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Emeritus Professor
Peter Coaldrake
Chancellery Division,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President
Biography
Professor Peter Coaldrake completed his term as Vice-Chancellor of QUT in 2017, having taken up the position in April 2003. He previously had been Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the same institution and prior to that, served for four years as Chair (CEO) of Queensland’s Public Sector Management Commission, the body established by the Goss government to overhaul Queensland’s public sector. Peter Coaldrake is a dual Fulbright Scholar, as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of politics/public policy (1980 – 1981), and as a Senior Scholar in the field of higher education policy and management (2001 – 2002). Professor Coaldrake is the author or editor of a number of books and monographs, including as co-author (with Dr Lawrence Stedman) of Raising the Stakes: Gambling with the Future of Universities (UQP, April 2013), with a second edition published in 2016, Academic Work in the Twenty-First Century (DETYA, 1999), and On the Brink: Australia’s Universities Confronting Their Future (UQP, 1998). He is also the author of Working the System: Government in Queensland (UQP, 1989). Peter Coaldrake chaired the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) for two years from February 2013. In May 2011, he completed a two-year term as Chair of the Board of Universities Australia, the peak body of Australia’s universities. He returned as a member of the Board of Universities Australia from 2014 - 2017. He was Chair of the Board of the Organisation for Economic Development – Institutional Management in Higher Education (OECD-IMHE) 2011 - 2015 and also of the Queensland Heritage Council 2011 - 2016. He is also a trustee of the Queensland Museum Foundation. He was appointed by the Premier of Queensland as a Smart State Ambassador in 2006, and was Chair of Queensland’s sesquicentenary celebrations in 2009. Peter Coaldrake was announced as a Queensland Great in June 2017. His diverse background and life story were highlighted in the Courier Mail QWeekend (7 March 2015). Read the article: Educating Peter (PDF document, 4.7 MB)Personal details
Positions
- Emeritus Professor
Chancellery Division,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President
Qualifications
- PhD (Griffith University)
- BA(Hons) (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
Professional memberships and associations
- Chair, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, 2017 –
- Member, Board of Directors, Universities Australia, 2014 – 2017
- Chair, Australian Technology Network, 2013 – 2015
- Chair of the Board, Organisation for Economic Development – Institutional Management in Higher Education (OECD-IMHE), 2011 – 2015
- Chair, Queensland Heritage Council, 2011 – 2016
- Board Member, Australia Awards, 2011 – 2014
- Chair, Screen Queensland, 2009 – 2011
- Board Member, Organisation for Economic Development – Institutional Management in Higher Education (OECD-IMHE), 2009 –2015
- Chair of the Board, Universities Australia, 2009 – 2011
- Trustee, Queensland Museum Foundation, 2009 –
- Chair, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (QUT-based), 2009 – 2017
- Deputy Chair of the Board, Universities Australia, 2008 – 2009
- Executive Chair, Queensland’s Sesquicentenary Celebrations Advisory Board, 2007 – 2009
- Board Member, The Foundation for Development Cooperation Ltd, 2007 – 2009
- Member, Board of Directors, Universities Australia (previously Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee), 2006 – 2008
- Board Member, Graduate Careers Australia, 2006 – 2007
- Appointed Smart State Ambassador, 2006
- Chair, Board of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission, 2005 – 2007
- Board Member, Australian-American Fulbright Commission, 2003 – 2007
- Board Member, IDP Education Australia Limited, 2004 – 2007
- Convenor, Australian Technology Network (ATN), 2003 – 2004
- Member, Board of Trustees, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, 2003 – 2006
- Member, Higher Education Management Review (Hoare Committee), 1995
Experience
2003 – 2017 Vice-Chancellor, QUT
1994 – 2003 Deputy Vice-Chancellor, QUT
2001 – 2002 Fulbright Senior Scholar, The University of Arizona (October 2001-February 2002)
1990 – 1994 Chair (CEO), Public Sector Management Commission (PSMC), Queensland
1989 – 1990 Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Queensland University of Technology
1987 – 1989 Head, School of Management, Queensland University of Technology (also appointed Professor in 1989)
1984 – 1987 Dean, School of Administration, Griffith University
1981 – 1984 Lecturer (October 1981 – December 1983) and then Senior Lecturer (from January 1984), School of Administration, Griffith University
1980 – 1981 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1978 – 1980 Lecturer in Public Administration, Queensland Institute of Technology
1975 – 1977 Full-time doctoral studies, Griffith University
1974 – 1975 Assistant Research Officer and later Clerk, Commonwealth Department of Urban and Regional Development, Canberra
1970 – 1973 Four-year full-time B.A. (Honours) programme, James Cook University
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1994 – 2003 Deputy Vice-Chancellor, QUT
2001 – 2002 Fulbright Senior Scholar, The University of Arizona (October 2001-February 2002)
1990 – 1994 Chair (CEO), Public Sector Management Commission (PSMC), Queensland
1989 – 1990 Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Queensland University of Technology
1987 – 1989 Head, School of Management, Queensland University of Technology (also appointed Professor in 1989)
1984 – 1987 Dean, School of Administration, Griffith University
1981 – 1984 Lecturer (October 1981 – December 1983) and then Senior Lecturer (from January 1984), School of Administration, Griffith University
1980 – 1981 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1978 – 1980 Lecturer in Public Administration, Queensland Institute of Technology
1975 – 1977 Full-time doctoral studies, Griffith University
1974 – 1975 Assistant Research Officer and later Clerk, Commonwealth Department of Urban and Regional Development, Canberra
1970 – 1973 Four-year full-time B.A. (Honours) programme, James Cook University
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Peter, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).