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Samira Abbosh B.Computer Eng., M. Multimedia
Samira has worked for 13 years in software development and IT consulting; both in her own business, and in a range of small and large companies from the middle east to Australia.
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Robert Browne B.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr R. Browne has a wide experience in conservation biology and the sustainable management of wildlife. He has worked mainly with amphibians and fish and recently completed major amphibians conservation projects with the American Academy of Science, and with Giant Pandas and frogs at Memphis Zoo, USA. Robert has lectured and tutored in Biodiversity and Wildlife Management, Wetland Ecology, Environmental Sampling and Data Analysis, and Australian Flora and Fauna. Greatly enjoying field activities he has completed major fauna assessments of NSW National Parks, and discovered several new marine fish. |
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Rosemary Brown B.Business
15 years experience in the stock market, international trading and small business.
5 years with ACS, in our Melbourne office administration, and as a tutor and course writer. |
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Maggi Brown RHS Cert Hort Cert Ed. Member RHS Life Member Garden Organic (HDRA)
Maggi is regarded as an expert in Organic Growing throughout the UK, having worked for two decades as Education Officer at the world renowned Henry Doubleday Research Association. She has been active in education, environmental management and horticulture across the UK for more than three decades. |
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Jemima Beaumont B.A.; Adv.Dip Photog (part)
Jemima has a diverse background, in retailing, administration, counselling and photography; including Optical Dispenser (OPSM), Student Guidance Mentor (ANU) and Office Manager (People with Disabilities) |
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June Colbert B.A., Dip.Ed., Dip.TESOL, Dip Bus.Mgt, Cert.Childrens Writing
Author and teacher with extensive experience in childrens writing and community education. June has, amongst other things, published two childrens novels with Lothian/Time Warner Books. She also has an extensive background in writing tenders, contracts, quality procedures and other technical documentation. June was contract manager for 10 years in Network Design and Construct at Telstra, and a quality auditor. |
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Peter Douglas Dip Animal Husbandry
Peter has over 40 years of experience in Agriculture and resources management. He is a former lecturer with the University of Queensland (Gatton), and manager of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. He also established and managed the wildlife park for Dreamworld, one of Australia's largest theme parks. Peter has both wide ranging experience in farming and wildlife management, and continues to apply that knowledge both through his work with ACS, and helping his adult children who have pursued careers of their own in similar areas. |
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Marius Erasmus B.Sc.Agric., B.Sc.(Wildlife), M.Sc.Agric. Subsequent to completing a BSc (agric) degree in animal science, he completed an honours degree in wildlife management, and a masters degree in production animal physiology. Following the Masters degree, he has worked for 9 years in the UK, and South Africa; in wildlife management, dairy, beef and poultry farming. |
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Dr James Euclid B.Vsc.(Hons), B.VBiol (Hons), PhD.
Dr James Euclid graduated with honours in Veterinary Science from the University of Queensland , Australia in 1985. After 5 years in mixed practise, he undertook a PhD in Veterinary Parasitology at James Cook University in Queensland . Upon completion, he tutored at the University of Melbourne . After a year, he returned to general practise. He has since written two books on veterinary clinical practise and runs his own practise in Melbourne , Australia. |
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Adriana Fraser Cert.Hort., Cert.Child Care, Adv.Cert.App.Mgt., Adv.Dip.Hort.
20 years of experience in horticulture, business and journalism.
Adriana has written regularly for a range of publications (including Australia's national Grass Roots Magazine) since the early 1980's.She operated a commercial display herb garden in her previous home, hosting visits regularly for all types of groups. She is developing a similar venture at her new property and continues to be actively involved in writing, tourism and practical gardening; in addition to her work for ACS. |
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Pam Fricker Dip Sport, Cert Education,Cert Physical Education
Pam has worked in the sport fitness and tourism industries since 1991. |
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Kate Gibson BSoc.Sc, PostGrad Dip Org
With 4 years experience as a marketing advisor and previous experience as a project manager. Kate has traveled and worked in a variety of locations including: London, New Zealand, and Australia. |
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Elizabeth Graves B.Sc.Hons. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University, Liz worked between 1997 to 2007 in the UK, in the medical industry (incl Medical Representative, Medical Advisor, Medical Information Manager). She is now studying a Masters Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Griffith University in Australia |
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Shane Holborn Ass.Dip.Hort; Dip.Perm.Design.
