Professor aims for expanded programs and fresh options for Noosa Campus
Published on 26 May, 2011
CQUniversity Noosa is set to have its first full-time dedicated Head of Campus, with the appointment of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean Professor Kevin Tickle designed to drive growth at the facility, currently located in Goodchap Street in Noosaville.
Professor Tickle, presently based at Rockhampton, will continue to lead the Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics and Education (FABIE) and will be taking an increasingly hands-on role at Noosa during a period of transition, before moving full-time to the campus at the start of 2012.
For the past two years, Professor Phillip Clift has provided great leadership in a dual role as Head of Campus for both the Noosa and Bundaberg campuses. Professor Tickle's appointment will enable Professor Clift to devote himself full-time to further advance his proud record of growing Bundaberg Campus.
"My aim is to base future growth in Noosa on our existing programs in Education, Nursing and Music with expansion into Tourism, Law, Business, Arts as well as allied health programs of Occupational Health, Speech Pathology, Social Work and Psychology," Professor Tickle said.
"CQUniversity has extensive experience in supported online education and we plan to deliver flexible education tailored to today's student needs.
"This is an exciting time for CQUniversity and I'm looking forward to the prospect of building a first-class education facility working in partnership with the local Noosa community."
Professor Tickle is currently Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics and Education. He has performed many other leadership and executive roles at CQUniversity in recent years.
As well as re-organising flexible learning across CQUniversity, Professor Tickle has introduced work-integrated learning into faculty programs and performed a significant change management role in merging faculties.
His primary areas of interest are Information Technology, Mathematics and Statistics with expertise in the areas of probability modelling; decision support; water resources and data mining. He was involved in the establishment of the Centre for Intelligent Networks, a CQUniversity research centre, and currently supervises PhD and Masters students.
Professor Tickle has an extensive record of research grants, publications and consultancies. In 2005, he was awarded the Australian Computer Society (Qld) ICT Professional of the Year (Education) award.