Executive Director (Academic Services) and Registrar

Mr Peter Curtis graduated in 1972 with Honours in Economics from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK, presenting his Honours thesis on 'Student Finance in Higher Education'. He combined part-time tutoring with postgraduate studies in Public Administration before moving to Australia in 1974. He commenced a career in university administration at UWA in 1975.

From that time he has accumulated a wide variety of experience principally in academic and student administration and has taken a leading role in institutional planning and policy.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, as Director of Planning Services, Peter played a lead role in establishing and developing a formal planning process at UWA, and in the design and development of the University’s budget model, organisational structures, and decision-making processes.

From 1993, following appointment as Deputy Registrar, he was designated Coordinator of Planning and Policy within the University and authored many of the University’s major policy documents, including its Strategic Plan, Operational Priorities Plan, Quality Portfolios and Educational Profiles. He has also been closely involved in national policy developments in areas such as quality assurance, performance indicators and funding policy.

Peter took up the position of Executive Director (Academic Services) and Registrar in January 2000 and, as a member of the Executive, has continued to take a leading role in University and sector planning, authoring many of the University's major policy documents and submissions to Government on higher education issues.