Former Telstra chief executive and CSIRO chairman David ­Thodey will take over as chancellor of Australia’s wealthiest ­higher education institution, the University of Sydney, when Belinda Hutchinson steps down in July after her more than a decade in the role. As ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast Episode 106 UA Highlights - 28 2 2024, 4.55 Pm Live from the foyer of the Universities Australia (UA) Solutions Summit in Canberra, this special episode shares the immediate reactions of tertiary education leaders to the ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: A university leader with cultural, social and emotional intelligence - Episode 105 How can university leaders promote innovation and growth in a complex multicultural settings while addressing social change with evolving forms of cultural, social and ...

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 ...

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. ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...