[csaa-forum] CHASS WELCOMES PMSEIC APPOINTMENT

[Toss Gascoigne]

Dear csaa-forum

CHASS issued a media release today:


CHASS WELCOMES PMSEIC APPOINTMENT

Professor Malcolm Gillies today (Wednesday) welcomed the historic
appointment of a humanities specialist to the Prime Minister's Science,
Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC).

Professor Iain McCalman has been appointed to PMSEIC for three years.  He
will join the Prime Minister, eight other Cabinet Ministers, and 16
non-politicians on the Council.

Professor Gillies said the appointment was welcome recognition that people
from the humanities had a role to play in the national innovation system.


(The full release is on the CHASS web site:  www.chass.org.au)


Regards

Toss Gascoigne