 early offers scheme applies to any undergraduate degree, the new combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and assured pathways to Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Law, Translation Studies and Teaching. Courses that are not available are assured pathways to Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Podiatry and Optometry. Students who wish to apply for these courses will need to submit an application through TISC.

First Children’s University class graduatesThe University of Western Australia has celebrated the graduation of its first group of Children’s University students, with some students completing more than 130

UWA awarded $8 million to lead two new Industrial Training CentresTwo new centres led and co-led by The University of Western Australia have been awarded more than $8 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centres scheme. The ARC Training Centre for Next-Gen Technologies in Biomedical Analysis, led by UWA, will deliver a workforce trained in the development of transformative technologies that will rapidly expand the Australian pharmaceutical, diagnostic and defence sector.

The ARC Training Centre for Behavioural Insights for Technology Adoption, led by the Queensland University of Technology in collaboration with UWA and The University of Queensland, will boost national productivity by identifying, designing and evaluating ways to encourage Australians to adopt innovative technologies. It will work across multiple sectors, including health, agriculture and cybersecurity.

Technology to help NASA land next person on the moonA project led by UWA in partnership with Fugro Australia and supported by the Australian Space Agency will expand optical communication technology to support international space exploration missions such as NASA’s artemis program. The Australian optical communications support for NASA Artemis and beyond project, funded by $199,634 via the Australian Space Agency’s Demonstrator program, will seek to establish a new optical communications ground station in Western Australia to enable more precise and clearer communication between Earth and the Moon.

UWA launches Defence and Security InstituteEarlier this year, the University of Western Australia launched a new Defence and Security Institute, which aims to establish the University as a world leader in key aspects of defence science as well as Indo-Pacific defence and security policy and issues. Department of Defence Secretary and UWA graduate Greg Moriarty launched the Institute, bringing together the University’s existing defence and security research with work in managing foreign interference risks. Former Defence Minister and current WA Governor, the Hon. Kim Beazley AC, also spoke at the launch.

Professor Peter Dean has been appointed Director of the new Institute. Professor Dean leads the Defence and Security Program, which was established last year through a $1.3 million Defence Strategic Policy Grant.


played a vital role in supporting local artists and rebuilding community connections disrupted by COVID-19.

UWA and Medela celebrate 25 years of research collaborationUWA and Swiss-based company Medela AG are this year celebrating 25 years of continuous research partnership. The relationship was formed to investigate mammary gland function and milk synthesis and removal, and was established under the vision and leadership of Emeritus Professor Peter Hartmann from UWA and Michael Larsson at Medela AG. Significantly, the university-industry partnership has led to tremendous academic advances in our understanding of mammary gland biology and also to the development of 2 Phase Technology, a platform technology that runs throughout the entire Medela breast pump range.

UWA and Emyria investigate MDMA therapeutic potentialUWA has entered into an exclusive agreement with healthcare technology and drug development company Emyria to investigate the therapeutic potential of compounds similar to the drug MDMA. Emyria has secured the rights to a UWA library of more than 100 novel MDMA analogues, which were created in the research group of UWA medicinal chemist Associate Professor Matt Piggott, with an initial focus on drug discovery for Parkinson’s disease.

On the back of a worldwide resurgence in psychedelic medicine, MDMA has recently undergone successful clinical trials for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Pilbara high school students get a taste of studying STEM at universityHigh school students in Karratha and Roebourne were able to gain an insight into university life and careers in STEM when a team from The University of Western Australia visited the region in June. The visit aimed to engage students and raise awareness of the opportunities available at university. The program is an initiative of two equity programs at UWA - Aspire UWA and Girls in Engineering – which carry out workshops to increase university aspirations, in particular STEM courses, for high school students.

New project to design affordable housingA new pilot project by UWA architecture students and indigenous representatives from the North West aims to provide affordable and culturally appropriate housing to communities in the Pilbara. The UWA Masters in

hours of learning. The 21 graduates – from Cooloongup Primary School, Rockingham Beach Primary School and St Joseph’s Primary School in Pinjarra – were joined by family, teachers and Children’s University staff as they marched down UWA’s Winthrop Hall. Each student was presented with their graduation certificate by the Commissioner for Children and Young People Colin Pettit, who is the Vice-Chancellor of Children’s University in WA. Last year, UWA partnered with Edith Cowan University to deliver the Children’s University Australasia program in Western Australia. The program provides primary school students with access to extra-curricular learning opportunities, nurture aspirations and a love of learning from an early age.

UWA publishing calls for manuscript submissionsProspective authors are invited to submit unpublished manuscripts to UWA Publishing, which will accept submissions via the UWAP website. UWA’s Chair in Australian Literature Tony Hughes-d’Aeth – who chairs the UWA Publishing Board – said UWAP would continue to support local authors and their uniquely Western Australian stories, history and Indigenous voices.

Leadership program inspires Indigenous youthIn April, 33 students from Albany, Australind, Broome, Derby, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Mandurah, Narrogin, Newman, Northam, Port Hedland and the Perth metropolitan area attended a leadership seminar, which was organised by UWA’s School of Indigenous Studies. Brendon DeGois, from UWA’s School of Indigenous Studies, said the seminar gave students an opportunity to build networks and friendships with other participants while meeting current Indigenous students studying at the University.

During the seminar – which was supported by Rio Tinto – students were provided with information about UWA entry pathways, scholarships and other information to help transition to university. They were also given tours of the University’s residential colleges and participated in study, cultural and self-esteem workshops.

EngagementUWA’s Perth Festival a big boost for WA culture and economyPerth Festival 2021 boosted Western Australia’s social wellbeing, community pride and economy, a new report has found. The direct economic impact from spending by audiences, artists, and the Festival itself was $32 million. This provided a flow-on benefit to people’s livelihoods and economic value to the State of $90.3 million, an increase from $84.7 million in 2020. This year’s Festival presented 111 events including 44 new commissions and 18 world premiere productions, attracted new audiences, and

Architecture students will work with representatives from Robe River Kuruma to co-design a number of family houses planned for Karratha. The pilot project aims to provide affordable housing using contemporary prefabrication techniques as a showcase for other indigenous and non-indigenous groups.

