NEWS RELEASE
November14
2001
New
Dean for UniSA’s Whyalla campus
Dr
Scott Bowman will be the new Dean at the Whyalla campus, his appointment
strengthening the already well-established focus on educational access for
rural and regional communities and rural health education.
Announcing
his appointment, UniSA’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Denise Bradley said
she was delighted to welcome Dr Bowman whose experience both at Charles
Sturt University and internationally would be a vital ingredient in the
continued success of the campus.
“In
Dr Bowman we have a campus leader who has embraced innovative learning
approaches through the development of distance programs for postgraduates
and who has specialist knowledge of education programs in rural health
including Indigenous issues,” Professor Bradley said.
“Given
Whyalla’s key role as the home of the South Australian Centre for Rural
and Remote Health, we believe Dr Bowman’s experience will be an
asset.”
Dr
Bowman is an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Clinical
Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Before moving to Australia he led
the Department of Radiography and Imaging Science at the University
College of St Martin, Lancaster University in England where he was also
Chair of the Faculty of Health Science and Community. In this capacity he
was involved in the development of regional health services in one of the
UK’s more disadvantaged regions, Cumbria.
Most
recently he has been working on the design of postgraduate courses using
distance education delivery, a project on Indigenous mental health and
rural nursing programs.
Dr
Bowman is 39 and is married with two children. He will take up the
position of Dean in Whyalla in January next year.
He
replaces Associate Professor Jim Harvey who retires in December after
seven years as Dean of the campus and leader of many programs to develop
Whyalla’s reputation as the State’s key centre of higher education for
rural and regional students.
Media
contact: Michčle Nardelli (08) 8302 0966 or 041 8823673
email: michele.nardelli@unisa.edu.au
