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Deakin University is a
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in Victoria,
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. Founded in 1974, the university was named after
Alfred Deakin Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia. He was a leader of the movement for Federation, which occurred in 1901. During his three terms as prime ministe ...
, the second
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. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb,
Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University an ...
,
Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
Waterfront and Warrnambool, as well as the online Cloud Campus. Deakin also has learning centres in
Dandenong Dandenong is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated mainl ...
and
Werribee Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Werribee recorded a population of 50,027 at the 2021 census. Werribee i ...
, all in the state of Victoria. As of 2021, Deakin University is ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world, is ranked one of the top 26 young universities in the world, is the 3rd highest ranked university in the world for Sport Science, is one of the top 29 universities in the world for Nursing, is one of the top 32 universities in the world for Education, and is among fewer than 5% of Business Schools worldwide with
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accreditation. Deakin's research activities are growing. 100% of Deakin research was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ratings. Its combined research funding increased from A$4.5 million in 1997 to A$47.2 million in 2015. In 2020, the university's research income was $87.6 million, with 247 Higher degree by Research completions. Deakin University consistently ranks highly in undergraduate student satisfaction; in the 2019 Student Experience Survey, Deakin had the fourth highest student satisfaction rating nationally, the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian public universities and the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Victorian universities. Deakin has had the highest undergraduate student satisfaction ratings out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010 and has consistently placed in the top two for highest postgraduate student satisfaction out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010.


History

Deakin University was formally established in 1974 with the passage of the ''Deakin University Act 1974''. Deakin was Victoria's fourth university, the first to be established in regional Victoria and the first to specialise in distance education. Deakin University's first campus was established at
Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University an ...
. The university was the result of a merger between State College of Victoria, Geelong (formerly Geelong Teachers College) and the higher education courses of the Gordon Institute of Technology. Deakin enrolled its first students at
Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University an ...
in 1977. The Burwood campus is on the site of the former Burwood Teachers' College, and also takes in the former sites of the Bennettswood Primary School and the Burwood Secondary School. The teachers' college conducted two-year training courses for Primary School teachers, and three year courses for Infant Teachers (females only). It provided live-on-site accommodation for country students. As part of the Dawkins education reforms that were announced in 1988 by the Commonwealth government, a merger with Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education took place in 1990, which was followed by a merger with most of Victoria College in 1991, with its campuses in Burwood, Rusden and Toorak. The Rusden Campus was closed in 2003 and all courses were transferred to the Melbourne Burwood campus. Rusden was subsequently acquired by
Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has ...
for its student accommodation purposes. The former Toorak Campus, located in Malvern, was offered for sale in 2006 as the university considered the campus surplus to its requirements. The courses and resources were relocated to the Melbourne Burwood campus in November 2007. As a Deakin campus, it was home to the Deakin Business School, Deakin University English Language Institute (DUELI), and the Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology, which have since relocated to the International Centre and Business Building at the Melbourne Burwood campus.. The main building on the site was the 116-year-old historic Stonnington Mansion The sale of Stonnington Mansion by Deakin provoked public outrage as it involved the mansion which was at risk of redevelopment by property developers. The Stonnington Stables art gallery and the university's contemporary art collection were located here, but has since relocated to the Deakin University Art Gallery at the Melbourne Burwood campus. The university's action of offering the campus, including the mansion, provoked public outrage over the potential privatization of what had been public space. In December 2006, the three-mansion was sold for $33 million to a joint venture between Hamton Property Group and Industry Superannuation Property Trust.Elder, John
"A place to call home? Maybe, prime minister"
, ''
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'', 17 June 2007. Accessed 31 August 2007.


List of antecedent institutions

Antecedent institutions with records held by the university library include: * Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education * Geelong Teachers’ College * The Gordon Institute * Victoria College * Burwood Teachers’ College * Burwood State College * Glendonald *
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* Toorak Teachers’ College * Toorak State College * Mercer House (first Associated Teachers' Training Institution, or ATTI, later absorbed into Toorak Teachers College) * Monash Teachers’ College * Rusden State College *
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* Prahran College of Advanced Education


Governance

The Deakin University Council is the governing body of the university and is chaired by the
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John Stanhope AM
The council is responsible for the general direction and oversight of the university and is publicly accountable for the university's actions.The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university and is responsible to the council. Professor Iain Martin is vice-chancellor and president of Deakin University and is Deakin's 7th vice-chancellor.


