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Pockley, Robert Peter Campbell (Peter) (1935 - )

Science writer

Born: 20 May 1935 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Peter C. (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).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1958 Science Master at the Melbourne Grammar School
1961 - 1964 Science Master at Wellington College, UK
1964 - 1968 Tutor at St Pauls College, University of Sydney
1964 - 1973 First Director of Science Programmes ABC
1973 - 1989 Adviser to Public Affairs and Head of the Public Affairs Unit, University of New South Wales
1974 - 1976 Founding Convenor of the Public Broadcasting Association of Australia
1989 - Science and Education Columnist with The Sun-Herald
1989 - Director of Peter Pockley Communications Pty Ltd
1989 Executive Planner at the Australian Academy of Science

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 13 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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