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| Professor Alan Rix |
BA ANU, PhD ANU, MAICD
Phone: +61 (7) 3381 1002
Fax: +61 (7) 3381 1049
E-mail: a.rix@uq.edu.au
Website: http://www.uq.edu.au/ipswich/
Office: Room 304, Level 3, Building No. 8
Post: Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Ipswich
Level 3, Building No. 8
Ipswich Campus
The University of Queensland
11 Salisbury Road
IPSWICH QLD 4305
Personal assistant
Ms Raewyn Peeti
Phone: +61 (7) 3381 1002
Email: r.peeti@uq.edu.au
Areas of responsibility
- Academic and administrative leadership and general superintendence of the Ipswich Campus and the programs delivered there. This includes management and oversight of the continuing development of the Campus, and its representation to the external community.
- Strategic development of academic staff, and industrial and employee relations issues as they relate to academic staff.
Biography
Professor Rix was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Ipswich, in September 2004 after serving as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts for seven years. Professor Rix assumed the title of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) in February 2008.
Professor Rix's association with UQ began in 1985, when he took up the position of Professor of Japanese Studies. He became head of the Department of Japanese and Chinese Studies in 1986, was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for External Affairs from 1994, and was appointed Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1997.
As Executive Dean, Professor Rix focused on excellence in teaching and research, and strong community engagement activities. His achievements include building the research and commercialisation activities of the Faculty, establishing new research centres, and overseeing the development of the acclaimed James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre at the St Lucia campus.
Professor Rix's main fields of teaching and research interest are Japanese politics, bureaucracy and foreign policy, and Australia-Japan relations. He has written and published widely in these fields. Professor Rix has been involved extensively with the development of Asian languages and studies programs in universities and the schools sector across Australia for many years. He has represented the University on the Council of the National Trust of Queensland since 2000.