Véronique Ambrosini (Monash U.) is appointed a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management.

 Margaret Gardner becomes interim chair of the Group of Eight. The Monash U VC takes over from Uni Adelaide vice chancellor, Peter Rathjen who is on leave during an investigation by South Australia’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.

Emma Hardy from consultants PwC takes up a six-month secondment as La Trobe U HR director. She replaces long-serving Fiona Reed who left Friday.

Nicola Yelland (Uni Melbourne) receives the distinguished career contribution award from the American Educational Research Association.