If you’ve ever wondered what makes people tick, what inspires them, and how they’ve become the people they are today, then you’re going to love the Greatvine. CQUniversity’s Greatvine is a podcast series that chats with some of the University’s interesting characters: from professors and lecturers, to support staff and students. We dig and get the dirt on why people do what they do; what events changed their lives; how their work is making a difference; what inspires them; and what quirky ho ...
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CQUniversity has launched its latest podcast series CQUniversity Commentary. This podcast series brings you CQUni experts in research, work and study, dissecting the issues and current affairs that affect you, your family and your community. CQUniversity has dedicated the first season of CQUniversity Commentary to focus on conversations about the e…
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Science education matters: Linda Pfeiffer, S5E6
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She says her whole life has been about science education, in one way or another, and now CQUni’s Dr Linda Pfeiffer’s legacy in developing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in regional Queensland has landed her as a semi-finalist in the Queensland Community Awards. Linda shares about what some see as a ‘glorified clas…
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Driving creative social change: Lara Carton, S5E5
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She received a surprise round of tea-room cheers on her first day on campus, was suddenly in bagpipe-induced tears at her first graduation – and for Associate Vice-Chancellor (Victoria) Lara Carton, leading CQUniversity Melbourne has remained a rollercoaster. Lara shares the logistical nightmares of moving a whole campus, how the student cohort has…
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Making the most of student life: Rhianna Wood, S5E4
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Rhianna Wood is a dedicated nursing student with a heart for making a difference in the lives of others. As a child, she never dreamed that she would grow up to be a nurse, but always had a passion to help those around her. This passion led her to The Philippines on a mission and she has continued to help others in her community and afar. As well a…
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High stakes in education: Chris Veraa, S5E3
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Chris Veraa once worked as a barista at McCafe, before he ever drank a coffee, and later became a rural reporter, despite having little farming experience, and now is CQUni’s Director of Student Experience – and in case you’re wondering, yes, this time he’s got loads of experience. As a high school student who excelled at English, Chris decided to …
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Gambling, crocodiles and homelessness: Nancy Greer, S5E2
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With more than a decade of research experience, Nancy Greer has faced crocs at Rockhampton’s reptile farm (for an award-winning study about how excitement impacts gaming habits), tackled gambling studies in Bundaberg, moved to Brisbane and then into the heart of Melbourne to understand the huge and heartbreaking issues around homelessness.Now, her …
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One-stop-shop for jobs: Peter Heilbuth, S5E1
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From sacked sandwich maker to VET education innovator, Peter Heilbuth shares some of his early vocational fails and how an opportunity to teach at TAFE led to a rewarding career in the vocational education sector. Today, Peter is CQUniversity's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for VET Operations and Growth heading up the VET operations of Queensland's first ful…
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Beau Moloney : Season 4, Episode 10
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with Bachelor of Digital Media student Beau Moloney. Beau shares about how a horrific car crash changed his life forever, forcing him to reevaluate his career ambitions and eventually leading him to his love of the arts, videography and animation. He talks about how he overcame many hurdles to study at CQUni and a…
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Joanne Perry : Season 4, Episode 9
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student Experience and Governance Joanne Perry.Joanne shares the many changes she’s been a part of at CQUni over the years and tells us there are some things that haven't changed – the Uni’s commitment to students and communities.Growing up in Mackay, just down the road from whe…
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Charlie Jensen : Season 4, Episode 8
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni's hospitality teacher Charlie Jensen.Charlie shares how a smile can make all the difference to finding success in the hospitality profession. Her positivity and bubbly personality is something that always shines through as a teacher, but she’s modest about having her hard work recognised with a Queensla…
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Corneel Vandelanotte : Season 4, Episode 7
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with Professor Corneel Vandelanotte.Corneel shares about his childhood growing up in in a small village within Flanders, the northern portion of Belgium, surrounded by farms lands, animals and lots of places to get dirty. We learn that his mother encouraged him to start Judo, which formed part of the reason why he…
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Celeste Lawson : Season 4, Episode 6
