Richard Bradbury (Federation U) receives the 2020 Australian Society for Microbiology’s Lyn Gilbert Award.

Catherine Branson is appointed Uni Adelaide’s 17th chancellor. She joined council in 2013 and became deputy chancellor in 2017. Ms Branson has acted as chancellor since Kevin Scarce resigned on May 5.

Tony Hughes-d’Aeth is appointed chair of Australian Literature at UWA. It’s an internal appointment.

A learned reader advises the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia has named its top 25 analytics leaders including from HE, Lex Antic (ANU), Behrooz Hassani Mahmooei (Monash U), Gordon McDonald (Uni Sydney), Craig Napier (UTS) and William Yeoh (Deakin U).

George Lawson (ANU) receives the Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations from the European Consortium for Political Research. The award is for Anatomies of Revolution, “a novel account” of how they “begin, unfold and end,” (Cambridge UP).

Nicolette Lee (previously acting DVC E) at La Trobe U is confirmed in her post. As is Jessica Vanderlelie (previously acting DVC Students).

Johanna Macneil joins RMIT as dean of management. She moves from the University of Newcastle.

Robyn Murphy (life sciences, La Trobe U) is named president-elect of the Australian Physiological Society.

Jill Slay is to leave La Trobe U to join the University of South Australia and the Smart Satellite Cooperative Research Centre in September. Professor Slay will take up a chair in cybersecurity.