Acknowledgements and AchievementsCongratulations to our 16 UWA students, club members and alumni who competed in the Tokyo Olympics with great success: swimmers Tamsin Cook, Brianna Throssell and Zac Incerti; walker Declan Tingay; hockey players Tim Howard, Andrew Charter and Flynn Ogilvie; water polo players George Ford and Andrew Ford; pole vaulters Kurtis Marschall, Nina Kennedy and Elizaveta Parnova; and rower Bronwyn Cox. Coaches Michael Palfery and Brendyn Appleby, and rugby referee Tyler Miller, also represented UWA in Tokyo. A number of UWA community members will compete in the upcoming Paralympic Games. I wish them the greatest success

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Professor David Sadler, has been appointed to the Board of UK-based higher education charity Advance HE. Advance HE is a member-led, sector-owned charity that works with institutions and higher education across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and society.

Emeritus Professor Graeme Martin, from UWA’s School of Agriculture and Environment, was awarded the 2021 Marshall Medal by the UK-based Society for Reproduction and Fertility. The Marshall Medal was established in 1963 as the highest honour the Society awards in the field of reproduction and fertility.

Emeritus Professor Lawrie Beilin AO, from UWA’s Medical School has received the 2021 Peter Sleight Excellence Award in Hypertension Clinical Research from the World Hypertension League, which recognises significant contributions toward advancing hypertension research and treatment.

UWA Astrophysicist Dr Sascha Schediwy from the UWA International Space Centre and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has won Academic of the Year and the overall Excellence award (the top award) in the 2021 Australian Space Awards. Dr Schediwy was acknowledged for his outstanding achievements in space research, in particular the use of free-space laser links to send communication and timing signals through the Earth’s turbulent atmosphere - and eventually to outer space.

Telethon chair and UWA graduate, Richard Goyder AO, was named Western Australian of the Year for his commitment to philanthropy at the 2021 Western Australian of the Year awards. He beat 36 other finalists across seven categories to take out the Alcoa Community Award and the top honour. Two UWA Professors were recognised at the awards, as winners in their respective categories. Mr Alec Coles OBE, an Adjunct Associate Professor from UWA’s School of Social Sciences and chief executive of the WA Museum, won the Woodside Energy Arts and Culture Award. Telethon Kids Institute Director, Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM, from UWA’s Centre for Child Health Research, won the HBF Professions Award.

UWA’s shortlisted finalists in the Western Australian of the Year Awards included:• Aboriginal award – Sponsored by Wesfarmers

• Adjunct Professor Juli Coffin, researcher at Telethon Kids Institute and UWA Centre for Child Health Research

• Arts and culture award – Sponsored by Woodside Energy• Adjunct Associate Professor and Honorary

Doctorate recipient Alec Coles (OBE DLitt ‘17)• Dr Iain Grandage, Artistic Director of the Perth

Festival (BMus ‘94, DMus ‘17) • Business award – Sponsored by APM

• Nathan Bennett, Executive Director of the Perth Festival

• Community award – Sponsored by Alcoa of Australia• Clinical Associate Professor Chan Yoon Cheah,

UWA Medical School (MBBS ‘04)• Dr Richard Goyder AO, graduate (BCom ‘83, DCom

‘11)• Leigh Andrew Hill, graduate (BA ‘15)

• Professions award – Sponsored by HBF• Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger AC, UWA School

of Physics, Mathematics and Computing (DSc ‘89; staff)

• Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM, Head of UWA Centre for Child Health Research and Executive Director at Telethon Kids Institute

• Professor Chemmangot Nayar, graduate (PhD ‘86)• Professor Michael Henderson, Honorary Fellow,

UWA Medical School• Youth award – Sponsored by BHP

• Rhiannon Clarke, UWA Bachelor of Science student• Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, graduate (BA ‘15)• Dr Hayley Passmore, Telethon Kids Institute

researcher, graduate (PhD ‘20)• Yarlalu Thomas, UWA Medical School student• Kendall Whyte, graduate (BSc ‘15, Grad Cert Bus ‘19)


UWA PhD graduate Brooke Dunnell won the 2021 Fogarty Literary Award for Western Australian writers aged 18 to 35, receiving a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and the publishing contract with Fremantle Press with her winning novel, “The Glass House”.

Professor Anna Nowak, UWA’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health and Medical Research) has won the Wagner Medal for her extraordinary contribution to research into mesothelioma. The prize honours pioneering South African research pathologist, John Christopher Wagner, whose 1960 paper in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine first linked asbestos with pleural mesothelioma, and recognised mesothelioma as a separate entity.

UWA and Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute scientists have been awarded $500,000 to develop new treatments for the world’s leading cause of cardiac death among children. The funding boost from global biotechnology company CSL will be used to further research into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – also known as ‘big heart syndrome’ – which affects children between five and 15 years old.

UWA’s International Space Centre has been awarded $1 million Federal funding to advance optical communications between Earth and space. The UWA team will investigate a unique combination of atmospheric turbulence mitigation technologies, including adaptive optics and coherent phase stabilisation, to correct unintended variations in the optical signal.

Emeritus Professor Stephen Powles has received the rare and prestigious Seed of Gold award for his major contribution to improving the global problem of herbicide resistance. The Seed of Gold is awarded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and recognises a lifetime of service to the grains and agricultural industry.

Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger has been awarded the inaugural Ruby Payne-Scott Medal for her mathematical work on symmetry and developing algorithms that help power technology around the world. The medal, named after pioneering Australian radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott, recognises exceptional researchers in physical and biological sciences and is one of the most prestigious awarded by the Australian Academy of Science.

Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, a senior research fellow at UWA’s School of Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious international award for innovation in treatment of surgical wound complications, winning the ‘Innovation in Surgical Site Infection’ category of the Journal of Wound Care & World Union of Wound Healing Societies Awards.

Two UWA PhD students have been awarded prestigious Westpac Future Leader Scholarships: Kelly MacKinnon, 26, who is commencing her PhD at UWA’s School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing; and Somayra Mamsa, 22, who is completing her PhD at UWA’s School of Molecular Sciences. Valued at up to $120,000, the scholarships enable Masters and PhD students to pursue their research.

Thirty-seven of the State’s brightest school leavers have received one of three prestigious scholarships to study at The University of Western Australia this year. The scholarships include UWA Fogarty Scholarships, UWA Winthrop Scholarships and UWA Lawrence Scholarships:• Recipients of the UWA Fogarty Foundation

Scholarship, a scholarship in partnership with the Fogarty Foundation, are Heather Bytheway, Ella Dickie, Isabelle Hamer, Jason Lu, Ella Miels, Joshua Peckover, Ellen Smith, Emma Tinley and Sam Wake.

• Josh Green was awarded the UWA Fogarty Beazley Medallist Scholarship.