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Growing up in Bargara, regional Queensland, Associate Professor Celeste Lawson lived a carefree childhood, where she did what she loved and what she found interesting. In this podcast, we learn she unconsciously followed in her father’s journalistic footsteps, but soon realised that it wasn’t for her. She shares that her desire to help people led h…
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Simon Robson : Season 4, Episode 5
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Science isn’t just a profession, but even more so a passion for CQUniversity Adjunct Professor Simon Robson. And as the country celebrates National Science Week, we chat with the CQUni scientist that made huge news earlier in the year when he, along with a research team, rediscovered the world’s largest bee! We hear about why the news was so big an…
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Nathan English : Season 4, Episode 4
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni's Senior Lecturer and Head of Course for Environmental Science Dr Nathan English. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Nathan now lives and works in Townsville, North Queensland. We learn that Nathan grew up in a very ‘non-traditional family’ and delve deep into his passion for the environment, in particul…
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Priscilla Crighton : Season 4, Episode 3
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This week we chat with CQUni's Publications and New Media Officer, and Be mag editor, Priscilla Crighton.With preparation underway for the 30th edition of Be Magazine, we hear from the lady behind the publication about its creation and some of the most memorable front cover stories. We learn that Priscilla’s love of writing started in high school, …
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Adrian Miller : Season 4, Episode 2
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This week on The Greatvine we hear from CQUni's Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Engagement and BHP Chair in Indigenous Engagement, Professor Adrian Miller. A proud North Queenslander and even more proud of his Indigenous heritage and culture, we hear how Adrian has a real passion for education and its transformative effect. We learn that Adrian, …
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Melinda Mann : Season 4, Episode 1
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This week, in conjunction with NAIDOC Week, we chat with CQUni's Deputy Director for Student Life and Wellbeing and proud Indigenous woman Melinda Mann.Melinda shares about her childhood growing up in small rural and regional areas, surrounded by her Indigenous family and friends, where fishing, hunting and camping were some of her favourite pastim…
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Alistair Melzer : Season 3, Episode 10
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni's koala researcher Dr Alistair Melzer.While he grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and initially studied at the University of Queensland, we hear that Alistair was destined to work in Central Queensland. And while his research spans a variety of environmental management fields, for the past 20 …
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Francois Gallais : Season 3, Episode 9
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUniversity's Deputy Director of Development and Alumni Relations Francois Gallais. His first ambition was to be a professional soccer player, but once he discovered his skill set didn't match his passion, a young Francois quickly turned his attention to another love ... cheese. In this week's podcast, we he…
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Nick Klomp : Season 3, Episode 8
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni's Vice-Chancellor Nick Klomp.He has been in the top job now for four months and has just completed his inaugural tour of CQUni's many locations, so it is timely to hear about his first impressions of CQUni. We also discover how his career has progressed over the years and about his drive to make a diffe…
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Bronte and Elliot Wills : Season 3, Episode 7
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni Education students and siblings Bronte and Elliot Wills.The fun-loving sister and brother duo talk about their different experiences leaving western Queensland to study in Rockhampton and the reasons behind both deciding to become teachers, despite their father's best efforts to make at least one of the…
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Karen Crone : Season 3, Episode 6
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This week on The Greatvine we chat with CQUni's Head of Acting Karen Crone.We hear how Karen was destined for the theatre having grown up on stage, in everything from neighbourhood performances to eisteddfods and school musicals. We learn that Karen has performed alongside some of Australia's best, including her friend Jackie Weaver, and has even p…
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Gary Kaddatz : Season 3, Episode 5
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with remedial massage teacher Gary Kaddatz.Gary shares about his career jump from meatworker to massage therapist and now teacher. We learn that the meat industry was much more of a grounding for his current career than many may think, plus he tells us about growing up in a family where alternative pain therapies,…
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Jodie Duignan-George : Season 3, Episode 4
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This week on the Greatvine podcast we chat with Associate Vice-Chancellor Jodie Duignan-George.We hear about her challenges growing up, facing bullies and becoming a parent at a young age. We learn how a Bachelor of Arts began her progression to become a 'jack of all trades' which led to a Master in Social Sciences and eventually management roles i…
