Peter Coaldrake Explained
Owen Peter Coaldrake (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.
Early life
Peter 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.[1] He was educated in Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from James Cook University and a PhD from Griffith University.[2]
Career
Coaldrake was appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.[3] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology between 2003 and 2017, replaced by Margaret Sheil.[4] He was Chair of Universities Australia.
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."[5]
From 2011 to 2016, Coaldrake was the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council.[6] [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.
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
- 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).
Notes and References
- https://cms.qut.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/459747/educating-peter-coaldrake.pdf/ The Courier Mail Q Weekend
- Web site: QUT - Staff Profiles - Peter Coaldrake. Coaldrake. Peter. staff.qut.edu.au. 28 February 2018. 23 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180223115001/http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/coaldrak/. live.
- http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/about-us/board-of-directors/peter-coaldrake/ Universities Australia
- Web site: QUT announces new Vice-Chancellor. 14 September 2017. Queensland University of Technology. 28 February 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228233219/https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=122721. live.
- 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
- Web site: Peter Coaldrake, Chair (Queensland Heritage Council). Queensland Heritage Council. 21 December 2012. 9 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130409045607/http://qldheritage.org.au/peter-coaldrake.html. live.
- Web site: Palaszczuk Government salutes contribution of outgoing chair of Queensland Heritage Council. Miles. Steven. 1 December 2016. Queensland Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516055849/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/12/1/palaszczuk-government-salutes-contribution-of-outgoing-chair-of-queensland-heritage-council. 16 May 2017. live. 16 May 2017.
- http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/ad11/Media%20Notes%20AO%20(final).pdf Office of the Governor-General
- Web site: Meet Professor Peter Coaldrake AO. 2016-07-25. The University of Newcastle, Australia. en. 2019-10-09. 9 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009211635/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members/meet-deborah-wright. live.
- Web site: Meet our Council members. 2013-04-18. The University of Newcastle, Australia. en. 2019-10-09. 9 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009210031/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/our-organisation/governance/council/council-members. live.