• Nine Winthrop Scholarships were awarded to Declan Barrett, Kynan Ganza, Kate Graham, Christopher Leak, James Lund, Tenayh Powell, Angelique Preau, Aimee Ryan and Daniel Wiese.

• UWA Lawrence Scholarship recipients include Afiq Aswadi, Evelyn Carapetis, Clara Chen, Nimmat Grewal, Daniel Holding, Akash Jayaram, Kartikey Kaushal, Jack Killoh, Chris Law, Alan Lee, Jason Li, Megan McDougall, Shannon Morgan, Allison Ng, Daniel Poland, Ashley Porter, Raghav Ravikumar, Alex Robertson and Hari Shankar.

Named after former WA Premier and UWA Emeritus Professor Carmen Lawrence, Lawrence Scholarships are awarded to high-achieving Year 12 students who attain an ATAR of 99.9.

Three projects have received a combined $1.9 million in research funding from the Commonwealth’s Australian Research Council:• Researchers from the UWA Centre for Rock Art

Research and Management will receive over $1 million to deploy a combination of traditional ecological knowledge and innovative science to investigate how mythological narratives of Australia’s deserts enable the sharing of knowledge in water-limited environments.

• Scientists in UWA’s School of Agriculture and Environment will look at ways of improving the way bauxite residue (alumina refining tailings) is stored, with their project ‘Accelerated tailings remediation with plant and microbial biotechnologies’ receiving almost $280,000 in ARC funding.

• Almost $600,000 in ARC funding has been awarded to researchers at UWA’s School of Molecular Sciences to examine cutting-edge ways to overcome increasingly

herbicide-resistant weeds, which are causing major problems in agriculture.

UWA graduates and staff recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours includeOfficer of the Order of Australia (AO)• Professor Steve Wilton, Perron Institute for neurological

and Translational Science• Professor Susan Fletcher, Perron Institute for

neurological and Translational Science• Warwick Hemsley (BCom)• Dr Vanessa Guthrie (GradDipCRLaw)• Professor Colin Binns (MBBS)

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)• Dr Andrew Lu, UWA Law School• Adjunct Professor Albert Tan, UWA’s Oral Health

Centre of WA• Dr Tracy Westerman (GradDipSc)• Adjunct Professor Frank Mastaglia, UWA Centre for

Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders• Marion Fulker, UWA School of Agriculture and

Environment• Adjunct Professor Neil Turner, UWA institute of

Agriculture• Dr Sarah Ryan (BSc, PhD)• Professor Ann Curthoys, UWA School of Humanities

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)• Dr Andrew Lu (LLB, GradDipLaw)• The late Nicholas Andrew (BA)• Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam, UWA

Dental School• Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Chamarette (BEc)• Jan Cooper (BPEd)• Dr Geoffrey Byrne (BSc, MBBS)• Dr John Van Bockxmeer (MBBS, BA)• Timothy White (MMus)• Dr Michele Toner (MSpEd, PhD)• Lawrence Woodman (BPEd, MPhysEd)• Jennifer Leaper (MEd)

Jesse Taylor and Georgia Taylor-Berry (UWA School of Architecture) won the inaugural $30,000 Sculpture by the Sea Artists Award (supported by the Minderoo Foundation) for their sculpture Interacting Fences, a ‘social distance’-inspired sculpture displayed at Sculpture by the Sea in Cottesloe.

Dr Deborah Schoen (UWA School of Allied Health) won the Metropolitan Bush Champion at the 2021 Rural Health Awards for her commitment to delivering high quality podiatric care for rural populations.

Adjunct Professor Kevin Kenneally (UWA School of Agriculture) was awarded the Serventy Conservation Award at a ceremony in the NSW Parliament for his promotion and advancement of nature studies and wildlife conservation in WA and Australia. His research has focused on the Kimberley and Top End of Australia.

Engineering students Robert Colbourne and Josephine Liantono (UWA School of Engineering) have been awarded an Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Sir Frank Espie/Rio Tinto Leadership Award and Premium Scholarship through the Education Endowment Fund Scholarship program.

Professor Michael Tobar (UWA School of Physics) was awarded the Distinguished Lecturer Award for Frequency Control for 2021/2022.

Ma Christel Joyce Manuel (UWA School of Allied Health) was chosen as the winner of the Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) Wildcard title, after excelling in a counselling scenario that involved a patient with heartburn symptoms.

Professor Wendy Erber (UWA Medical School) has been awarded the 2021 Alumni Award for Professional Achievement at the University of Sydney for her significant professional achievements. Professor Erber was the first female Rhodes Scholar from NSW and went on to establish one of the world’s first comprehensive leukemia diagnostic laboratories.

Bilya Marlee by Kerry Hill Architect won the Julius Elischer Award for Interior Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects 2021 WA Architecture Awards. EZONE, the UWA Student Hub designed by Hassell Studio, won the Hillson Beasley Award for Educational Architecture and the Sustainable Architecture Award.

The UWA Shifting Sands project has received the WA Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) 2021 Landscape Architecture Award in the category ‘Small Projects’. Shifting Sands is a ‘Living Lab’ research project run by the UWA School of Design to develop and test a sustainable landscape infrastructure system that fuses recycled materials and local landscape typologies into a biodiverse ‘pipescape.’

Professor Tom Briffa (UWA School of Population Health) was awarded a 2020 Heart Foundation Strategic Grant to accelerate heart and stroke research.


Dr Lakshini Herat, Dr David McCutcheon, Dr Dona Jayakody and Dr Marcio Kiuchi (UWA Medical School) have been awarded Royal Perth Hospital Foundation Career Advancement Fellowships. The Fellowships will allow them to undertake research that will enhance their competitiveness in both state and national fellowship schemes.

ICRAR’s UWA Node has been awarded a Gold Pleiades award (for the second time), the only organisation to be awarded at this level. The Pleiades awards recognise commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion within astronomy in Australia and New Zealand, and the gold award recognises a sustained and continuously improving suite of measures across a variety of areas for more than six years.

Professor Amit ChakmaVice Chancellor

Guild President’s report

UWA Student Guild

GUILD PRESIDENT REPORT

Conrad Hogg, 106th Guild President

Introduction

It is a pleasure to report to the Spring Ordinary Meeting of the Convocation of UWA Graduates for 2019. Asboth a graduate of UWA, and as a current student, the relationship between the Student Guild and the Convocation is very important to me, and I have enjoyed working with the Warden and the Convocation Council thus far. I am glad to have continued to strengthen this relationship this year.

