Owen Peter Coaldrake

Professor Owen Peter Coaldrake AO (born 1951) is a noted Australian academic and higher education administrator.

Education

Professor Coaldrake was born and educated in Queensland, and holds a BA Honours Degree from James Cook University and a PhD Degree from Griffith University.^[1]

Professional career

Professor Coaldrake has wide experience in public and higher education administration in Australia, having been previously appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.^[2] He is currently Vice-Chancellor of QUT and Chair of Universities Australia.^[3]

Critical recognition

• Officer of the Order of Australia 2011, for "distinguished service to higher education".^[4]

Publications

• Coaldrake, O.P. 1989 Working the System, Government in Queensland (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. 1998. On the Brink. Australia's Universities Confronting their Future. (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. Academic Work in the Twenty-First Century (DETYA, Occasional Paper Series 99-4).

References

1. ^ Queensland University of Technology, http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/coaldrak/
2. ^ Universities Australia, http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/about-us/board-of-directors/peter-coaldrake/
3. ^ Universities Australia, http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/about-us/board-of-directors/peter-coaldrake/
4. ^ Office of the Governor-General, http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/ad11/Media%20Notes%20AO%20(final).pdf; and Austraian Government Honours website, http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1143410&search_type=quick&showInd=true

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Name	Coaldrake, Owen Peter
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Date of birth	1951
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