Deputy Vice-Chancellor heads back to school
2 June, 2006
Education Week 4-10 June
University of the Sunshine Coast's Professor Greg Hill has been
invited to be 'Principal for the day' at Gympie's James Nash State
High School next Monday as part of Education Week celebrations.
Education for All is the theme for the week as James Nash SHS
celebrates what makes 'State Schools, Great Schools'.
During Education Week, James Nash SHS aims to demonstrate that
the school's core purpose, 'To inspire learning', is prominent in
all aspects of the school.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Hill should feel right at home
in the schoolyard, having started his career as a primary school
teacher.
He has been exploring the option of the University working with
James Nash State High School to provide enhanced learning
opportunities for the students of Gympie.
He will take this opportunity to explore new technology
facilities at the school and look at developing ways to give
students and the wider Gympie community greater exposure and access
to tertiary courses at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
School Principal, Darrin Edwards, hopes that a partnership with
the University will inspire students toward life-long learning and
demonstrate how the school and the University are both striving to
provide educational opportunities for all.
The parents and students from the Special Education Unit will be
guests at an Education Week breakfast where they will meet with
Professor Hill.
Professor Greg Hill's Biography
CertTeach
Brisbane Teach.Coll., BA(Hons) Qld., PhD
Qld.
Professor Greg Hill began work as a primary school teacher. He
completed an Honours degree in geography and a PhD in wildlife
ecology at the University of Queensland.
He taught at UQ before accepting the Foundation Chair in
Tropical Environmental Science at Charles Darwin University (then
Northern Territory University) in 1995.
From 1997 Professor Hill was a Dean at CDU and involved in the
establishment, management and governance of university and national
research centres.
Professor Hill has research interests in remote sensing,
wildlife ecology, resource management and environmental planning.
He has gained national recognition for teaching innovation and
technology transfer to developing countries.