Vice-Chancellors

* 1977–1985 – Frederic Jevons * 1986–1991 – Malcolm Skilbeck * 1992–1996 – John A. Hay * 1997–2002 – Geoff Wilson * 2003–2010 – Sally Walker * 2010–2019 – Jane den Hollander *2019–Present – Iain Martin


Organisational structure

The university is divided into four faculties, covering arts and education, business and law, health, and science, engineering and built environment. Within the Faculty of Arts and Education the three schools cover education, social sciences, humanities, communication and the creative arts. The Institute of Koorie Education also falls under the Faculty of Arts and Education. The Faculty of Health has the School of Medicine, along with schools covering nursing and midwifery, exercise and nutrition sciences, psychology, and incorporates subjects such as occupational therapy, social work, and health economics into the School of Health and Social Development. The Deakin University School of Law and the Deakin Business School both fall under the Faculty of Business and Law, and the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment encompasses architecture, information technology, engineering, and life and environmental sciences.


Research

The university has seven research institutes: *Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI); *Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²); *Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM); *Institute for Health Transformation (IHT); *Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI); *Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT); and the *Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN). There are also 6 Strategic Research and Innovation Centres (SRICs): * Centre for Integrative Ecology (CIE); * Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI); * Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED); * Centre for Regional and Rural Futures (CeRRF); * Centre for Sports Research (CSR); and * Research for Educational Impact (REDI).


Campuses


Melbourne Burwood Campus

The university's largest campus is in Burwood about 45 minutes by tram ( route 75) from the Melbourne CBD. Located alongside Gardiner's Creek parklands between Elgar Road on the north-west border and
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on the east border. The campus has around 31,975 (2020) undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus students.


Waurn Ponds Campus

The original campus of Deakin University is located in the regional city of
Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
in the suburb of
Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University an ...
, 72 kilometres south west of
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. The campus, serviced by the Princes Highway and the Geelong Ring Road. It has a student population of more than 8,382 (2020). The campus is home to the Geelong Technology Precinct, which provides research and development capabilities and opportunities for university–industry partnerships and new enterprises in the region. The Elite Sports Precinct is used as an alternate training facility by the
Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 20 ...
. The Waurn Ponds Deakin Residence houses 800 students in shared dorms, shared units, town houses and studio apartments. The residence is made up of Alfred Deakin College, Barton College, and Parkes College. The Deakin Medical School opened in 2008 and is the first rural and regional medical school in Victoria. Deakin's Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery MBBS is a four-year, graduate-entry program which prepares students for practice in a range of health care settings.


Warrnambool Campus

The Warrnambool Campus was created in 1990 when the university absorbed the Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education. It is situated on the banks of the Hopkins River in the coastal city of Warrnambool, close to local surf beaches and popular tourist attractions in close proximity to the Great Ocean Road and The Twelve Apostles. The site is approximately from the Warrnambool CBD, serviced by the
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and by its own railway station, and bus services from Melbourne and Geelong, as well as locally in Warrnambool between the campus and the city. There is an on-campus student population of more than 520 (2020) pursuing courses in arts, business, education, environment, health sciences, law, management, marine biology, nursing and psychology.


Geelong Waterfront Campus

The Geelong Waterfront Campus is Deakin's newest campus, located on Corio Bay, in the central business district of
Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
. Originally built as the Dalgety's Woolstores in 1893, the buildings have been extensively renovated. More than 5,362 (2020) students are based at the Geelong Waterfront Campus, which hosts the schools of Architecture and Built Environment, Health and Social Development, Psychology, and Nursing and Midwifery, as well as the Faculty of Business and Law. A $37 million redevelopment of the Dennys Lascelles Building has increased the capacity of this campus, allowing the university to provide an expanded range of courses. The building houses the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library and the Alfred Deakin Institute. This campus houses Costa Hall, a 1422-seat concert auditorium, which is used for the university's graduation ceremonies and is part of
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.


