Tyrone Carlin will step down as DVC Registrar at the end of the year. Professor Carlin will return to his substantive professorial position in the university’s business school. Last night Vice Chancellor Michael Spence told staff he had accepted Carlin’s resignation “with regret.’

“He has made a wide range of significant contributions to the university, including leadership of the transformation of our student administration.”

The university will split Professor Carlin’s portfolio among three executives “on an interim basis.” This is another major career move by Professor Carlin, following his May resignation as president of accounting organisation CPA Australia.

Carlin is the second DVC to go in less than two months. DVC Indigenous Shane Houston’s sudden departure in August continues the subject of much campus speculation.