Deputy vice-chancellor of First Nations leadership at Charles Darwin University Professor Reuben Bolt is the first Indigenous person to be appointed to the National Science and Technology Council. The advisory council is chaired by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the ...
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University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott is the new chair of the research-intensive Group of Eight universities and faces the task of dealing with looming federal government policies that are not expected to align with the elite university group’s priorities. ...
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Vice-chancellor of James Cook University Professor Simon Biggs has been appointed as the new chair of Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group, to serve a two year term to 2025. He succeeds the former chair, University of Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon, ...
More »University of Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon resigns
University of Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon has unexpectedly resigned from his post for personal reasons, after less than four years in the role. The university said last Thursday that Professor Nixon had stepped down from the position and deputy vice-chancellor ...
More »Bell to become ANU’s first woman VC
Techno-anthropologist Genevieve Bell AO will be the first woman to lead the Australian National University, taking over from Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt when he steps down at the end of the year. ANU chancellor Julie Bishop said Professor Bell, who ...
More »Monash on the hunt for a new VC
Monash University has appointed an interim chief and vice-chancellor after the former VC stepped away to take up a high-profile government position. Professor Susan Elliot AM was appointed interim chief after Monash’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner AC, resigned ...
More »La Trobe Vice-Chancellor steps down
Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar AO, has announced plans to step down at the end of the year. Professor Dewar said after 11 years leading the university he's proud of what he has achieved. "When I came ...
More »ANU VC Brian Schmidt resigns
Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University Professor Brian Schmidt has announced plans to resign at the end of the year. The Nobel laureate and astrophysicist told students and staff he would return to his role as professor of astronomy after eight ...
More »From student to chancellor: JCU appoints Indigenous leader to top position
James Cook University has elected its first Indigenous female chancellor who aims to solidify the North Queensland-based university as a top choice for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students. Professor Ngiare Brown, one of the first Aboriginal medical graduates in ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Answering the big questions about lifelong learning and research funding – episode 63
University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt joined HEDx to share his vision for the research and innovation ecosystem. Parfitt also discussed the unanswered questions about lifelong learning as a Universities Accord and ARC Review process get underway. CampusReview ...
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