Schools and divisions

* Deakin Business School * Deakin Law School * Deakin University School of medicine * School of Nursing and Midwifery * School of Architecture and Built Environment * School of Engineering * School of Information Technology * School of Life and Environmental Sciences * School of Communication and Creative Arts * School of Education * School of Humanities and Social Sciences * Deakin University English Language Institute


Deakin University Student Association

The Deakin University Student Association (DUSA) is the dominant student representative organisation operating across all campuses and courses. As well as representation, DUSA provides a range of services and benefits to members, and coordinates all other clubs and societies operating on campus. There is a wide range of groups/clubs for students to join and these groups vary from campus to campus. DUSA is also made up o
student representatives
who are elected by Deakin University students, with the current president of DUSA being Georgie Brimer. DUSA is affiliated at a national level to the National Union of Students.


Research

Deakin is one of Australia's fastest-growing research universities. Its combined research funding had increased from A$4.5 million in 1997 to A$47.2 million in 2015. 100% of Deakin research was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 ERA ratings, a quality evaluation of all research produced in Australian universities. In 2018, the
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
awarded Deakin University $8.42 million in funding for 23 new research projects in its 2019 funding announcement. This included 15 Discovery Projects and 8 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) projects, six of which were from the university's Faculty of Arts and Education. The
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
awarded Deakin University 5 Linkage Projects in the 2016 ARC Linkage Programme rounds, and 3 Linkage Grants in its 2013 allocations. In its 2010 allocations, the
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
awarded Deakin 13 Discovery and 10 Linkage Round 1 awards. Deakin was also one of only six universities to be awarded funding for an ITTC, and received 100% of the amount requested. The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library is named after the early Australian Prime Minister and statesman, Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), and provides opportunities for research and learning. Researchers at Deakin University developed the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program (MotoCAP) used by Australian and New Zealand government and related organisations. In 2019, it won the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme road safety award.


Rankings

In 2020, the ''Times Higher Education'' 100 Under 50 ranked Deakin University 55th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 10th in Australia and 1st in Victoria under this category. In 2020, the ''QS'' Top 50 Under 50 (universities which are under 50 years old) ranked Deakin University 26th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 6th in Australia and 2nd in Victoria under this category. In 2009, 2013 and 2015 the ''Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA)'' awarded Deakin's Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (International) courses the maximum score of five stars, placing them in the top rank of Australia's MBA courses. In 2018, and 2020, Deakin's Master of Business Administration was ranked amongst the world's top 200 by Quacquarelli Symonds. Since 2016, Deakin has been ranked in the top 2% of the world's universities in the Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings. Deakin ranks 3rd in Victoria, 15 in Australia, 16 in
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, and 272 in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.


Student well-being


Reports of on-campus sexual assault and harassment

Between 2011 and 2016 the university reported there were 40 officially cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus, resulting in 12 staff members being disciplined or sacked for sexual misconduct and no student expulsions or suspensions. The 2017
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report on sexual assault and harassment surveyed 649 Deakin students, and reported somewhat higher figures than this, finding that 2.8% of those surveyed claimed to have been assaulted on campus, and 21% had been sexually harassed.


