Flinders U announces a new Matthew Flinders Fellow, Oren Griffiths (Education, Psychology and Social Work) plus six Matthew Flinders Professors, * Luciano Beheregaray (evolution and conservation biology) * Justin Chalker (renewable materials) * Karin Nordstrom (Motion Vision Group) * Janni Petersen (cancer cell biology) * Nick Spencer (neurophysiology of pain) * Lily Xiao (dementia care, chronic disease management)

Lisa Kewley is the new director of Centre for Astrophysics: Harvard and Smithsonian. She will move from the ANU based Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in Three Dimensions.

Sarah Lightfoot is confirmed as CEO of UNSW Global, she has been acting in the role since August.

Werner van der Merwe joins Swinburne U as inaugural VC Innovation and Enterprise. He moves from CSIRO.

Annette Schmiede (Uni Sydney and Uni Canberra adjunct) becomes acting CEO of the Digital Health CRC.