It been my privilege to serve the student body as the President of the Guild. My role has two key foci. First and foremost, I am the university’s peak student representative and act as the student voice in university decision making. Secondly, I also act as the head of the Guild as its own organization providing services and amenities to the student body. My motivation in these duties has been to improve the experience of every student at the university, and ensure that all feel welcomed, and have the resources that they need to achieve to the best of their abilities, in both their curricular and co-curricular activities.

This year has been an extremely busy year for me and my team thus far. Through the Guild’s Departments we have run a great many events and initiatives to engage every student at university and celebrate diversity amongst UWA’s student body. These include a great many theme weeks run throughout the year, including Fringe Festival, Faith Week, Multicultural Week, Women’s Week, Pride Week, and Welfare week to celebrate different parts of student life. There have also been many other new events and initiatives, the most prominent of which are detailed in this report.

2019 has also been a year of continued and significant institutional change. The Guild has worked closely in Partnership with the University to continue to improve the student experience at the university, with everything from designing new postgraduate spaces in libraries, to the creation of the new ‘UWA App’ for students, to the implementation of the new Assessment Policy. It is increasingly clear that providing a first-class student experience in 2019 requires investment into both the physical and digital infrastructure that underpin students’ experiences at the University.

As members of Convocation you are an important part of our community, and I am pleased to share what we have been doing with you. I will leave you with my favourite quotation on learning.

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.– Benjamin Franklin

All the best

Conrad Hogg106th Guild PresidentUWA Student Guild

SUMMARY

Over the past few months, we have welcomed the steady transition to life on campus pre-COVID. Student engagement with events have been at a high, parking is difficult to find and the hustle & bustle on campus has returned.

To begin this semester, we ran a successful Club Carnival at the Grove with over 110 clubs setting up stalls and promoting their initiatives.

I have sent letters to the WA State Premier, the Hon. Mark McGowan, and Celia Hammond MP, to request the investigation of improved transport to campus. Specifically, a ferry node, or other sustainable methods of transport for UWA students. Looking to the future, we can expect to see an increasing demographic from Perth’s South, therefore investigating opportunities for improved access to UWA particularly from South of the River is vital. We have met with MP Celia Hammond and will be meeting with Dr. Katrina Stratton over the coming Semester.

In consultation with student leaders, we are also assisting with the new UWA Mental Health Framework. This is a collaborative project initiated in 2020 with Lisa Goldacre, Student Life. A survey will be released in late September to the general student population. The survey and focus groups will co-design a mental health framework for UWA based on Principles of the Orygen Framework.

I am still working with the Chair of Academic Board and Culture of Assessment Working Party to investigate ways of reducing the number of exams being held on campus. I am also working with the DVC-E David Sadler and Graham Brown to submit a proposal to Academic Board, advocating for supplementary exams. We have discussed academic mentoring for students as a project moving forward. I am also investigating the benefit of reducing the time-period between deferred exams and the examination period. This is particularly important for the Summer deferred exams. We are also pleased to note changes made to digital learning such as the introduction of a new LMS homepage Ultra, lecture transcriptions, an online special consideration system and the transition to usage of preferred names drawn from the Calista database. We are working alongside the Education Enhancement Unit at UWA to provide feedback, and a clubs & societies portal.

One of our greatest challenges this year has been creating meaningful online engagement with offshore students. Through Guild Volunteering and the student led club social media for Good, the Guild has been working to engage offshore students to the best of our capacity.

Kind regards, Emma


UWA Student Guild



Introduction The Student Guild and the Convocation of Graduates at the University of Western Australia have long shared a special relationship. Together, we scaffold the journey of UWA students from enrollment to after graduation and work together to link current and past students. This has led to brilliant collaborations such as grants and awards to help UWA students to succeed on an international stage, and opportunities for graduates to engage with current students, enriching campus life. I hope that this relationship continues for many years to come, and I thank the Convocation for their contributions to the student experience. I would also like to thank the Warden of Convocation, and the Convocation Council for the opportunity to present a report at this meeting. It is a great pleasure, and a privilege to work with the Convocation in my role as Guild President. I am very grateful of how welcome the council has made me feel, and I look forward to working closely with Convocation this year.

The Council

President: Conrad Hogg Vice President: Joseph Chan

General Secretary: Adhish Kastha Chair of Guild Council: Patricia Paguio

Education Council President: Lincoln Aspinall Societies Council President: Hinako Shiraishi Public Affairs Council President: Nitin Narula

Postgraduate Students’ Association President: Alexander Tan Welfare Officer: Madeleine Hedderwick

International Students’ Department President: Khairunnisa Shahrin Women’s Affairs Officer: Brehany Shanahan

Environment Officer: Clarice Antero Sports Representative: Daniel Kuzich

Pride Officers: Martha McKinley & Saskia Mason Residential Students’ Department President: Luke Thomas WA Student Aboriginal Association Chair: Brianne Yarran

Access Officers: Lauren Espinoza & Mike Anderson Ethnocultural Convenor & Ordinary Guild Councilor: Saleem Al Odeh

Immediate Past President: Megan Lee

Ordinary Guild Councilors: Ben Perry

Bradan Sonnendecker Fang Ke Jade Wu

Callum Lindsay Neve Staltari Olivia Bartlett Raaghav Raj Scott Harney Shahid Khan

UWA Student Guild



Introduction The Student Guild and the Convocation of Graduates at the University of Western Australia have long shared a special relationship. Together, we scaffold the journey of UWA students from enrollment to after graduation and work together to link current and past students. This has led to brilliant collaborations such as grants and awards to help UWA students to succeed on an international stage, and opportunities for graduates to engage with current students, enriching campus life. I hope that this relationship continues for many years to come, and I thank the Convocation for their contributions to the student experience. I would also like to thank the Warden of Convocation, and the Convocation Council for the opportunity to present a report at this meeting. It is a great pleasure, and a privilege to work with the Convocation in my role as Guild President. I am very grateful of how welcome the council has made me feel, and I look forward to working closely with Convocation this year.

