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5.08/20/2025

Always fair, kind, and deeply insightful.

4.05/21/2025

Always supportive and understanding.

5.03/31/2025

Inspires students to achieve their best.

5.03/31/2025

Inspires students to achieve their best.

4.02/27/2025

Helps students see their full potential.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About John

Professor John Rice is an Honorary Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Australian Council of Deans of Science (ACDS), a role he has held since 2008. In this capacity, he established the ACDS annual teaching and learning conferences and the ACDS Teaching and Learning Centre, creating a national forum for teaching and learning leaders in university science and mathematics disciplines. These initiatives have significantly enhanced the ACDS's profile in teaching and learning policy development across Australian higher education. Rice previously served as the inaugural president of the ACDS from 1995 to 1998 and as president again from 2006 to 2008. Earlier in his career, he was Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Flinders University from 1993 to 2000.