Person
Pockley, Robert Peter Campbell (Peter) (1935 - )
- Born
- 20 May 1935
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Science writer
Summary
Peter Pockley is a science writer who runs courses in basic communication skills for scientists and scholars through the University of Technology, Sydney. He has been the Science and Education Columnist for the Sun-Herald since 1989 and has contributed to many other newspapers and journals, both in Australia and abroad. Pockley was educated at the Universities of Melbourne (BSc, Dip Ed) and Oxford (DPhil).
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Chronology
- 1958
- Career position - Science Master at the Melbourne Grammar School
- 1961 - 1964
- Career position - Science Master at Wellington College, UK
- 1964 - 1968
- Career position - Tutor at St Pauls College, University of Sydney
- 1964 - 1973
- Career position - First Director of Science Programmes ABC
- 1973 - 1989
- Career position - Adviser to Public Affairs and Head of the Public Affairs Unit, University of New South Wales
- 1974 - 1976
- Career position - Founding Convenor of the Public Broadcasting Association of Australia
- 1989 -
- Career position - Science and Education Columnist with The Sun-Herald
- 1989 -
- Career position - Director of Peter Pockley Communications Pty Ltd
- 1989
- Career position - Executive Planner at the Australian Academy of Science
- 2010
- Award - Academy Medal, Australian Academy of Science
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Pockley, Peter, 'The Great White Oliphant', Australasian Science, 21 (9) (2000), 37-38. Details
Resources
- Academy Medal, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/academy-medal-0. Details
- 'Pockley, Peter', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-593663. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018