RETIRING ON LAURELS One year from now, the University of Queensland’s VC, Professor Peter Høj, will be stepping down from a long era in the top job. “Under his leadership, UQ is now one of Australia’s best teaching institutions, with ...

GENE JENNY La Trobe University geneticist Professor Jenny Graves has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the US, joining a community of world-leading scientists. Considered one of the highest honours a scientist can receive, Graves – ...

BRUMBY LEADS THE CHARGE Former Victorian premier John Brumby has become the eighth chancellor of La Trobe University. “Taking up this role is something of a homecoming,” Brumby said. “My first job in education was as a secondary teacher in ...

NO CODA FOR CODY Associate Professor Anna Cody is stepping up. The former director of the Kingsford Legal Centre, a community legal centre at UNSW, has been appointed dean of law at Western Sydney University. The Harvard graduate’s background and ...

SURGICAL MOVE FOR TECH WHIZZ Dr Gough Lui, from Western Sydney University’s MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, has been appointed as the first biomedical engineer-in-residence at WSU's Clinical School at Liverpool Hospital. Lui will be involved in six ...

Davis moves on after 14 years Australia’s longest-serving VC, Professor Glyn Davis, has left his post at the University of Melbourne. Davis, UniMelb’s 19th VC, took the job in 2005 after a stint as Griffith VC and president. Davis will ...

MQ Chancellor set to retire Michael Egan has announced he will be retiring from the Macquarie University chancellorship in February 2019. The former NSW state Labor treasurer came to the university as a council member in 2006 and leaves as ...

GOVERNOR TO CHANCELLOR Edith Cowan University has named former WA governor Kerry Sanderson as its fourth chancellor. She takes over from Dr Hendy Cowan, who is retiring after 14 years in the role. Sanderson said she was looking forward to ...

Startup stalwart heads to UTS Murray Hurps has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Entrepreneurship at UTS. The former Fishburners CEO and Startup Muster co-founder will be in charge of growing the number of student-founded startups ...

WSU renews Glover’s term Western Sydney University board members have unanimously voted to renew Professor Barney Glover’s term as vice-chancellor and president. Glover joined the university in 2014, and will now remain in the roles until December 2023. WSU chancellor ...