Owen Peter Coaldrake AO (born 1951) is an Australian academic and higher education administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017.[1]
Peter Coaldrake | |
|---|---|
 Coaldrake in 2014 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology | |
| In office 2003–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Sheil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gregory Alan Naylor 1951 Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Academic |
Early life
editPeter Coaldrake was born Gregory Alan Naylor to a young mother Jeanette in Marrickville. He was adopted as the only child of Anglican missionaries, Keith and Sheila Coaldrake.[2] He was educated in Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from James Cook University and a PhD from Griffith University.[3]
Career
editCoaldrake was appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.[4][5] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017, replaced by Margaret Sheil.[1] He was Chair of Universities Australia.[4]
Coaldrake's decision to close QUT's school of humanities and human services drew the wrath of staff and academic unions. "Many humanities staff see this as the Philistines at the gate."[6]
From 2011 to 2016, Coaldrake was the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council.[5][7] Two notable listings added to the Queensland Heritage Register under his leadership were the Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites and the Queensland Cultural Centre.[7]
Coaldrake was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2011 for "distinguished service to higher education".[8]
In October 2017 Coaldrake became chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. He was appointed chair of Jobs Queensland at the end of 2018.[9] Since March 2019 Coaldrake has been a member of the Council of the University of Newcastle.[10]
Publications
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "QUT announces new Vice-Chancellor". Queensland University of Technology. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ The Courier Mail Q Weekend Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3 August 2015, pp10-14.
- ^ Peter, Coaldrake. "QUT - Staff Profiles - Peter Coaldrake". staff.qut.edu.au. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b Universities Australia Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Peter Coaldrake, Chair (Queensland Heritage Council)". Queensland Heritage Council. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ Lebihan, R. 2009, 'A quintessential Queenslander, by degrees', Financial Review, avail.https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/a-quintessential-queenslander-by-degrees-20090216-jmnd8
- ^ a b Miles, Steven (1 December 2016). "Palaszczuk Government salutes contribution of outgoing chair of Queensland Heritage Council". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Office of the Governor-General Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine and Australian Government Honours website
- ^ "Meet Professor Peter Coaldrake AO". The University of Newcastle, Australia. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Meet our Council members". The University of Newcastle, Australia. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links
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