b'Education matters Introducing Marina PervukhinaPreviews new Associate Editor for Educationsince 2007 and currently work for theirmachine learning and artificial intelligence, Energy Business Unit studying rockand how readers seeking to diversify physics, petrophysics, and geophysicstheir interests might access these topics, of seal shales, research that has a broadwhether to leverage their current skill set range of applications in the fields ofor to strike out on a new path. Indeed, energy security, carbon dioxide andI am particularly excited about trends hydrogen storage, water and mineralin self-directed learning (e.g. Coursera) resources recovery to name a few. Myand micro-credentialling. I believe such path to Perth has meandered throughdiversification is particularly important in New Zealand (study at the Christchurchuncertain times and could easily open new Polytechnic Institute of Technology)doors as others close. I would also like to and Japan (the Advanced Industrialbring the readers attention to professional Science and Technology Nationaldevelopment opportunities being made Agency, and a PhD at Kyoto University),available by the ASEGs sister societies Marina Pervukhina but it started in Russia with physics(SEG, JSEG and KSEG).Marina.Pervukhina@csiro.au and applied mathematics. My formal tertiary education has been completedOf course, I hope to continue the It is with some degree of nervousnessin three different countries, involvedtraditions established by Michael Asten. that I write this introductory piece. I havethree languages and taken over threeReports from Australian universities taken on the role of Previews Associatedecades. I have first-hand experienceregarding new and changing courses, Editor for Education, and responsibilityof the evolution of education from aand abstracts from recent theses are for the Education Matters column fromtraditional Russian system involvingparticularly useful to graduates and PV 210, because I am passionate about14-academic hour days of lectures andindustry alike in a rapidly changing education. I believe that it makes ourseminars, to 2020 when the COVID-19landscape.lives more colourful, interesting andpandemic has perhaps dissolved the worth living beyond any perceivedlast boundaries between online andIn closing this introductory piece, I would promise of better employment or higherclassroom teaching. like to thank Michael for establishing income. such a consistently high standard in My main goal for Education Matters is toexposition and reporting, as well as the In this piece I set out some of mybring to the readers attention to currentASEG for this wonderful opportunity. I aspirations for future columns, however,and emerging trends in geophysical (andwould welcome the readers input for some context is perhaps in order. Irelated) education. In so doing, I wouldfuture columns at Marina.Pervukhina@have been with CSIRO in Perth, WAlike focus on particular topics such ascsiro.au.Free subscription to Preview online Non-members of the ASEG can now subscribe to Preview online via the ASEG website. Subscription is free. Just go to https://www.aseg.org.au/publications/PVCurrent to sign up. You will receive an email alert as soon a new issue of Preview becomes available. Stay informed and keep up-to-date by subscribing now!!NB: ASEG Members dont need to subscribe as they automatically receive an email alert whenever a new issue of Preview is published.DECEMBER 2020 PREVIEW 40'