Two VCs have new terms this week
Steve Chapman will continue as Edith Cowan VC to 2025. The university council has appointed him to a second term a year before his first expires. Professor Chapman joined ECU in 2015 from Heriot-Watt U, in Scotland.
Michael Spence will stay on at the University of Sydney to 2022 after accepting a further four-year term. Dr Spence joined the university in 2008
Mark Grant is the new CEO of the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership. He joins from the NSW Department of Education.
Geoff Lee is the new NSW minister for skills and tertiary education. Dr Lee is a former TAFE teacher and Western Sydney U academic.
Diane Costello has stood down after 30 years as executive officer of the Council of Australian University Librarians. She is replaced by executive director, Rob O’Connor and content procurement manager Mark Sutherland.
Peter Leggat (James Cook U) is elected president of the International Society of Travel Medicine.
Lisa Line is moving to Swinburne U to be DVC Pathways and Voc Ed, she is now CEO of the Gordon Institute of TAFE in Geelong.
Justin Craig returns to Bond U as professor of entrepreneurship. The university has also appointed Francesco Cangiano assistant professor of organisational behaviour.
John Shields is standing down as deputy dean of the University of Sydney’s business school. He is taking up a new position as the school’s academic director, international
Peter Klinken has a new three-year term as WA Chief Scientist. He commenced in 2014 and will continue to 2022.
Mia Lindgren will become Swinburne U’s dean of arts, social sciences and humanities, in August. She will move from Monash U, where she is head of media, film and journalism.
The Australian Accounting Hall of Fame has inducted Wai Fong Chua (Uni Sydney) and Roger Simnett (UNSW).
Stephen Finlay will move from the University of Southern California to lead Australian Catholic University’s new Institute for Philosophy.
Griffith U has appointed Reserve Bank analyst Ellana Brand to a new research fellowship on financial advice. The post is funded by AMP.