Professor Joanne Wright has been elected chair of the AUQA board. Wright, is deputy vice-chancellor and vice-president academic at the University of South Australia. Her previous roles include pro vice-chancellor: education, the University of Sussex, and dean of the Faculty ...

Werner is currently director of Higher Education and Legislative Review in the Western Australian Department of Education Services (DES), a portfolio that encompasses the school, VET and higher education sectors. He held various lecturing positions at Curtin University, the University ...

Dr George Brown has been appointed to the AQUA board by its members having been elected by the non self-accrediting institutions. Brown has been group academic director at Think: Education Group in since 2007, a private provider that offers a ...

Dr Leonard Webster has taken up a position as an audit director with AUQA. Webster has experience in teaching and learning in higher education in areas of quality development, eLearning, distance education, educational development research, educational strategic policy and planning, ...

Swinburne University of Technology has appointed its third vice-chancellor and president, Professor Linda Kristjanson. Currently deputy vice-chancellor, Research and Development at Curtin University, Kristjanson’s international career includes a distinguished research track record and significant strategic leadership roles. Announcing the appointment, ...

The University of Melbourne has appointed one of India’s leading thinkers and writers on international relations, Professor Amitabh Mattoo, as the inaugural director of the Australia India Institute. Mattoo is a professor of disarmament studies at the Centre for International ...

It's almost there but not quite, stakeholders will tell government as they respond to national regulator proposals. By Annette Blackwell. A sticking point for universities as negotiations continue with the government on the soon-to-be-introduced Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency ...

Details of the highly anticipated 2011 research blocks grants to 41 Australian universities have been released. By Susan Woodward. Unsurprisingly, the Group of Eight universities are the biggest winners in the 2011 round of research block grants, announced last week ...

Hacking and the risks of information theft are being treated as a clear and present danger on Australian campuses as more and more information is kept online. By Annabel McGilvray. When the University of Sydney’s homepage was replaced with a ...

After a 10-year reign, the loss of the ANU’s illustrious leader is official. Byline Susan Woodward. An imposing person, a courageous change agent, a good-humoured man. Those are just some of the ways friends and colleagues describe Professor Ian Chubb, ...