Marcia Devlin is to join Victoria U as DVC and senior VP, she will take charge of the university’s transformation office. Professor Devlin joins from RMIT. She was DVC learning at Federation U 2014-2017. She replaces university council member Rhonda Hawkins, who stepped up when Kerri Lee Krause left for La Trobe U last May, ( CMM May 22 2017).  VU says Professor Devlin “will help guide … its mission to help any student from any background to be successful.” She starts next month.

 Vijaya Sundararajan joins La Trobe U next week preparatory to becoming new head of the department of public health in July. She now leads a research team at the University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital.

 Tamson Pietsch from UTS is the new NSW state secretary for the Rhodes Scholarship. This UTS advises, is the first time the Rhodes has removed itself from the University of Sydney, ever.