Griffith University has welcomed Henry Smerdon as its new Chancellor following the retirement of Leneen Forde. With a long career in finance – including a stints in senior executive roles at both Queensland Treasury and the Queensland Investment Corporation – ...

Professor Craig Jeffrey has been appointed the next director of the Australia India Institute (AII) based at the University of Melbourne. The AII is Australia’s only national centre for research and analysis on India and is a hub for dialogue, ...

Dr Tony Birch will join Victoria University from July this year as the first recipient of the Dr Bruce McGuinness Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The Bruce McGuinness Fellowship is named for one of Victoria’s most respected Aboriginal Elders and supports ...

The University of Sydney has announced professor Karl Kramer has resigned from his position as dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for personal and family reasons. Kramer was appointed dean in April 2012. His term was marked with more ...

The University of Western Sydney has announced professor Rosemary Leonard as the inaugural UWS-CSIRO joint chair in social capital and sustainability. Working in the UWS School of Social Sciences and Psychology and the Behavioural and Social Sciences Group at CSIRO, ...

Mike Woods, former deputy chair of the Productivity Commission, has joined the University of Technology, Sydney as a professor of health economics. Woods will be based in the Centre for Health Economic Research and Evaluation. Woods has had a long ...

Deakin University has announced the election of John Stanhope as its sixth chancellor, for a five-year term. Stanhope will take up his position on January 1, upon the retirement of current chancellor David Morgan. Stanhope has been a member of ...

The Australia Institute of Management business school has appointed professor Elizabeth More its new national academic director. More, former deputy vice-chancellor of Canberra and Macquarie universities, began her career as a soloist with England’s Harlequin Ballet Company. She is a ...

The University of South Australia has extended the contract of its vice-chancellor, David Lloyd, until 2022. The announcement was made by Ian Gould, the university’s chancellor. Gould praised Lloyd for revitalising the campus experience for students and guiding UniSA through an uncertain ...

UNSW has named Andrew Walters as vice-president and chief financial officer. Walters, who is CFO at Deakin University, will step into the role in August. His portfolio will include finance, facilities management and IT services. “Andrew will be leading our ...