While the search for a new VC continues Chancellor Michele Allan has hired Christina Slade in a “strategic advisory role”

Emeritus Professor Slade steps down from the university’s council to take up the position, which runs until year end.

She will report directly to the chancellor, “to support the next phase of the university’s restructure with a focus on ensuring that the right academic model is in place for the next stage of our development as Australia’s leading regional university.”

Professor Slade joined CSU Council in 2019. Her HE leadership positions include five years as VC of Bath Spa University in the UK, (not to be confused with the University of Bath).

The chancellor adds that Professor Slade will work closely with John Germov, whose title changes from Acting VC to Interim VC. He stepped up last June, when then VC Andrew Vann took six months leave, before leaving a year early on his contract. There is no word when a new VC will be named.