ASHWORTH LEADS ‘CHANGE ENABLERS’ The University of Queensland’s Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership has appointed sustainability expert Professor Peta Ashworth as its inaugural director. “I look forward to helping [the academy’s scholars] build a more sustainable future ...

SUSSEX TO SYDNEY Two Sussex professors are moving up in the world (figuratively) by moving down in the world (cartographically), taking up positions at the University of NSW. Professor Claire Annesley (pictured), former deputy pro-vice-chancellor (equalities and diversity), will become ...

There’s a lot of excitable talk frothing around the unsettled nature of modern work. We are by now acutely aware that young graduates of various disciplines don’t march down a single corridor into a well-defined and well-mapped job future. Instead, their ...

Back in September 2017, Campus Review highlighted changes being made in the humanities and social science areas at the University of Newcastle, which involved the development of a new structure built around four multidisciplinary ‘clusters’. Aligning organisational changes to the ...

EGAN’S SUCCESSOR Macquarie’s longest-serving chancellor, Michael Egan, has left some big shoes to fill. Stepping into them is Dr Martin Parkinson, a public servant of more than 30 years who served as secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister ...

FRESH FROM RIO Dr Xiaoling Liu has been announced as QUT’s new chancellor. A former president and CEO of Rio Tinto Minerals in the United States, gaining her PhD at Imperial College London and completing her Bachelor of Engineering in ...

Higher education is in the midst of a revolution. Mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and digital transformations are dramatically reshaping the industry. It’s a time of almost unprecedented change. In the US, the number of higher education mergers and acquisitions has ...

A few months ago I came across a disturbing leaflet at my university campus that promised completed assignments with a fee of 50 euro per page. It assured to erase the stress of students having to spend time on homework, as ...

There is not much doubt that we need a renewal of moral and intellectual leadership in Australia. Where might it come from? Perhaps from surprising places. While we have lots of bright young people committed to positive change, three additional ...

NEW SIGHTS FOR STARRY EYES Dr Belinda Nicholson, an astronomer, researcher and lecturer from the University of Southern Queensland, will be searching for alien worlds on foreign land in her new role as a post-doctoral researcher with the University of ...