scholarly journals Emeritus Professor Reginald Paul (Reg) Coutts (1949–2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-193
Author(s):  
Peter Gerrand
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The Many ◽  
Industry Associations ◽  
Australian Industry

This obituary celebrates the many contributions of Emeritus Professor Reg Coutts (1949–2021) to telecommunications, to ICT innovation and to the Australian industry associations in which he had key leadership roles. The article quotes comments from many of Reg’s co-workers at different stages of his multi-faceted career.

Welcome and introduction

1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Imperial College ◽  
Joint Meeting ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

It is my pleasant duty to welcome you all most warmly to this meeting, which is one of the many events stimulated by the advisory committee of the William and Mary Trust on Science and Technology and Medicine, under the Chairmanship of Sir Arnold Burgen, the immediate past Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. This is a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy, whose President, Sir Randolph Quirk, will be Chairman this afternoon, and it covers Science and Civilization under William and Mary, presumably with the intention that the Society would cover Science if the Academy would cover Civilization. The meeting has been organized by Professor Rupert Hall, a Fellow of the Academy and also well known to the Society, who is now Emeritus Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Imperial College in the University of London; and Mr Norman Robinson, who retired in 1988 as Librarian to the Royal Society after 40 years service to the Society.

The Public Psychiatrist as a Leader

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-148
Author(s):  
Michael D. Ross ◽  
Octavio N. Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Psychiatry ◽  
Impact Patient Care ◽  
The Many ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Community Psychiatrist

One of the many areas in which a community psychiatrist can impact patient care is through providing clinical and administrative leadership. The actions of leaders have consequences, both good and bad. Good leadership in a public mental health organization can be felt even among staff who rarely interact with the executive team. People understand the vision of the organization, and they feel engaged in achieving the organization’s goals and are committed to the organization. Poor leadership impacts morale and leads to high turnover and poor quality of care. This chapter discusses some of the leadership roles available to the public psychiatrist. It incorporates case scenarios that one may confront as a community psychiatrist in a leadership role. This chapter fosters consideration of individual paths to public psychiatry leadership by using several successful community psychiatrist–leaders as examples. The chapter concludes by discussing various ethical issues related to leadership that may arise.

Leadership in physiotherapy: experiences of leaders of physiotherapy professional organisations

BMJ Leader ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-122
Author(s):  
Emer McGowan ◽  
Emma Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Leaders ◽  
Professional Leadership ◽  
The Many ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

BackgroundThe changing demands of healthcare and ongoing advances in practice and technology require corresponding change and development of the physiotherapy profession. Physiotherapy professional organisations perform many important functions in ensuring the ongoing growth and success of the profession. The leaders of these organisations therefore have key roles in progressing the physiotherapy profession in their country. To date, however, there has been very little written about these physiotherapy leaders and their work for the profession.PurposeTo explore the professional leadership journeys of international physiotherapy leaders and their experiences of leading physiotherapy professional organisations.MethodsSemistructured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 16 physiotherapy leaders from a range of physiotherapy professional organisations from around the world. The interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.ResultsThree main themes were found in the analysis of the data: ‘Leadership roles, behaviours and challenges’, ‘Perceptions of the profession of physiotherapy’ and ‘Leadership development’.ConclusionsThe physiotherapy leaders describe interesting and varied roles that can also be challenging and demanding. They recognise the many challenges facing the physiotherapy profession internationally and the need for physiotherapists to more effectively advocate for the profession and demonstrate leadership. Leadership development opportunities and mentoring may be potential strategies to enable the development of future leaders of the physiotherapy profession.

Recommendations for Business and University Collaboration

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
James W. Dean ◽  
Deborah Y. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Administrative Leadership ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Business People ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
Change In Higher Education ◽  
The Many

Business people have much to offer colleges and universities, because of the many similarities between the two kinds of organizations. They are used to managing budgets, devising strategies, responding to changing environments, and many other activities that are crucial to universities. It is the synergy between business perspectives and academic perspectives that has the potential to dramatically change universities for the better. This chapter provides specific recommendations for how businesspeople can more effectively help academic institutions though board service or other academic or administrative leadership roles. Also provided is a real-world example of public/private partnerships, the transition of UNC Student Stores to Barnes and Noble College, and leveraging these collaborations to implement change in higher education.

scholarly journals My journey in academia: things not on the CV

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 789-796
Author(s):  
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Keyword(s):  
Alma Mater ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Women In Academia ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Many ◽  
Northern City

AbstractI am a professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. I trained in chemistry in Sweden but went to the USA for my postdoc. I remained there for 12 years, being faculty at two American universities, before I returned to Sweden for a professorship in the northern city of Umeå. More recently, I returned to my alma mater Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, where I have taken on senior leadership roles. On paper, my career trajectory looks straightforward, but there are many detrimental aspects and lucky coincidences that are not listed on my CV. Life in academia is never easy, and one is never ‘done’. But working in academia is wonderful, as it provides so much freedom and creativity, including being very accommodating towards having kids. Here, I will describe my own personal journey, with the hope of inspiring young women to follow their own path in academia. Yes, there is still bias against women in academia, but change is happening, and the many benefits of being an academic beat such drawbacks.