With 23 years experience in horticulture and permaculture; Shane offers our students a wealth of practical and down to earth experience. He was one of the first people to become involved in Permaculture (in the late 1970's).
For more than a decade he managed and developed the grounds of Currumbin Bird Sanctuary, the National Trust Owned wildlife park and tourist attraction on the Gold Coast. In the late 90's he established a commercial mushroom farm, built it into a thriving enterprise and then sold it; moving on to take charge of landscaping a new 8 lane freeway development between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Shane continues to pursue a variety of roles, largely as a consultant, in addition to his work with ACS as a tutor and course counsellor. |
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Bob James Dip.Animal Husb, B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Mgt, PDC
40 years experience in industry, having held a wide variety of senior positions in both government and private enterprise.
Bob's experience and knowledge is diverse, encompassing fields of Horticulture, Agriculture, Environmental Management, Business and professional writing. |
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Tracey Jones - Academic Officer & Tutor (U.K.)
B.Sc. (Hons) (Psychology), M.Soc.Sc (social work), DipSW (social work), PGCE (Education), PGD (Learning Disability Studies). Tracey has around 15 years experience within the psychology and social work field, particularly working with people with learning disabilities. She is also qualified as a teacher and now teaches psychology and social work related subjects.
She is a book reviewer for the British Journal of Social Work. Tracey has also written a text book on Psychology and has had several short stories published |
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Ian Kerr Dip.Photog, ABIPP
Freelance photographer based in Coventry (UK). Photographer of the year in 1982 for Commercial Sector within Midlands Region of UK from BIPP. Recently was awarded 3 merits in the architectural Sector within Midlands Region of UK from BIPP |
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Sasha Kumar B.A. Hons (Economics & Maths), AICB (Comp)
Sasha has worked for large financial companies and government authorities for over 12 years, as a Loss Assessor to Pensions Consultant. She has also worked for an F.E. College as an Examination Officer, helping students with Learning disabilities. Sasha is also fully qualified Bookkeeper ( Manual and Computerised), her hobbies are writing short stories for children, long country walks and fund-raising.
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Carmen Locke B.App.Sc. (Environmental Resource Mgt), Hons (Waste/Wastewater Management) A broad range of experience in the environmental sector working for government and private industry in the waste, water and environmental education fields. |
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Simon Lennard M.Hort.Sc
Over 20 years experience in commercial horticulture and research. Simon has a Bachelors Degree in Horticultural Science and a Masterate in Horticultural Science from Massey University New Zealand. |
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Ray Leonsson B.Soc.Sc.(Psychology), B.Psych.(Hons)
From Denmark, currently undertaking postgraduate studies in Australia; Ray has a backgound working in child services, marketing, and management. |
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Colin McHugh HND(Electronics), B.Sc., M.Sc., MCP
30 years experience in IT and electronics. |
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Dr. Lynette Morgan B. Hort. Tech., Ph.D. in Horticultural Science
Dr Morgan has a broad expertise in horticulture and crop production, and a keen appreciation of the global scene. She travels widely as a partner in Suntec Horticultural Consultants, and has clients in central America, the USA, Caribbean, South East Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. |
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Lyn Quirk M.Prof.Ed.; Adv.Dip.Compl.Med (Naturopathy); Adv.Dip.Sports Therapy
Lyn has 25 years of experience in the Fitness, Health and Leisure Industries. She has a string of qualifications that are far too long to list here; being qualified and registered to teach, coach or instruct a wide range of different sports and other skills.
Lyn established and managed Health clubs at three major five star resorts on Queensland's Gold Coast, including the Marriot. She was a department head for a large government vocational college (TAFE), and has conducted her own aquafitness business for many years. Lyn has amongst her other commitments worked as a tutor for ACS for almost 10 years, and over that time, participated in the development or upgrading of most courses in her fields of expertise. |
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Stephanie Quek B.Sc. (Info Systems), Dip. Info. Studies
Over 8 years in Marketing, Business Consulting and Web development. Currently providing IT support, website and web advertising administration at ACS. |
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Spencer Scriven B.Sc., HNC(Building), Cert Elect.
Over 15 years of experience in building and electrical industries, an expert with a well earned reputation in alternative energy.
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Yvonne Sharpe
RHS Cert.Hort, Dip.Hort, M.Hort, Cert.Ed., Dip.Mgt.