Notable alumni

* Emma Alberici, journalist/presenter with the ABC * Phillip Aspinall,
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of the Anglican Church in Australia: MBA *
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, Member of
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*
Jimmy Bartel James Ross Bartel (born 4 December 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, tall and weighing , Bartel contributed as a midfielder, forward, an ...
, 2007
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list and triple
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Premiership Player in 2007, 2009 and 2011 with the
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. 2011 Norm Smith medallist * Mark Blake, 2009
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Premiership player with the
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* Campbell Brown, 2008
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Premiership player with Hawthorn Football Club and inaugural Gold Coast Football Club player: BCom (Sports Management) * John Brumby, former
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: Dip Ed * Mark Butler MP, Federal Member for
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* Tim Callan,
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footballer with the
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: BCom * Briony Cole, Gold medalist,
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, & Silver medalist,
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*
Neil Comrie Murray Neil Comrie AO, APM (born 10 March 1947 in Ballarat, Victoria), known as Neil Comrie, is a former Australian police officer. He was Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001. Police career Neil Comrie joined Victoria Poli ...
, former Chief Commissioner of
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: BA (Police Studies) * Rodger Corser, Australian actor: BA (Hons) (Media Studies) * Adinda Cresheilla, Indonesian G20 Ambassador, actress, fashion model, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2022, Miss Supranational Indonesia 2022 and 3rd Runner-up of
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beauty pageant: BA in Communication *
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,
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for
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* Peter Daniel, former footballer for
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, AFL: DipTeach * Colonel Benito Antonio Templo De-León, Military Officer,
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: MA (Strategic Studies) * Tony Ellwood, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria and former director of
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: M.App.Sc.(Museum Studies) *
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's ''Being and Event'' (2006) *
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, CEO of the Western Bulldogs: BExSc * Ben Graham, former
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star, now a punter for the
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; first Australian to play in the
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: BCom *
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,
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: DipFP, GradCertBusAdmin * Carolyn Hardy, CEO UNICEF Australia: BA, MA *
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, Dual Premiership Captain of
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in 2007 and 2009: BCom *
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, World Champion squash player: Charles William apeGrad Dip (Nutrition) * Major General Mark Kelly, Officer of the
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: Grad.Dip. Defence Studies * Arthur Vivian Lucas Jones, Bishop of the Anglican Church in Australia * James Kilgore, as Charles William Pape, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army: PhD * Michael Klinger, Australian cricketer * Christopher Lynch, former Chief Financial Officer & Former Director of BHP, CEO of Transurban: BCom, MBA *
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, punter for the
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of the
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* Bridget McKenzie, Senator for Victoria, former Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia * Michael Malouf, former Chief Executive Officer, Carlton Football Club: MBA * Carmen Marton, Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion * Lindsay Maxsted, Chairman Westpac * Denis Napthine,
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: MBA * Livinia Nixon, Nine Network weather presenter: BCom, BA * Henry Playfair,
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* Leigh Sales, ABC journalist, anchor of 7.30 and book writer: Master of International Relations, Brisbane Writers Festival. * Anurag Singh (director), Anurag Singh (director), Pollywood and Bollywood director * Tommy Smith (racing driver), Tommy Smith, international racing driver * Matt Stevic, AFL umpire * Jim Stynes OAM, businessman and Chairman of Melbourne Football Club: BEd * Diana Taylor (businesswoman), Diana Taylor Prominent Businesswoman * Nathan Templeton (journalist), Nathan Templeton, former ''10 News First'' sports reporter and now the Melbourne correspondent on ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' * Stella Young, comedian, journalist and disability rights activist: BA * Mandawuy Yunupingu, indigenous musician, community leader and Australian of the Year (1992): BA


Notable faculty

*Anurag Singh (director), filmmaker *Kevin Anderson (cinematographer), Kevin Anderson, filmmaker *Kate Buchanan ARC Future Fellow *Tania de Koning-Ward, Commonwealth Health Minister's Medal for Excellence in Health and Medical Research *Peter Hodgson, 2009 Australian Laureate Fellow *John Jonas, Birks Professor of Metallurgy, McGill University: Visiting Professor. *Caryl Nowson, Chair in Nutrition and Ageing *Ross Oakley, former Australian Football League CEO: Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business and Law *David Parkin, former coach of Carlton Football Club, Carlton and Hawthorn Football Clubs: Lecturer in Exercise Science. *Mark Weinberg (judge), Mark Weinberg, Chief Justice of Norfolk Island: Adjunct Professor, School of Law. *Jim Kennan, former politician, Adjunct Professor of Law *Svetha Venkatesh, Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics *Jodi McAlister, Australian author and Senior Lecturer


Notable associates

* Frank Costa ''Businessman and Philanthropist'' * Lindsay Fox ''Businessman and Philanthropist'' * Brett Lee ''Australian Cricketer and Deakin India Research Institute (DIRI) associate'' * Denis Napthine ''Victorian Premier and Politician'' * Jeff Rowley ''Big Wave Surfer, Adventure Waterman, and Celebrity Speaker''


References


External links


Official website
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