scholarly journals Rwandan Women in Higher Education: Progress, Successes, and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Executive Leaders ◽  
Women Academics ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Service Expectations ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Successes And Challenges

In nearly three decades since Rwanda’s genocide and civil war, its education sector has undergone reconstruction to an unprecedented degree within higher education. While greater numbers of girls are attending university, and more women are becoming university faculty members, their status in educational leadership roles remains unclear. This qualitative investigation sought to present insight into four women who serve as professors and executive leaders within the higher education system by examining their progress, successes, and challenges. Four of the many insights that have emerged include women’s smaller acceptance rate into higher education as undergraduates; the country’s lack of Ph.D. programs, thereby requiring women to leave the country in order to obtain the terminal degree; disproportionate service expectations placed on women academics as compared to men that affect scholarly output; and society’s expectation for women’s responsibilities as wives and mothers regardless of career responsibilities or status. To remedy these findings, further investigation can shed light on the reasons for low acceptance of women into the university; may lead to development of a strategic plan to address the lack of opportunities for students to enter graduate level education leading to the Ph.D.; and may address broader national policies that support women academics such as attention to child care and mentoring for promotion.

Secret Handshake Deals

Chokepoints ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Tusikov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Domain Name ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Search Advertising ◽  
Internet Firms ◽  
Closed Door ◽  
The Many ◽  
Industry Associations ◽  
The U.S

This chapter sets the scene for the rest of the book by describing the emergence of non-legally binding enforcement agreements among large Internet firms through a series of closed-door meetings. It introduces the key actors: mostly U.S.-based Internet firms, multinational rights holders, influential industry associations, and policymakers and politicians from the U.S., U.K., and European Commission. Together these actors form a private transnational regime with the goal of suppressing the trafficking of counterfeit goods on the Internet. To provide context, the chapter explains the importance of regulating intellectual property rights to rights holders and governments, as well as the many challenges involved in identifying and policing the distribution of counterfeit goods. The chapter introduces the concept of ‘macro-intermediaries’ (which are globally operating, powerful Internet firms) and explains how these major Internet firms regulate through technology (termed ‘techno-regulation’) to remove content from and disable websites selling counterfeit goods. It describes the focus on five types of Internet sectors (search, advertising, payment, domain name, and marketplace). Companies providing these services can enact different types of regulatory ‘chokepoints’ to target the distribution of counterfeit goods.

scholarly journals Sir William Rede Hawthorne. 22 May 1913—16 September 2011

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 309-328
Author(s):  
E. M. Greitzer ◽  
D. E. Newland
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Jet Engine ◽  
The Us ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Many ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

William Rede Hawthorne was a pioneer in gas turbine aerodynamics and thermodynamics, a sought-after technology advisor to industry and government, and a generous and enthusiastic teacher who encouraged students to excel. His outstanding contributions included resolution of combustion problems that limited the operation of the original Whittle jet engine, early in-depth descriptions of compressible channel flow that still inform engineers today, innovative and wide-ranging analyses of secondary flows in turbomachinery that defined the field, and creation of some of the first notes on gas turbine cycle analysis. A theme in the many areas of engineering in which he had impact was the satisfaction from the growth of understanding that can accompany making things work—in his words, ‘machines produce ideas just as surely as ideas produce machines’. A Cambridge graduate, he was a professor at MIT when, in 1951, he was recruited to a newly established chair at Cambridge, where he later had leadership roles as head of the engineering department (1968–73) and Master of Churchill College (1968–83). He retained strong ties to MIT, however, and fostered lasting collaborations between the two universities. Among his numerous awards and honours were the US Medal of Freedom (1947), a Royal Society Medal (1982) and a knighthood (1970) for ‘services to thermodynamics’, a citation that pleased him greatly.

scholarly journals George Henry Falkiner Nuttall, 1862 - 1937

1939 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

G. H. F. Nuttall , Emeritus Professor of Biology in the University of Cambridge, died suddenly in London on 16 December 1937 at the age of 75. Nuttall was born in San Francisco, California, in 1862, the second son of Robert Kennedy Nuttall, M .D . (Aberdeen), and his wife, Magdalena, daughter of John Parrott, of San Francisco. Nuttall’s father went first to Australia but later migrated to San Francisco where he practised till 1865. In that year the family returned to Europe, the children being educated in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland. It was to this cosmopolitan upbringing that Nuttall owed his ability to speak several languages, an accomplishment which was to help him greatly in his work and travels and on the many occasions when he represented the University of Cambridge in foreign countries.

Identifying suboptimalities with factorial model comparison

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ji Ma
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Factorial Experimental Design ◽  
Factorial Model ◽  
Multiple Components ◽  
The Many

AbstractGiven the many types of suboptimality in perception, I ask how one should test for multiple forms of suboptimality at the same time – or, more generally, how one should compare process models that can differ in any or all of the multiple components. In analogy to factorial experimental design, I advocate for factorial model comparison.

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