Academic Board
The Academic Board is the principal academic advisory body to Senate and is established under the University of Queensland Act 1998. The Board advises Senate and the Vice-Chancellor on all matters relating to and affecting the University’s teaching, research and educational programs.
The role and function of the Academic Board are set out under the PPL 1.30.03 Academic Board.
The Academic Board and its committees are part of the University's current governance structure.
*As at 5 November 2021
2022 meeting dates
| Meeting | Date and Time |
|---|---|
| Academic Board 2022/01 | Monday 14 February 2022, 9.00am |
| Academic Board 2022/02 | Monday 21 March 2022, 9.00am |
| Academic Board 2022/03 | Monday 9 May 2022, 9.00am |
| Academic Board 2022/04 | Monday 13 June 2022, 9.00am |
| Academic Board 2022/05 | Friday 5 August 2022, 2.00pm (previously Monday 8 August 2022, 9.00am) |
| Academic Board 2022/06 | Friday 14 October 2022, 2.00pm (previously Monday 10 October 2022, 9.00am) |
| Academic Board 2022/07 | Friday 25 November 2022, 2.00pm (previously Monday 21 November 2022,, 9.00am) |
Membership Category | Role | Title | Name | Surname | Unit/affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex officio | President of the Board (Chairperson) | Professor | Craig | Franklin | |
| Ex officio | Deputy President of the Board | Professor | Lydia | Kavanagh | |
| Ex officio | Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Deborah | Terry | |
| Ex officio | Provost | Professor | Aidan | Byrne | |
| Ex officio | Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Mark | Blows | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) |
| Ex officio | Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Doune | Macdonald | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) |
| Ex officio | Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Mr | Rongyu | Li | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) |
| Ex officio | Deputy Provost | Vacant | Deputy Provost | ||
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Ms | Jennifer | Karlson | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Advancement) |
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Vacant | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement and Entrepreneurship) | ||
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Bronwyn | Fredericks | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) |
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Joe | Shapter | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) |
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Alastair | McEwan | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Development) |
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Vacant | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) | |
| Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Professor | Pauline | Ford | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Andrew | Griffiths | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Vicki | Chen | Faculty of Engineering, Arcitecture and Information Technology |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Bruce | Abernethy | Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Heather | Zwicker | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Geoff | McColl | Faculty of Medicine |
| Ex officio | Executive Dean of Faculty | Professor | Melissa | Brown | Faculty of Science |
| Ex officio | Dean, Graduate School | Professor | Helen | Klaebe | Graduate School |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Professor | Polly | Parker | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Associate Professor | Liza | O'Moore | Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Professor | Blake | McKimmie | Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Professor | Julie | Duck | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Professor | Nick | Shaw | Faculty of Medicine |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Academic) | Professor | Susan | Rowland | Faculty of Science |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Martie-Louise | Verreynne | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Matthew | Dargusch | Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Gregory | Monteith | Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Greg | Marston | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Karen | Moritz | Faculty of Medicine |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Research) | Professor | Jenny | Seddon | Faculty of Science |
| Ex officio | Associate Dean (Clinical) | Professor | Gerald | Holtmann | One UQ – Health |
| Ex officio | Medical Dean | Professor | Stuart | Carney | Faculty of Medicine |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Brent | Ritchie | BEL - School of Business |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Daniel | Zizzo | BEL - School of Economics |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Rick | Bigwood | BEL - School of Law |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Cameron | Bruhn | EAIT - School of Architecture |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Justin | Cooper-White | EAIT - School of Chemical Engineering |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Tom | Baldock | EAIT - School of Civil Engineering |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Michael | Bruenig | EAIT - School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Ross | McAree | EAIT - School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Saso | Ivanovski | HABS - School of Dentistry |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Sandy | Brauer | HABS - School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | John | Cairney | HABS - School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Tracy | Humphrey | HABS - School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Sarah | Roberts-Thomson | HABS - School of Pharmacy |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Virginia | Slaughter | HABS - School of Psychology |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Bronwyn | Lea | HASS - School of Communication and Arts |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Patricia | Morrell | HASS - School of Education |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Lisa | Featherstone | HASS - School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Greg | Hainge | HASS - School of Languages and Cultures |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Liam | Viney | HASS - School of Music |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Katharine | Gelber | HASS - School of Political Science and International Studies |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Lynda | Cheshire | HASS - School of Social Science |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Elizabeth | Coulson | Medicine - School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Elizabeth | Eakin | Medicine - School of Public Health |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Neal | Menzies | Science - School of Agriculture and Food Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School (Interim) | Professor | Steve | Chenoweth | Science - School of Biological Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Paul | Young | Science - School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Patrick | Moss | Science - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Joseph | Grotowski | Science - School of Mathematics and Physics |
