Honours flow for UTS leaders in research and education

Associate Professor Amanda White OAM

Associate Professor Amanda White, known to her nearly 100,000 YouTube subscribers worldwide as Amanda Loves to Audit, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to tertiary education.

With an approach typified by her popular YouTube channel, which provides free, engaging short videos explaining key accounting and audit concepts and practices, Associate Professor White has embraced digital technologies to connect with students and provide open access to the resources they need to succeed in their studies. 

“Amanda is an advocate for the role of accounting as a tool for social mobility, underpinned by her belief that learning about accounting and personal finances can truly change lives,” Professor Parfitt said.

“Her commitment to providing freely available resources for students has seen the creation of open-source textbooks for the UTS Business School's introductory accounting subjects. This has resulted in substantial cost savings for students and been an invaluable initiative in support of widening participation in higher education.”

“I’ve been a part of the UTS family since I started as an undergraduate 1997,” Associate Professor White said. “I was working in industry for a while and thought I’d go back there after completing my honours, but with the advice of some UTS mentors I saw that becoming an academic was going to be the way I could make a difference in the profession, with the relationships forged with students being the lifeblood of my work.”

UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt congratulated all members of the UTS community who received awards stating:

The achievements recognised in these honours underline the fundamental purpose of a university to serve the public good, from supporting success and equity in education to advancing research and policy development for the benefit of the wider community

Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM

Emeritus Professor Roy Green, former dean of the UTS Business School and currently Special Innovation Adviser to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise), has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “significant service to business, and to tertiary education in the fields of science, technology and innovation.”

“Roy Green has contributed to the higher education, business and government sectors in Australia and internationally across a distinguished career as a researcher, adviser and passionate advocate for a ‘smart’, not just lucky, Australia,” Professor Parfitt said.

“He has made an outstanding contribution to Australia as an internationally recognised expert in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, as a thought leader who contributes to informed economic policy and public debate, and as a trailblazer in business education.

“Roy is sought by government and industry for his expertise and advice, undertaking research for international organisations such as the OECD and contributing to multiple government bodies and inquiries, including the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Taskforce and a Senate review of the innovation system.

“He has also worked to transform business education, so it is relevant as well as rigorous, producing graduates who are innovative, entrepreneurial and adaptable.”