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From the

Director of Studies

As Director of Studies it gives me great
pleasure to present our students’ academic
achievements for 2015. We can proudly
say that we do not select students on their
ATAR ranking, but rather with an eye to their
personal qualities and scholarly ambition.
We want students who genuinely embrace
the privilege, and transformative potential,
of University and College life. Every year
we take great care in selecting a diverse
community based on gender, nationality,
course, location and life experience. This
makes for a rich and interesting community.
Back row: Marcia Chew, Donna Davies, Ariel Zelenikow-Johnston, Nadia Mazarakis,
Fiona Cadorel, Dr Powell, Xavier Cadorel, Richard Liu We are immensely proud of all of our
Front row: Nicky Haslinghouse, Hamish Brown, Catherine Hart, Jamie Hart students’ achievements. As in previous years,
40% of all grades were First Class Honours
and fully 90% in the Honours range, with a
developed a JCH running team, facilitated contribution to College life and we wish remarkable grade point average of 78% across
mindfulness workshops and delivered both Hamish and Nicky all the very best
‘PLEASE MASTER’ seminars to promote for the future. the whole College.
student wellbeing. Jamie and Catherine’s
care and compassion for JCH students Alex Eastwood joined the JCH tutor We know that some of our students have a
tougher road to travel during their time at
will be missed. We wish them all the team at the beginning of 2015. Within
best as they welcome their second child months of joining the team, Alex University. These students deserve special
commendation for their perseverance as do
in 2016. was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.
Although Alex lived in residence for one our whole community as we actively seek
Hamish Brown, our residential Physics semester only, his enthusiasm for life to support and nurture each other on our
tutor, had an outstanding year of and passion for education allowed him educational journey.
professional success. In May Hamish to make a formative impression on the
concluded collaboration with scientists JCH student body. We thank Alex for his Our wonderful results are the product
of student application and a supportive
at the National Centre for Electron contribution to the College community
Microscopy in Berkeley, California and and wish him well as he commences his academic environment facilitated by our
talented tutors. Our small group tutorials
Northwestern University in Illinois. The Masters of Neuroscience at Oxford.
results were published in an article in present the opportunity for students to
consolidate their understanding whilst
the journal Nature Communications As the year comes to an end, I can’t help
(http://rdcu.be/gkFD) which details a but reflect on what a privilege it is to live exploring higher order thinking.
world first direct imaging at atomic in a community where the primary focus
resolution of a sample surface using is the empowerment of individuals to Our tutors are examples of the highest
academic and professional endeavour and
secondary electron imaging. In reach their full potential. I would like to
November Hamish was awarded The take this opportunity to thank Dr Powell, we also congratulate them on their success
in 2015.
Endeavour Research Fellowship, the Laby Mrs Davies and the tutor team for their
Foundation Travel Scholarship and the support and to congratulate the students I am delighted to be back at Janet Clarke Hall
Australian Nanotechnology Network of the College on a wonderful year.
Travel Scholarship to visit Tokyo, Japan as Director of Studies and I acknowledge the
significant work undertaken by my colleague
for a six month collaborative research Ms Fiona Cadorel
project. Whilst in Japan Hamish will Vice-Principal Mr Jack Tan in the area of academic studies
and support in Semester 1, 2015.
work at the Crystal Interfaces Laboratory
at the University of Tokyo to develop a Mrs Donna Davies
new technique to image grain boundary Director of Studies
materials in three dimensions using X-ray
detectors. Grain boundary materials
are used to construct battery cells
and computer chips. Hamish plans to
complete his PhD in August 2016 and
to pursue post-doctoral opportunities in
Europe or the United States. We wish
Hamish all the very best for his research
and thank him for his contribution as a
residential tutor for the past two years.
We would also like to thank Hamish’s Alex Eastwood, Xavier Cadorel, Wurrundjeri Elder Auntie Di Kerr with
partner Nicky Haslinghouse for her Jamie Hart Olivia Davies and Mrs Donna Davies
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