| Ex officio | Head of School | Professor | Nigel | Perkins | Science - School of Veterinary Science |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Alan | Rowan | Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Ian | Henderson | Institute for Molecular Bioscience |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Lisa | McDaid | Institute for Social Science Research |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Karen | Benson | Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Maher | Gandhi | Mater Research Institute — UQ |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Matthew | Morell | Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Pankaj | Sah | Queensland Brain Institute |
| Ex officio | Director of Institute | Professor | Neville | Plint | Sustainable Minerals Institute |
| Ex officio | Other | Mr | Andrew | Flannery | Chief Operating Officer |
| Ex officio | Other | Mr | Julian | Wilson | Director, Institute for Continuing and TESOL Education |
| Ex officio | Other | Mr | Andrew | Lee | Director, Student Affairs |
| Ex officio | Other | Associate Professor | Andrew | Bonnell | President, UQ Branch of the NTEU |
| Ex officio | Other | Ms | Emily | Searle | President, UQ Union |
| Ex officio | Other | Ms | Caroline | Williams | University Librarian |
| Ex officio | Other | Mr | Rowan | Salt | Chief Information Officer |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Daniel | Rodriguez | Centre for Crop Science |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Debra | Bernhardt | Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Brian | Lovell | School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Brenda | Gannon | School of Economics |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Andrew | Cresswell | School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences |
| Elected | Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Professor | Elizabeth | Aitken | Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Alpha | Yap | Institute for Molecular Bioscience |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Longbin | Huang | Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Diann | Eley | Faculty of Medicine |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Tracey | Bunda | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Peter | Halley | School of Chemical Engineering |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Graeme | Orr | School of Law |
| Elected | Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Professor | Peta | Ashworth | Director, Andrew Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Amin | Abbosh | School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Nancy | Pachana | School of Psychology |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Paul | Henman | School of Social Science |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Karen | Thorpe | Institute for Social Science Research |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Massimo | Hilliard | Queensland Brain Institute |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Peter | Kopittke | School of Agriculture and Food Sciences |
| Elected | Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Professor | Jack | Clegg | School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Associate Professor | Sean | Millard | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Associate Professor | Badin | Gibbes | School of Civil Engineering |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Associate Professor | Martin | Edwards | School of Business |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Associate Professor | Peter | Sutton | School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Dr | Ted | Nannicelli | School of Communication and Arts |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Dr | Annie | Pohlman | School of Languages and Cultures |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2020 - 2022) | Dr | Angus | Morrison | Sustainable Minerals Institute |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Associate Professor | Jay | Weerawardena | School of Business |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Associate Professor | Jason | Lodge | School of Education & Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Associate Professor | Kelly | Matthews | Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Dr | Annabel | Smith | School of Agriculture & Food Sciences |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Dr | Geoff | Wilkes | School of Languages and Cultures |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Dr | Sharlene | Leroy-Dyer | School of Business |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2021 - 2023) | Dr | Kelly | Greenop | School of Architecture |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Associate Professor | Tim | Kastelle | UQ Business School |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Associate Professor | Ratilal | Lalloo | School of Dentistry |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Dr | Chris | Hay | School of Communication and Arts |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Associate Professor | Marguerite | La Caze | School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Dr | Matilde | Balbi | Queensland Brain Institute |
| Elected | Non-Professorial (2022 - 2024) | Associate Professor | Fiona | Simpson-Fraser | UQ Diamantina Institute |
| Elected | Student (2022) | Mr | Alex | Smock | |
| Elected | Student (2022) | Ms | Samara | Paradine | |
| Elected | Student (2022) | Mr | Vishaak | Gangasandra | |
| Elected | Student (2022) | Ms | Ellie | Maas | |
| Elected | Student (2022) | Dr | Samuel | Chan | |
| Appointed | Director of a University Centre | Professor | David | Abramson | Research Computing Centre |
| Observer | Observer | Mr | Matthew | Toomey | Chief Financial Officer (Acting) |
| Observer | Observer | Dr | Alister | Jury | Director, Human Resources Services |
| Observer | Observer | Mr | Fabby | Ernesta | Acting Director, Property and Facilities |
| Observer | Observer | Mr | Paul | Nicholls | Executive Director, Research Partnerships |
| Observer | Observer | Ms | Lisa | Kennedy | Director, Research Partnerships |
| Observer | Observer | Ms | Helen | Morahan | Deputy Director, Academic Services |
| Observer | Observer | Dr | Mark | Ewen | Associate Director, Academic Services |
| Observer | Observer | Ms | Kelly | Robinson | Chief Marketing and Communication Officer |
| Observer | Observer | Dr | Carla | Tromans | Representative, Heads of College |
| Observer | Observer | Ms | Glenda | Jacobs | General Manager, Student Affairs, UQ Union |
| Secretariat | Secretary | Mr | Mark | Erickson | Academic Registrar |
| Secretariat | Assistant Secretary | Vacant | Academic Policy and Programs |
* As at 12 May 2022
Agendas, minutes and annual reports are available to Academic Board members and UQ staff on Academic Board SharePoint site.
Contacts:
- Secretary: Mark Erickson
- Assistant Secretary: Malena McNamara
- Executive Support Officer to the President and Deputy President: Sarah Thomas
Academic Board Office:
Level 4 J.D. Story Building
The University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
The University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
+61 7 336 51320