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Newsletter 4 for June 2004
In this issue:
- Malcolm Gillies elected President of CHASS
- The CHASS Board
- Minister Nelson's support for CHASS
- Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill
- Foundation membership
- News flash from CHASS
1. Malcolm Gillies elected President of CHASS
Professor Malcolm Gillies has been elected as the inaugural President of CHASS.
Malcolm is Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. He has qualifications in music, classics and education, and has held university positions in Melbourne, Adelaide and Queensland.
Further details about Malcolm Gillies:
2. The CHASS Board
The full Board is:
- Professor Malcolm Gillies, President
- Professor Linda Rosenman, Vice-President
- Mr John Byron, Secretary
- Ms Julie Dyson, Treasurer
- Dr Julie Wells, Chair, Policy Committee
- Professor Andrea Hull, Board Member
- Professor Tom Stannage, Board Member
- Mr Stuart Hamilton, Board Member
- Libby Raupach, Board Member
- Professor Sue Rowley, Board Member
A brief cv on all Board Members will shortly be posted on the CHASS web site.
3. Minister Nelson's support for CHASS
Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training, has announced continuing funding for CHASS. He will provide $200,000 annually for the next four years. In his announcement, Dr Nelson said:
"The humanities, arts and social sciences are critically important to the future development of Australia and this funding underlines the Howard Government's commitment to these vital disciplines and their contribution to helping Australians understand who we are and where we have come from."
Malcolm Gillies said in response: "Dr Nelson had the foresight to recognise that the skills of our people were under-utilised, and that Australia would benefit by having a peak council representing our views.
"We're grateful for the seed funding Dr Nelson provided, and the continuing support of $200,000 per year. This will help Australia get better access to the skills and talents of people working in the humanities, arts and social sciences."
See also: The full text of Dr Nelson's release.
4. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill
The feedback sheets from "HASS on the Hill" are still rolling in. For most people, the highlight was Iain McCalman's stirring address to the National Press Club, and the chance to meet colleagues from across the sector, and Parliamentarians.
Participants were asked to score the event as a whole, and gave it a mean score of 8.2 out of 10.
Many responses have useful suggestions for how the event may be improved, and the Board will look closely at these comments when it meets in August. The Board is most appreciative of the special efforts many people took to participate in this historic event.
We hope to be able to provide Iain's speech on DVD; but in the meantime, the text is available.
5. Foundation membership
In the end, 96 organisations applied to join CHASS as Foundation Members. Foundation membership has now closed, and these 96 groups have an honoured position in the history of CHASS.
CHASS will now move the membership structure into line with the model set out in the constitution. This will involve a new basis for determining subscriptions. The Board will consider carefully how this should be brought in, and under what time frame.
6. News flash from CHASS
You may have seen the article on the front page of today's Higher Education Review in the Australian.
The article carried an announcement by Education Minister Brendan Nelson of a study into commercial activities in the humanities, arts and social sciences. This will be carried out by CHASS later this year.
We will be inviting people from the sector to participate in a series of focus groups to be held around Australia. This invitation will open as soon as details of the study are finalised.
The article also referred to a second (and larger) study to help boost research activity and application in the sector. CHASS is meeting with DEST next week to discuss this project.
The full text of the Minister's announcement is in his media release: The forgotten frontier - Commercialisation in the humanities, arts and social sciences - min777/04
Please follow the link to view this new Media Release
Regards
Malcolm Gillies
15 June 2004
- For more information, please contact:
- Toss Gascoigne
- Executive Director
- Council of the Humanties, Arts and Social Sciences
- Phone: +61 2 6249 1995
- director@chass.org.au
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