Torrens University Australia has appointed professor Hurriyet Babacan its new pro vice-chancellor. In the dual academic and research role, Turkey native Babacan will be responsible for the launch and development of programs and innovative teaching, and for enhancing the university’s ...

The newly appointed director of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland, professor Sheena Reilly, will start in June. Reilly is associate director of clinical and public health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and professor of speech pathology at the University of Melbourne. Her ...

Professor Brian Yates has been named the University of Tasmania’s new dean of the faculty of science, engineering and technology. Yates has been the executive director at the Australian Research Council since 2013. He oversaw the grant awarding processes as ...

Bond University has appointed associate professor Shannon Springer as its academic lead for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Springer, a prominent Aboriginal doctor, will oversee the university’s Indigenous health curriculum, develop clinical placement opportunities and engage with the Indigenous ...

The candidate was qualified to fill the role of women's officer at a university student union. With one exception: he is a man. James Ritchie has resigned from the position at the Tasmanian University Union following mounting opposition and an ...

Professor Anne Kelso has been appointed chief executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council and will begin in April. Kelso succeeds professor Warwick Anderson. In her previous role as director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on ...

Adjunct professor Tim McCormack has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to take up the prestigious position of Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. McCormack begins his one-year appointment ...

Professor Martina Möllering has been appointed as the executive dean of Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts. Macquarie University professor Bruce Dowton said he was delighted with the appointment. “Her many leadership roles at the university throughout her career, and her ...

Award-winning producer Richard Fabb has been appointed as the new creative director of Griffith Film School’s commercial student enterprise LiveLab. “To come into the film school with no academic background and be part of the industry yet within the university ...

University of Western Sydney vice-chancellor professor Barney Glover will take over from current Universities Australia chair Sandra Harding on May 19. Harding said Glover has “demonstrated a deep knowledge and executive leadership role in research and a passionate commitment to ...