Professor Christine Charles promoted to E2

Welcome - Mr Stewart Hilton

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Stewart Hilton as our new School Manager.  Having been in a Research Services role in CECS for a little over a year, Stewart brings to our School a broad managerial experience from the private sector.  While being at the ANU he has demonstrated enormous aptitude in managing a range of agenda in a research environment, and I have every confidence that his skillset will augment those we already have in our School Administrative team.

I am very grateful to the selection panel, comprising of Christine Allard (Director, Facilities and Services), Steve Eggins (Director, RSES) and Hoe Tan (Head EME), for their insight and guidance through a very competitive field of applications.  Many thanks go also to our HR Team member, Mika Yamaguchi, for her skills and excellent support.  

Stewart will be joining us on Tuesday 26 April, when we will host a morning tea to welcome him into our School.

As you know since Rana left the School Graeme Cornish has been our acting School Manager.  In Rana’s absence, I couldn’t have wished for a better colleague to act in this vital role.  I have depended greatly on is broad knowledge of the School as I start to learn our School from a different perspective.  I’m sure you will join with me and thank Graeme for taking the reins so professionally over these past 6 months.  We are in very competent hands and I’m thrilled to have Graeme remain in our School Executive in his substantive role as Stewart joins in.

Finally, I’d like to thank David Anderson, Craig Young and James Irwin, all of whom acted to cover Graeme’s various roles over the past 6 months.  I’m grateful that we have such a broadly skilled management group so willing to ensure the School runs without interruption.

Harassment

From the RSPE Equity and Diversity Committee

Harassment is a serious issue in academia — including the sciences — that negatively impacts climate, retention, and productivity. Anyone can experience workplace harassment but some individuals, such as those who identify as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, as well as other sexual and gender minorities), are more vulnerable.

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ARC Future Fellowships

ARC Future Fellowships are now open. If your PhD was conferred between March 2001 and March 2011 you may be eligibilble to apply. Please contact arc.rm@anu.edu.au to notify the College Research Office your intent to apply so we can confirm your eligibility and provide you with support for your application. The internal deadline for complete applications is Monday 18 April.

We enjoyed a day long visit by students from Marist College who carried out two experiments. The first one was to use the Vernier ultrasonic measuring equipment to measure the acceleration of a mouse trap racer along a track constructed from plastic electrical duct. The other experiment (shown) used the more traditional stop watch to measure the length of time of travel for a vehicle at various atmospheric pressures down a slope. Both experiments were successful as was the student visit to the union court!