The Council

President: Conrad Hogg Vice President: Joseph Chan

General Secretary: Adhish Kastha Chair of Guild Council: Patricia Paguio

Education Council President: Lincoln Aspinall Societies Council President: Hinako Shiraishi Public Affairs Council President: Nitin Narula

Postgraduate Students’ Association President: Alexander Tan Welfare Officer: Madeleine Hedderwick

International Students’ Department President: Khairunnisa Shahrin Women’s Affairs Officer: Brehany Shanahan

Environment Officer: Clarice Antero Sports Representative: Daniel Kuzich

Pride Officers: Martha McKinley & Saskia Mason Residential Students’ Department President: Luke Thomas WA Student Aboriginal Association Chair: Brianne Yarran

Access Officers: Lauren Espinoza & Mike Anderson Ethnocultural Convenor & Ordinary Guild Councilor: Saleem Al Odeh

Immediate Past President: Megan Lee

Ordinary Guild Councilors: Ben Perry

Bradan Sonnendecker Fang Ke Jade Wu

Callum Lindsay Neve Staltari Olivia Bartlett Raaghav Raj Scott Harney Shahid Khan

Warden’s reportSpring Ordinary Meeting 17 September 2021

INTRODUCTION

I hope this report finds you well.It has been a challenge coping with the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 the last 6 months, but Council has managed to function, mostly due to the use of Zoom videoconferencing for its meetings and those of its sub-committees.

VICE-CHANCELLOR

Professor Amit Chakma became familiar with the financial status of the University, identifying a structural deficit of $70M. The action to remove Executive Deans and their support staff only resulted in reducing the deficit to $40M. Consequently, in July, Heads of Schools were asked to examine their staff complement and then put a proposal to Professor Chakma showing what further staff could be removed by 20 July. Greater emphasis is on the need for more Teaching only positions to improve student satisfaction. The other positions are Research-only and lastly a mix of Teaching and Research. The University comes up for Accreditation next year.

GOVERNANCE

The University Act of 1911 with 31 Statutes was updated to one Statute and proclaimed on 2 October 2020. Convocation is now allowed the option of electronic elections and the 2021 elections were held electronically, with a hardcopy postal vote available to those who preferred it.

The number of Councillors was reduced from 24 to 23. The Immediate Past Warden can only serve one year, so as the Warden was successfully re-elected this second year Council has nobody in the position of Immediate Past Warden in 2021.

CONVOCATION ANNUAL ELECTIONS

The next round of elections will open on 1 November and close at 12.00noon (AWST) on 1 December 2021. Convocation Members are encouraged to nominate for the various positions in 2022.

Ordinary Meetings – Autumn Ordinary Meeting had 13 countries participatingAustralia, Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America.

GRADUATION CEREMONIES –20 -23 JULY 2021.

11 Graduation ceremonies were held in Winthrop Hall, with care maintained for social distancing.

CONVOCATION AWARDS IN JUNE 2021

2021 Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel AwardsThe Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Awards are a competitive scheme open to all Postgraduate Research Students at The University of Western Australia who have submitted a research plan. Funds are provided for interstate or overseas travel to enhance students’ research.

convocation.uwa.edu.au 2322 The University of Western Australia

Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural ExcellenceConvocation, in conjunction with the UWA Student Guild, makes an annual presentation of a cultural award (known as the Matilda Award) recognising excellence and outstanding achievement in cultural pursuits such as music, literature, public speaking, dance, visual arts and drama. The significance of the nominee’s contribution is considered at international, national, state, community and university levels.

The winner of the 2021 Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence was James Dingley for the field of Drama.

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia• Mr Warwick Hemsley BCom• Dr Vanessa Guthrie GradDipCRLaw• Professor Colin Binns MB BS• Adjunct Professor Sue Fletcher PhD

Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia• Adjunct Professor Albert Ee San Tan • Dr Sarah Ryan BSc (Agric) PhD• Dr Tracey Westerman Grad DipSc• Dr Andrew Brantley LLB, GradDipLaw• Adjunct Professor Frank Mastaglia MBBS, MD

Awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service worthy of recognition• The late Mr Nicholas Agocs BA• Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam BDS,

BSc• Lt Colonel Stephen Chamarette BEc• Mr Lawrence Woodman BPEd, MPhysEd• Mrs Jan Cooper BPEd• Dr Geoffery Byrne BSc, MBBS• Dr John Vanbockxmeer MBBS, BA• Mrs Jennifer Leaper Med• Mr Timothy White MMus• Dr Michele Toner MSpEd, PhD

The Postgraduate Research Travel Awards were established by Convocation to mark the 75th Anniversary of the University. These awards are made possible through the generous and ongoing donations made by graduates of the University and funding from the Postgraduate Students Association and the University Research Committee.

This year, the Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award winners are:

Renee Ng – Geoffrey Kennedy Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award

Celina Burkholz – Alexander Cohen Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award

William Thomas – Ken and Julie Michale Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award

Jessica King – Sue Baker Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award

Gereltsetseg Enkhbat – Postgraduate Students’ Association Postgraduate Research Travel Award

HONOURS COMMITTEE

Convocation Council Honours Committee nominates and supports nominations for UWA Graduates so more nominations can be sent to the Honours Secretariat in Canberra. Any Convocation Member who is aware of a worthy recipient is encouraged to contact the Convocation Officer, Ms Juanita Perez – [email protected], so that confidential nominations can be progressed.

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS – BELFAST

Discussion with the Chair of Convocation (equivalent position of Warden of Convocation UWA) at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland has recommenced despite the difficulties being experienced in the Northern Hemisphere due to COVID-19.

A meeting by Zoom videoconferencing was held on the 29 June. The outcome was a decision to exchange Strategic Plans in August

CONVOCATION COUNCILLORS ELECTED FOR 2020-2021

Clinical Professor Lesley CalaWarden of Convocation 2020-2022Deputy Warden of Convocation 2019-2020Council Member (2010) 2020

Adjunct Professor Dr Brett DaviesMember of Senate 2021-2024Deputy Warden of Convocation 2020-2022Council Member (2016) 2020 and 1988-1993

Ms Devon CuneoCouncil Member (2011) 2023

Mr Simon DawkinsMember of Senate (2010-2021)Warden of Convocation (2008-2011)Deputy Warden of Convocation (2007-2008)Immediate Past Warden of Convocation (2011-2012)Council Member (2005-2007) 2021-2023

Dr Angela Evangelinou-YiannakisCouncil Member (2017) 2023

Dr Agi Gedeon Council Member (2015) 2022

Emeritus Professor Jenny Gregory AMCouncil Member (2018) 2024

Dr David GriffithsCouncil Member (2019) 2023

Mr Jeffery GunninghamCouncil Member (2017) 2023

Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AMMember of Senate (2015) 2019-2022Immediate Past Warden of Convocation (2017-2020)Warden of Convocation (2014-2017)Council Member (2010) 2023

Dr Nin KirkhamCouncil Member (2020) 2023


Associate Professor Estie KrugerCouncil Member 2021 (2024)

Dr Raj KurupCouncil Member (2017) 2024

Ms Megan LeeCouncil Member (2019) 2022

Dr Moira MaleyCouncil Member (2020) 2024Not pictured

Councillor Julie MathesonCouncil Member (2016) 2022

Ms Rosalind MooreCouncil Member 2021 (2024)Not pictured

Dr Elijah NathanCouncil Member (2019) 2022

Ms Nee Nee OngCouncil Member (2016) 2022

Dr Fran PesichCouncil Member (2010-2014) (2018 -2024

Mr Jonathan StraussCouncil Member (2011) 2022

Professor Marc TennantCouncil Member (2019) 2022

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Many thanks are due to the Members of Convocation Council who have supported me since I took office as Warden on the 24 April 2020 and re-elected on 19 March 2021.