Over 30 years of experience in horticulture, education and management, Yvonne has travelled widely within and beyond Europe, and has worked in many areas of horticulture from garden centres to horticultural therapy. She has served on industry committees and been actively involved with amateur garden clubs for decades. |
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Robert Smith B.A.(Hons), ACCA Certified Diploma, M.A. (Education)
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Nicole Steel B.Env.Sc., Post Grad Dip.Ed., B.A.(66% completed)
Over 13 years of diverse industry experience in jobs as varied as Chef to travel consultant and radio announcer. Experienced environmental scientist (co founder of Marine Biology Assoc. Flinders Uni) |
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Alison Sweet BBioMedSc (Hon)
Alison has 5 years experience as a medical research scientist with her work included in two publications in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. A member of the ESA, ASMR and Nutrition Australia she has given presentations at a number of professional conferences around Australia. A trained phlebotomist, Alison is currently completing her PhD thesis in Molecular Biology. |
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Anna Sylvester B.Sc.Hons.(Human Biology), M.Sc.Equine
Anna graduated with a degree in Human Biology from Loughborough University and then went on to complete an MSc in Equine Science at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and this is where her speciality lies. She has since spent time in managerial, research and lecturing positions within the equine field. She also has practical equine experience, and still competes nationally whenever the opportunity arises. |
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Rachel Syers B.Journalism
Rachel has worked as a newspaper journalist for the past 15 years, in a range of roles from sub-editor and social columnist to news reporter, covering rounds such as education, health, council, music, television, court, police, Aboriginal and Islander affairs, and agriculture. Her current role is Fashion Editor, features writer and features sub-editor with The Gold Coast Bulletin. She has co-authored a successful biography Roma: From Prison to Paradise about former prisoner-of-war turned yoga guru, Roma Blair, as well as freelanced as a writer, reviewer and researcher for Australian music and celebrity magazines such as WHO Weekly, Rave, Australasian Post and New Idea. Rachel has tutored for ACS for the past 10 years. |
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Max Tay M.Sc.(IT), MBA, IDPM Dip, Dip.Commerc.Mgt, MACS, AMBCS, MMIM
Originally from Malaysia, now based in Melbourne Australia, Max has a strong background in I.T. and Management, both in industry and education. |
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Jane Thompson B.App.Sc
With 12 years experience working in the field of wildlife conservation and management, Jane has expertise in planning for wildlife, habitat mapping, fauna surveying. Jane has also prepared many reports and co-authored papers on wildlife conservation for conferences and publication.
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Angus Thomson
An expert ASP.Net programmer. Angus develops and maintains the ACS websites and is currently sin the final year of a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Avionics). |
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Christine Williams BSc (hons), PGCE (Education)
Christine Williams graduated with honours in Environmental Management and is also qualified as a teacher. She has gained relevant experience working in education, hospitality and tourism sectors and now teaches Travel and Tourism and Business Studies related subjects. Christine is currently studying a PhD research programme in 14-19 Vocational Education Studies, where she plans to expand her career in the education sector by working alongside with the government to help to improve issues that are related to 14-19 Vocational Education. |
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Kevin Wilton BIPP PQE
Over 25 years experience in professional photography in Australia and the UK. |
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Tracey Winning B.Bus (Acc.), Adv.Dip. Arts in Professional Screenwriting (Film, TV, Digital Media), Certificate Mort. Lend 12 years experience as an accountant, financial manager, marketing, running a small business. Also 4 years experience in script evaluations/editing/writing. |
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Kevin Wong Cert PC Assembly, B.Info.Tech.
Eight years experience in the I.T. industry in Mauritius and Australia, in IT support, programming and customer service.
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Tosca Zraikat B.A. (Writing); B.Teaching
Over 35 years of industry experience in writing, education, management and welfare. Tosca is completing the final stages of a Masters Degree in writing she also works as a tutor and writer for ACS, and runs a small editing business. |
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Dr. Mark L. Berman
Dr.Berman is a psychological consultant who operates out of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Prior to that he was on the faculty of The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Washington for a number of years.
He has been a member of the American Psychological Association for thirty-two years, and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology for nearly twenty-six years. Dr. Berman has served as a Contributing Editor to Educational Technology, as a Field Reader for the U.S. Office of Education, and as a Manuscript Reviewer for Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, as well as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. His professional interests and experiences are widespreead, and include comprehensive psychotherapy, evaluations of persons from ages four through ninety, and personal energy management. His fifth book is due for publication this coming Spring, and he has more than sixty articles, invited chapters, etc. |
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