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Jacobus Vorster : Season 3, Episode 3
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In this episode of the Greatvine we chat with Jacobus Vorster an expert in millennial behaviours and work experiences.We hear how Jacobus has had a diverse career which has helped construct some interesting insight into employment, especially for millennials. We learn about his childhood in South Africa where warthogs roamed freely through backyard…
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Sue Smith : Season 3, Episode 2
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This week on the Greatvine we chat with CQUni's Art Collection Manager Sue Smith.We hear how Sue was destined for life in the arts. We learn how she was once a librarian, an art critic, historian and art museum director, and she even spent time working in London, rubbing shoulders with artists from the world's most influential arts scene. We learn …
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Marti Harris : Season 3, Episode 1
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In this Episode of the Greatvine we chat with CQUni chiropractic lecturer Dr Marti Harris.We hear how his interest in chiropractic science began after he suffered an injury as a teenager and discovered that massage and manipulation could provide much relief.We learn that his career in massage and chiropractic led to an interesting life both in the …
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Greatvine Special Edition: CQUniCares
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With this week marking the final week of the 2018 CQUniCares Annual Appeal, here is a special edition of CQUniversity’s Greatvine where we learn more about CQUniCares and the positive impact it is having on our students' lives. Today's panel of guests include Deputy Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Francois Gallais; Engineering student…
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Bruce McKenzie : Season 2, Episode 10
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In this week’s Greatvine, we hear from Bruce McKenzie, an ICT lecturer and coordinator at CQUni Melbourne, whose pathway to teaching included time in a chicken suit, vital beach fishing know-how, and pursuit of the rock and roll dream. A passionate programmer since the mid-1980s, Bruce has been passing on his expertise for the past 20 years, bringi…
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Lynne Parkinson : Season 2. Episode 9
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This week we chat with Professor Lynne Parkinson, a health services researcher who is currently working on a project to support carers of people with dementia. We hear how her flair for academia started early in a two-room school in Cracow in western Queensland where in first grade she was doing grade four mathematics. We learn that her academic ex…
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Kari Arbouin : Season 2, Episode 8
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This week we chat with Kari Arbouin, CQUni's Associate Vice-Chancellor for Townsville and North West Queensland Region. We hear how Kari grew up in Glasgow in Scotland where she lived in a 270-year-old castle manse and dreamed of becoming an orthopaedic surgeon. We learn how she eventually studied nursing and shocked her parents when she bought a o…
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Kirt Hainzer : Season 2, Episode 7
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This week we chat with Kirt Hainzer, a CQUniversity agriculture researcher with a special interest in agricultural value chains of developing economies who is currently working in Papua New Guinea. We hear how this son of an Austrian chef developed an interest in food from living in the back of restaurants in Australia and later volunteering at OzH…
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Kirsty Leo : Season 2, Episode 6
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This week we chat with Kirsty Leo, a CQUniversity Nursing lecturer and proud Indigenous woman from Rockhampton. Kirsty talks about her life as a third generation meatworker before heading into the area of Indigenous health. She shares about her varied nursing career and about fitting family around a career. Kirsty talks about the alarming Indigenou…
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Adele Baldwin : Season 2, Episode 5
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This week we chat with CQUni's Dr Adele Baldwin who is a Nursing and Midwifery Senior Lecturer at CQUniversity in Townsville. Adele shares about her extensive 30-year career working in nursing and midwifery, from the early days as a hospital-trained nurse through to her more recent role in academia. She shares her passion for working with students …
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Emma Jackson : Season 2, Episode 4
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This week we chat with CQUni's Dr Emma Jackson who is researching seagrass restoration in the Gladstone region. Emma shares about growing up in Blackburn in Lancashire England where her childhood dream was to be a tree surgeon until a trip to Australia in her late teens put her on a path to study marine biology. You'll hear how she enrolled in the …
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Adam Rose : Season 2, Episode 3
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This week we chat with CQUni's Adam Rose, a PhD researcher into water quality. Adam shares about his childhood obsessions with fishing and crabbing which eventually laid the foundations for his career in water research. In fact, as a 13-year-old he recalls helping CQUni researchers in his home town of Gladstone catching specimens. However, we hear …
