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Research Advisory Committee

The role of the Advisory Committee is to support and give advice on the development of the Wesley College Institute for Innovation in Education and to offer suggestions, which will further advance the educational goals of the Institute and the College.

The main functions of the Committee are:

  • To assist in planning and identifying opportunities for research and teacher education
  • To identify opportunities and to strengthen networks which may benefit the Institute and Wesley College and
  • To promote contact, provide information and facilitate the exchange of ideas, with the wider world

Architecture

  • Mr Daryl Jackson (OW1953) - Principal Architect, Daryl Jackson Architects Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Community

  • Mr Matthew Albert (OW1998) - Overseeing Coordinator and Founder of Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL) Program
  • Dr Ellie Rennie (OW1992) - Deputy Director, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Education

  • Dr Helen Drennen - Principal, Wesley College Melbourne
  • Prof Field Rickards (OW1966) - Dean of Education, The University of Melbourne
  • Mrs Ruth Tideman - Former Principal, Lauriston Girls School

Leadership and Management

  • Mrs Estelle Bowman - HR/Management Consultant - Henley Management School , INSEAD, and AEK, Europe

Medicine

  • Dr Don Cameron - Honorary Research Associate, Department of Anatomy and Histology and centre for Neuroscience, School of Medicine , Flinders University
  • Prof Thomas Kossmann - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Science

  • Prof Ingrid Winship - Executive Director for Research, Melbourne Health and Professor of Adult Clinical Genetics, The University of Melbourne / Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Prof Bob Williamson AO FRS FAA FRCP FRCPath - Secretary, Science Policy, Australian Academy of Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Corresponding members

  • Mr John Abbott - Director, The 21st Century Learning Initiative
  • Lt Gen Arjun Ray - Chief Executive, Indus International School , India
  • Prof Jeff Thompson - Emeritus Professor, University of Bath , United Kingdom