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enhancement f r om 25th Ma r ch 2002. P r o f . K e m b e r o b t a i n e d h i s B.Sc., M . S c ., a n d P h . D. f r o m t he Un i v e r s i ty of Eas t A n g l ia i n the 1970s a nd a g r a d u a te d i p l oma i n distance education f r om South Au s t r a l i a n C AE i n 1986. Prof. Kembe r wa s senior education officer at the De p a r t me nt o f Ex t e r nal a n d C o n t i n u i ng E d u c a t i o n, Ce n t r al Q u e e n s l a n d U n i v e r s i t y , f r o m 1 9 85 t o 1987, a n d h e l d v a r i o u s titles at the Ed u c a t i o n al D e v e l o p m e n t U n i t o f t h e H o n g K o n g P o l y t e c h n i c U n i v e r s i t y f r o m 1987 to 1994. H e t aught short courses, r an wo r k s h o p s, s uppo r t ed educationa l action research projects, advised o n the e v a l ua t i on of t e a c h i n g a n d q u a l i t y a s s u r a n ce p r o c e d u r e s , a n d p a r t i c i p a t ed i n collaborative research projects. I n the f o l l o w i n g f i v e y e a r s, h e w a s coordinator of t he A c t i o n L e a r n i n g Project, an i n t e r - i n s t i t u t i o n a l project f u n d e d b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y G r a n t s C omm i t t e e of H o n g K o n g . P r i or to j o i n i n g the Un i v e r s i t y, Prof. Kemb e r w a s a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f t h e Ed u c a t i o n a l D e v e l o pme nt Centre of t h e H o n g K o n g P o l y t e c h n i c Un i v e r s i t y. Professor of Accident and Emergency Medicine P r o f . Pe t er A . C a m e r o n has b e en a p p o i n t e d p r o f e s s or of a c c i d e nt a n d e m e r g e n c y m e d i c i n e f r o m 2 2 n d Fe b r u a r y 2002. P r o f . C a m e r on obtained his MB BS f r om the Un i ve r s i ty o fMe l bou r ne in l981 and his doctorate i n m e d i c i n e f r o m Mo n a s h Un i v e r s i ty i n 1997. P r i o r to j o i n i ng the Un i v e r s i t y, Prof. C a m e r o n w a s d i r e c t or of eme r g e n cy m e d i c i n e at t h e R o y a l M e l b o u r n e Ho s p i t a l, p r e s i den t of the Au s t r a l a s i an C o l l e g e f o r E m e r g e n c y M e d i c i n e , professor of emergency med i c i ne at the U n i v e r s i t y of M e l b o u r n e, d i r e c t or of emergency med i c i ne at the Freemasons Ho s p i t a l , a nd executive of the V i c t o r i an I n j u r y Surveillance System. H e has also served as an ed i t o r i al b o a r d memb er of Hazard. P r o f. C a m e r on is a memb er of t he A u s t r a l a s i a n Co l l e ge f o r Eme r g e n cy Me d i c i n e, th e Au s t r a l a s i an Society f or Em e r g e n cy M e d i c i n e, t he A m e r i c a n Co l l e g e of Eme r g e n cy Phy s i c i ans, t h e Au s t r a l i an Me d i c al Association, a nd the Australasian Trauma Society. New Academic Programmes The U n i v e r s i ty Senat e a p p r o v ed i n O c t o b e r a n d D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 1 t h e i n t r o d u c t i on of th e f o l l o w i ng academic programmes: Postgraduate Programmes • Self-financed Ma s t er of Professional Accountancy Programme i n Shanghai, i n January 2002 57