Monday, 12 November 2012
The new Faculty of Science is a classic case of ‘less is more’. The two Science faculties, Life and Physical Sciences and Natural and Agricultural Sciences, have merged to form one Faculty of Science under the leadership of the Dean, Winthrop Professor Tony O’Donnell .
The single integrated entity was created with a view to greater cross-disciplinary collaboration and research.
“It’s an exciting move that provides significant scope to pool academic resources and expertise, creating richer undergraduate experiences, new postgraduate programs and a host of new collaborative research opportunities,” Professor O’Donnell said.
Staff gathered for a faculty launch celebration last month, representing nine schools, nine research centres, the UWA Institute of Agriculture and the WA Marine Science Institution .
The super faculty has two centres of excellence – the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management – and a Co-operative Research Centre, Future Farm Industries .
(The UWA Oceans Institute is an independent research centre, under the banner of the Vice-Chancellery.)
Published in UWA News , 12 November 2012
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