Graduate Careers Australia
The Graduate Grapevine – Number 4, June 2006
Profile: Professor Nicholas Saunders, Chair GCA Board
After a long and distinguished career in academia and a recent association with Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) as a most valued Board member, Professor Nicholas Saunders MD, FRACP has been appointed as Chair of the GCA Board.
Professor Saunders is a graduate of the University of Sydney and undertook his specialist physician training at Royal North Shore Hospital. In 1974 Nick spent two years as a Research Fellow at McMaster University Medical Centre in Canada, followed by two years as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He went on to become the Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at Flinders University of South Australia (1993-98), and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University (1998-2003).
Professor Saunders commenced his current term as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle in October 2004, following a long standing association with the university and the Hunter Area Health Service. Nick was a foundation member of the Faculty of Medicine (1978-1992) and Professor of Medicine from 1983. He practiced as a specialist in respiratory and sleep medicine at the Royal Newcastle Hospital (1978-1990) and then the John Hunter Hospital (1990-92), where Professor Saunders was Chair of the Department of Medicine. Nick has also worked at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital and Wallsend District Hospital for more than a decade.
Over the years Professor Saunders has served on many state and national committees and councils relevant to medicine and higher education. Nick was Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council (2000-03) and was a member of the Higher Education Council, the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council, the Australian Research Council, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council, and the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools (Chair 2000-02).
Professor Saunders was awarded the Centenary Medal from the Commonwealth Government for his contribution to academic medicine in 2002.
All of us at GCA see Professor Saunders’ elevation to Chair of the Board as a very positive move, and we are sure Nick will continue his invaluable contribution to our aims and objectives.
Introducing: GCA Board 2006
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Chair/AVCC Representative
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Professor Nicholas Saunders
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle
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Executive Director
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Cindy Tilbrook
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Graduate Careers Australia
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AVCC Representative
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Professor Peter Coldrake
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Vice-Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology
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Alternate AVCC Representative
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John Mullarvey
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Vice-Chancellor’s Committee
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DEST Representative
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Lois Sparkes
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Branch Manager, Quality Branch, Higher Education Group Department of Education, Science and Training
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Corporate Member Representative
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Andrew Millett
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Manager, Agency Agreement Team Australian Tax Office
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Corporate Member Representative
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Suzanne Curyer
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Manager, Career Services, Education.au Ltd
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Corporate Member Representative
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Richard Howarth
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National Marketing Manager, Defence Force Recruiting
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Professional Member
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Professor Richard Johnstone
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Director, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
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NAGCAS Representative
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Peter McIlveen
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President, National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services
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NAGCAS Representative
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Malcolm MacKenzie
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Head of Careers Service, University of Technology, Sydney
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Appointed Board Member
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Alan Bevan
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Assistant Chief Executive, Education.au Limited
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Appointed Board Member
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Professor Jane den Hollander
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic Services, Curtin University
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Appointed Board Member
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Ivan Neville
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Assistant Secretary, Labour Supply and Skills Branch, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
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