The principal of James Nash State High School in Gympie has been made an honorary senior fellow of the University of the Sunshine Coast. Darren Edwards was recognised at USC’s graduation ceremony this month for his dedication to providing educational ...

Professor Moira Clay has been announced as the new president of the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS). Clay is director of academic and research services at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Western Australia. She has been president-elect ...

Former state and federal MP Rob Hulls has been appointed an adjunct professor and the inaugural director of the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT. He studied law at RMIT before being admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor ...

University of Queensland vice-chancellor Professor Debbie Terry has appointed Emeritus Professor Gerard Sutton to lead an independent review of the university’s integrity and accountability reform program. Terry said the reform will focus on three core themes: compliance, capacity and culture. ...

Dr Michael Spence has been reappointed as vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Sydney for another five-year term. The chancellor, Professor Marie Bashir, said Spence has made a significant contribution to the university and even in a time of ...

The University of Warwick (UK) and Monash University have announced that cardiologist Professor Andrew Coats will serve as the first joint academic vice-president and director of the Monash-Warwick alliance. The move follows the agreement signed earlier this year by Warwick ...

Ken Richardson has been appointed to newly created role of executive director – people, planning and strategy at Bond University. Richardson brings to the role more than 15 years’ experience in the Australian higher education sector. He joins Bond from ...

The University of NSW has appointed Graciela Metternicht as director of the Institute of Environmental Studies. Metternicht joins the university from the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Central and South America as regional co-ordinator of early warning and assessment. Prior ...

Professor Wayne McKenna has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of research at Australian Catholic University. McKenna joins ACU from the University of Western Sydney where he was deputy VC (academic and research). McKenna has been with UWS since 2000 in a ...

Professor John Fitzgerald has been appointed as the Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust chair of social investment and philanthropy within Swinburne University’s Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy. The trust, managed by ANZ Trustees, focuses on encouraging ...