I miss the assistance of the Immediate Past Warden, Dr Doug McGhie this year and also his predecessor Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM. Their corporate knowledge is invaluable.

A special vote of thanks is offered to Ms Juanita Perez, Convocation Officer and to Mr Kris Bather, Administrative Assistant.

Finally, I wish to acknowledge the support from the Chancellor, the Hon Robert French AC and the Vice-Chancellor Professor Amit Chakma.

Convocation Council 2021Pictured (from left to right): Warren Kerr, Jeff Gunningham, Elijah Nathan, Simon DawkinsDevon Cuneo, Estie Kruger, Rosalind Moore, Brett Davies, Julie Matheson, Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis, Jenny Gregory, Nee Nee Ong, Megan Lee, Lesley Cala, Raj Kurup, Fran PesichNot pictured: Agi Gedeon, David Griffiths, Nin Kirkham, Moira Maley, Jonathan Strauss, Marc Tennant


Convocation Officer’s reportThe following is a list of graduates whose current whereabouts have become unknown since the Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation on 19 March 2021. Graduates are listed according to the Faculty from which they obtained their degree, along with their year of graduation.

Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts2011 Sameeh S. Al Harthy1993 Shane L. Braddock1996 Shane L. Braddock1999 Helen A. Curtis2016 Mai P. Doan2011 Natanael A. Kurniadi

Arts2001 Lawrence H. Apthorp1990 Jennifer M. Bailey2003 Jennifer Boyle1965 Maurice E. Brayley1971 Jacqueline M. Connelly1987 Joanna E. Cooper2002 Joanna C. Devereux2010 Yan Du1973 Sandra J. Edwards2003 Stephen Edwards2004 Stephen Edwards2008 Siyang Guan2014 Xin Guo2007 Kobi L. Halbert1965 Eileen E. Harris1970 Don K. Kelso1972 Shelley A. Kendell1974 Andrea A. Lane1972 Roslyn J. Lensky2005 Laurence J. Leroux1974 Mary L. Lobascher1963 Ronald R. MacIntyre2007 Samantha McDowell1980 Barbara A. Miller2011 Liam T. Mulvey2011 Long N. Pham2003 Tarryn L. Phillips2005 Tarryn L. Phillips1999 Gordon Phillips1972 Cheryl A. Porter1974 Barry Lindsay Santidhammo2009 William Scott1992 Joanna Sewell2008 Tristan M. Stanley1994 Melissa R. Stevens1973 Hsiu L. Tan1989 Yu-Ping Ten

1994 Daniel R. Wade2005 Aaron Willner1974 Bronwyn A. Woodhead

Arts, Business, Law and Education - Business2019 Weidi Nie2017 Xiaowen Sun2019 Xiaoyu Sun2019 Yiyu Xie2019 Linhang Zhou

Board of Studies - Bachelor of Commerce2015 Yaxin Fu2018 Dan Xu2019 Shihan Zhang2019 Lin Zhang2015 Song Huang2019 Zhaixiang Ye

Business School2010 Hesham A. Alhashim2011 Adil A. Alsalmi2011 Mohammed A. Alyahya1990 Caroline M. Ambrosini2015 Anastasios Arima2011 Mohammed A. Assiri1999 Nopparat Aueareechit2011 Nopparat

Bumrungchatudom1982 Peter M. Burtenshaw2014 Xuan Cai2000 Khiam Yong Goh1974 Keith W. Grant2010 Zoey Hui2011 Arwa H. Jamlallaell2015 Ningrong Jiang1992 Vivien P. Kee1993 Edwin Kow2003 Tina C. Lee2012 Jia Li2014 Huiying Li2012 Yin Liang2012 Xuan Lin2012 Gengxin Liu2002 Andrew A. MacDonald

2014 kaiyun Man2008 Benjamin Mann2012 Alysha A. Mansutti1997 Nicola J. McDonald1972 Raymond J. McMillan2012 Di Miao2011 David A. Montocchio1991 Martha L. Samwel1987 James J. Sutton1989 James J. Sutton2011 Christine Tong2010 Yifeng Tong1998 Daniel R. Wade2014 Xuehui Wang2005 Julia F. Watsford2014 Bo Wen2010 Xuemei Wu2011 Fei Xiong2011 Hao Xu2011 Jinwei Yang2015 Mengqi Yang2014 Xufa Yao1997 Pui-Mun Yong2002 Pui-Mun Yong1985 Mark J. Zadnik

Education1973 Nicola J. Birch1978 Lindy Harrison2015 Laurence J. Leroux1974 Philip D. Lewis1981 Neil F. McCormack1976 Keith Robins1975 Barry Lindsay Santidhammo1993 Joanna Sewell1983 Leonie J. Smith1984 Leonie J. Smith1994 Justine F. Spencer1999 Zoe D. Stewart1987 Stuart G. Sturgess1991 Yu-Ping Ten1975 Jennifer G. Watson-

Galbraith1990 Nathan Zuideveld

Engineering & Mathematical Sciences2019 Yang Ge2019 Xin Li2016 Hoang Thuong T. Nguyen2017 Ning Pan2019 Gengmeng Zhang

Engineering, Computing & Mathematics2012 Saleh M. Alharbi2012 Badr M. Aljabri2012 Basimah B. Aljhne2012 Danyeh A. Al-Shahrani2011 Abdullah M. Alsubaie2013 Abdulrahman M. Althobiti2001 Aaron J. Burt2011 Jingchen Dong2013 Loic E. Dupont De Rivalz De

