UNE Academic to head L.H. Martin Institute

January 09, 2008

Professor Lynn Meek, Director of the University of New England's Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP), has been appointed as the Foundation Director of the University of Melbourne-based L.H. Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.

The L.H. Martin Institute was set up in May last year with $10 million of Commonwealth funding in order to provide a focussed and systematic approach to post-secondary education and governance.

"The Martin Institute will become the leading organisation for education and training in the field of post-secondary leadership and management in Australia," Professor Meek said. "This will be accomplished both through award courses at the master’s and doctoral levels and through a series of well designed and highly relevant short courses."

“The Institute will also provide research into the most pressing higher education management and governance issues facing Australia, which in turn will ensure that all courses are evidence based and research led,” he said.

While Professor Meek will be leaving UNE to take up his new role in early March, he says he is keen to build and strengthen the relationship between CHEMP and the Institute as the UNE Centre was listed as a key external collaborator with the Institute in the proposal that saw its foundation.

"The experience I have gained in leading CHEMP will have a direct impact on my Directorship at the Martin Institute," he said. "CHEMP has built up an international network of higher education research scholars which I will be able to draw upon at Melbourne."

"Also, I will take with me the experience of working over the years with a number of wonderful colleagues," Professor Meek added.

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of The Professions, Professor Victor Minichiello, said that Professor Meek’s decades long contribution to UNE in the areas of research, teaching and administrative leadership was outstanding and he wished him well in his new role.

"The Martin Institute is a project of international significance and his appointment indicates the excellent work he and UNE are conducting in the field of higher education," Professor Minichiello said.

Posted by Alex Dunn at January 9, 2008 04:45 PM