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Andrew Taylor-Robinson : Season 2, Episode 2
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This week we chat with CQUni's Professor Andrew Taylor-Robinson, an immunologist and expert in infectious diseases. We hear how academia is almost part of his DNA as he shares about his family of professors. Andrew tells us about one of his first jobs in a pathology lab investigating faecal samples at the tender age of 17, until his promotion to th…
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Stephen Moston : Season 2, Episode 1
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This week we chat with CQUni's Forensic Psychology lecturer Associate Professor Stephen Moston. We hear how this British academic cut his teeth in the then new field of forensic psychology with the metropolitan police in England and academia before pulling up roots and heading to Australia to further explore his career. Despite once considering bei…
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Lydia Mainey: Season 1, Episode 10
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This week we chat with CQUni's Nursing lecturer from Cairns Dr Lydia Mainey. We hear how she studied her undergraduate nursing degree through CQUni and later worked in emergency nursing in Australia and abroad. We learn that after some great 'working holiday' experiences in the UK and Northern Ireland, she signed up with the British Military and na…
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Gary Balderson: Season 1, Episode 9
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This week we chat with CQUni's Metal Fabrication teacher Gary Balderson. We hear that before he was a tradie, Gary dreamed of being a policeman or fireman - he even lit up the backyard as 'work experience'. We learn that later he was fascinated by a neighbour with a welder who could join two pieces of steel together, which led him into the field of…
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Mel Hayman : Season 1, Episode 8
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This week we chat with Head of CQUni's Health Science course and physical activity researcher Dr Melanie Hayman. We hear about growing up in a mining town in Central Queensland and being a 'sporty nerd' at school. We learn about studying at CQUni and becoming a PE teacher, before heading back into academia as a researcher - thanks to the advice of …
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Wayne Jones : Season 1, Episode 7
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This week we chat with CQUni solicitor and law lecturer Wayne Jones. We hear about how his love of English and writing directed him into the legal profession. We learn about his training years in Redcliffe as a law student and one of his early jobs as the 'Paddlepop Lion'. Wayne tells us about meeting his bride at a wedding and moving to Rockhampto…
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Bill Blayney : Season 1, Episode 6
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This week we chat with CQUni Dean Professor Bill Blayney. We hear how as a child he was groomed as a singer, but also was a champion athlete. Bill tells us how he was inspired by his sister to cook and had dreams of being a successful chef. We learn how he broke new ground by becoming Australia's first ever male home economics teacher and became a …
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Kerry Reid-Searl : Season 1, Episode 5
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This week we chat with CQUni's simulation expert and Nursing Professor Kerry Reid-Searl. We hear how this creative and passionate educator began her career on the remote islands of the Torres Strait where she met her husband before settling down in Rockhampton. We learn how her love of drama inspired her teaching philosophy and how her desire to en…
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Peter Lawrence : Season 1, Episode 4
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This week we chat with CQUni's photographer and videographer Peter Lawrence. We hear how he was inspired by a high school teacher to take up a camera and learn the art of photography and later worked for a television station in Melbourne where shows like Perfect Match were produced. We learn about the ups and downs of the television industry and th…
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Leonie Short : Season 1, Episode 3
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This week we chat with CQUni's very own 'tooth fairy' - Associate Professor Leonie Short. You'll learn how this daughter of a Hunter Valley GP became a force to be reckoned with in the practice, training and promotion of oral health in Australia. You'll learn about her early days as a dental therapist working out of a caravan at a school in Tumbaru…
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Scott Bowman : Season 1, Episode 2
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This week we again catch up with Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman for the second part of our chat. You'll get an insight into his fascination with flying, old Landrovers, boats and eBay. We ask if he's sick of airports and we discover how busy life is as a vice-chancellor. You'll hear also about the University's direction to 'give back' and m…
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Scott Bowman : Season 1, Episode 1
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This week we begin our Podcast series with the first of a two-part chat with Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman. You’ll learn how this once-upon-a-time average student became a radiographer; met his wonderful bride on a trip to the Sahara Desert; worked his way into academia and later shipped his entire family to Australia. Flying into the coun…
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