St Antoine2016 Yanchao Fan2000 Khiam Yong Goh2015 Tiexia Hu2003 Zhong Ji2007 Zhong Ji2011 Navdeep S. Khosa2012 Chao Li2014 Zhaocai Lin1997 David J. McClure1998 Han J. Park2013 Abdulrahman A. Qasem2001 Paul Romagnolo2013 Wael S. Saeed2012 Xiaowen Sun2011 Christine Tong

Graduate Research School1972 Margaret M. Brandl1981 Philip M. Driver2002 Jeremy R. Dugdale2003 Paula M. Geldenhuys1972 Terrence W. Knight2005 Katherine L. Leicester-

Barthel1992 Adam J. Matich2010 Barbara A. Miller1984 Aree Petchpud

1999 Joseph E. Peters2010 Tarryn L. Phillips1993 Janice E. Wilson2008 Anna M. Wilson2011 Pipat Wongsaart

Law1993 Chloe U. Blockey1991 Eileen F. Granahan2003 Tina C. Lee2015 Yuxiang Liu2011 Long N. Pham1982 Nicholas M. Watson1984 Nicholas M. Watson

Life & Physical Sciences2005 Michelle D. Olsen

Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences2013 Sultan T. Alamer2010 Noora S. Albloushi2013 Moneera H. Alhagoug2012 Zhrah A. Alowa2011 Michael Nguyen1981 Elizabeth K. Sinclair2004 Daniel L. Sivertson

Science2012 Hussein A. Al-Daini1989 Holger Becker1972 Nicola J. Birch1996 Darrell W. Carlin1999 Luke D. Collins1946 Jean A. Conochie2012 Zelia D. Dos Santos1998 Gemma K. English2014 Renette F. Foo2005 Georgina C. Gapper1975 Stefano G. Gherardi2012 Serkhee Goh2015 Hao Hao2017 Yu Hao1995 Harisetijono2010 Emma C. Harvey2011 Emma C. Harvey2013 Emma C. Harvey

1999 Kimberley J. Holman2012 Sue Y. Hong2007 Kate H. Howard2008 Kate H. Howard2014 Fatin Nadhirah N. Ismail1967 Terrence W. Knight1997 Sarah Christine Knight2014 Zhijie Lai2013 Angela A. Lee1993 Katherine L. Leicester-

Barthel1976 Robyn J. Lithgow1997 Andrew A. MacDonald2012 Jwad E. Mahdi1986 Adam J. Matich2000 Barbara A. Miller2010 Barbara A. Miller1990 Jonathan C. Morris1982 Joseph M. Mutie1972 Mary F. Nulsen2005 Michelle D. Olsen2006 Michelle D. Olsen2005 Christian S. Ottolini1961 Kerry A. Rollo2009 William Scott2010 William Scott1980 Maxwell J. Scott2008 Veronica Son1993 Justine F. Spencer1998 Zoe D. Stewart1974 Le Van Tu1988 Brooklyn Waters1991 Brooklyn Waters2015 Jie Yao


Audit report

CONVOCATION OF UWA GRADUATES

We wish to advise that we have completed the audit of the above mentioned entity for the year ended 31 December 2020.

The Australian Auditing Standards require auditors to communicate with those charged with governance as a means of advising the Council of any matters noted during the course of the audit.

Our audit work involves the review of only those systems and controls adopted by the Council upon which we wish to rely for the purposes of determining our audit procedures. Furthermore, our audit should not be relied upon to disclose defalcations or other similar irregularities, although their disclosure, if they exist, may well result from the audit tests we undertake. While we have considered the control environment in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, we have not tested controls and hence do not comment on whether systems and controls are operating effectively.

During the course of our audit we have not found any significant matters that we wish to bring to your attention.

This is a remarkable outcome and testimony of the hard work undertaken by the Convocation Officer, current and past Treasurers and members of the Finance Committee of Convocation.

Not only did you address our concerns in relation to the format and content of the finance report, but also for the preparation and process of the audit. We appreciate communication with UWA Accounting and Treasury staff is challenging from time to time, however we had the opportunity to meet both divisions directly and ask several questions and seek clarification from them.

We wish to thank Juanita, Fran, David and all of the Finance Committee for their assistance during the audit.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfullyBUTLER SETTINERI (AUDIT) PTY LTD

MARIUS VAN DER MERWE CADirector


INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CONVOCATION OF UWA GRADUATES Report on the Financial Report Opinion We have audited the attached financial report, being a special purpose financial report of the Convocation of UWA Graduates, which comprises the statement of funds as at 31st of December 2020 and the statement of income and expenditure for the year then ended and the statement from Council. In our opinion, the financial report of the Convocation of UWA Graduates presents fairly the Convocation of UWA Graduates financial position as at 31st of December 2020 and of its performance for the year ended on that date. Basis for Opinion We have conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our ethical requirements in accordance with the Code. We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has been given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the date of this auditor’s report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Emphasis of Matter – Basis of Accounting Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to the fact that this statement has been prepared under the requirements of the University of Western Australia, which describes the cash basis of accounting. The financial report has been prepared for the purposes of the University of Western Australia and distribution to the members. As a result, the financial report may not be suitable for another purpose. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.


Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report,

including the disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with the Treasurer regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. BUTLER SETTINERI (AUDIT) PTY LTD

MARIUS VAN DER MERWE CA Director Perth Date: 11 August 2021

Treasurer’s Responsibility for the Financial Report The Treasurer is responsible for the preparation of the financial report and has determined that the cash basis of preparation described in the financial report is appropriate to meet the requirements of the Constitution and is appropriate to meet the needs of the members. The Treasurer’s responsibility also includes such internal controls as the council determine is necessary to enable the preparation of a financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Report Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial report. As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

Identify and assess risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Convocation’s internal control.

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Treasurer.

Conclude on the appropriateness of the Treasurer’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Convocation’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Convocation to cease to continue as a going concern.


2021 50th Anniversary Reunion Luncheon for the graduates of 1971This year the luncheon will be held on 20 November from 11am to 4pm.

This function has become very popular and all graduates are welcome.

The Convocation Council arranges the function but would welcome volunteers from among the 1971 graduates to join an organising committee and assist.

50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON

Convocation is organising the annual reunion luncheon for graduates who are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their graduation from UWA.

Please forward your name and phone number to the Convocation Office at [email protected] or (+61 8) 6488 3006.

Help make this milestone an enjoyable celebration of your academic achievements.

Architecture, Landscape and Visual ArtsBernard B. ArdaghGregory J. DeasRichard W. MannRichard P. MuhlingGavin A. PerryAngelo StranoFrancis J. Young

ArtsPhillip K. AbbeyJohn AdamsGillian M. AlcockLucinda H. AllenJune E. AndersonHilton W. AndersonPeter G. AppletonSusan M. Armstrong (Lewis)Hazel M. BarkerDonald J. BarkerRobert E. BartlettMarilyn A. Beech (Anthony)Louisa BellValerie J. BevanRichard N. BlissWilhelmina BonkerRobert L. BootCoral L. BullockDianne J. BurtonMartyn L. ButcherEdward B. CalderFrank J. CamilleriVivien F. CarrAlba A. Chiffelle (Pagnozzi)Ramanathan P. ChittyJoseph H. ChristensenRosemary J. ClarkeMichael N. CostinLorraine D. DaglishFrederika DaviesSusan R. DeakLina DemarteAnne F. DullardAngela R. DuncanMargaret A. Evans (Macoboy)Catherine M. Fauvrelle (Ryan)Paul A. FeldmanAnne L. Fergusson StewartCarol J. FirthDaniel W. Freitag

We are still trying to trace some ‘lost graduates’ listed below. Anyone knowing the present address of any of these graduates is requested to pass the information to the Convocation Officer. Please note that names in brackets are maiden names.

Monique FrichotRoger M. GillisonSonja C. Gottfried (Halliday)Susan J. Gould (Over)Susan Green (Murray)Peter J. GriffithsJudith M. HeinrichLudwig B. HeinrichSuzanne HigginsJohn W. HollandPauline C. JenningsJune E. KennedyEdith M. KernohanIrene G. KohlhagenDeidre N. LanderWilliam V. LenskySuzanne J. LockeKatherine J. LoweLoretta J. Marshall (Tomich)Keven J. McIldowieJoseph McIntyreJohn A. McKenzieChristopher R. McLeodAdele M. McWhaeSandra K. MillsLinley I. MorrisWilliam J. MullerGeoffrey N. NelsonErnest R. NiemackPatric C. NolanMax A. NolanJeanette F. O’NeilMarie R. PagottiMichael F. PalmerRosamond D. PierceIrene M. Pritzker (Dryburgh)Bryan J. ReidMargaret J. ReillyPiah RidzuanPeter C. RodgerChristine RostenLee R. RudkinMarilyn SeatonCharles SkeleChristopher R. SkinnerStuart James SlingerRobert J. SpeechleyRobert J. SteerMaureen A. StepanoffEarl D. StocktonRosemary N. Stuckey (Beale)

Ronald L. SummersValerie J. SurridgeRoland E. TchanRobynne G. ThompsonGregory J. TillettJohn W. TuffenCaroline M. TurnerSrisakra VallibhotamaJohn M. Van BeekGreta J. van der RolRobert J. WalsterTerence G. WatsonChristine M. WhiteLawrence L. WhitmorePeter M. WillettJohn L. WilliamsJeffrey N. WolinskiCheryl A. YoungAhmad YussofZaitune Zaitune

Business SchoolNik M. AbdullahRay AnnsonPeter O. BakerSuwarat BhekasutMalcolm J. BromleyKovid ChalinratYoke L. ChanManeerat ChirapaetMurray R. DaveyRaymond C. EvansGraham C. EvansFrankie K. FungPeter J. FurzePaul M. HammondRonald G. HancyHarold C. HodgsonAhmad JamalBethia M. Kennedy-PritchardJean KohSusanna KohRichard J. LambMurray B. McDougallRobert R. MeredithDonald G. MossLian S. NgTeng H. NgTiong E. OngMeng S. PoonMeng O. Poon


Jonathan G. ScottMuthialu SemudramJin T. TayMichael K. ThorleyAnthony A. TreadgoldGeorge VerevisPauline B. White (Lawrence)Neil M. WilliamsTony WongWing K. YeungThomas Yow Meng-Tuck

EducationTeng C. AngPauline E. ArcaroJudith M. BakerFrances T. Bowman (Tilbrook)Sally E. BrainMartha C. BrownMary-Rose Callaghan (McAuliffe)Mary J. Canning (Parsons)David W. CartwrightPoh K. CheongPeter G. ColeGrahame W. CollierHelen E. CotterBetty J. CruikshankNeil J. DavidsonJoanne C. DonohoeSusan L. DrewMichael G. EdwardsBetty P. GohMelvyn H. GreeneHeather J. GrieveRoddy B. GrieveKathleen R. HarkenSusan M. HaweRobert J. HigginsYok W. HoChristine A. HoarBette C. James (Woodward)Leigh M. JenkinsBronwen M. JonesWillie KarmelitaRhonda C. KellyAntony C. KnightErika KolossaRosalind H. KrugerWhye S. KwanJames W. LanierJanette E. LittleSusan A. Lorrimar (Odgers)James C. MacPhersonYoke L. Mah

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Engineering, Computing and MathematicsTak-Yim ChanChee L. ChangAnthony T. ChoongKai-Ken FoongRichard H. HartleyMing-Thye LauNicholas H. LauSay-Kwee LimAndrew G. MaluishLloyd F. MargettsGregory R. MartinJohn F. NauntonFrances K. NgIan M. PineiraWalujo SubrotoAh Soon TanChock-Nguang TaySouko UusiojaReinier Van De RuitChi-Leg Yee

Graduate Research SchoolLeslie R. BousfieldFaqir M. ChaudhrySeigo FujimotoWilliam L. LowtherDavid H. Turner

LawHaydn W. DixonTerence J. MaloneKathleen D. Morrissey

Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesDiong I. CheeGodfrey S. KaziroLiew S. OngJim SommervilleJohn A. WaddellRodney J. WhiteMargaret N. Wright

ScienceRobert J. AirdJohn B. AyreIreneo C. BeltranMerryl M. Bradley (Taylor)Neil M. ButcherPeter ButcherLewis J. CarterAndrew ChapmanChing-Ping ChihRichard A. CollinsPhillip J. CollyerOlwen M. CookHarvey R. CorishRobin B. DayAnne De HaanKathleen M. DevineMichael L. EmorySusan G. FergusonNicol W. FranzenWayne B. FulfordRoger W. GreenKerren C. HamesChristopher R. HiggsDavid R. HoleGregory P. HopeTerry R. HowlettPhilip A. JenkinsDavid R. JonesJoseph T. Kam Ting KwongGeorge KirczenowPeter J. Kirton

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