Stephen Parker to step down from UC

22/10/2015 by
Stephen Parker

University of Canberra   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Professor Stephen Parker AO, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Canberra, will step down on 1 July 2016, after 9 years in the job. …………………………………………………………………………………….......……   Chancellor Tom Calma praised Professor Parker's visionary guidance and leadership to significantly transform the university into a world-ranked institution and thanked him for his relentless drive to revitalise the campus for the benefit of students, staff and the Canberra community. Stephen Parker has made an outstanding contribution not only through his role to grow and develop the University of Canberra but to Australian … [Read more...]

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The Scan in June 2015

30/06/2015 by

30 June  2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… In June The Scan posted 48 items but only one edition (#171) - we've been a bit busy with other things, The Scan being a pro bono sort of thing that doesn't actually put bread on the table.  Speaking of bread, the level of remuneration enjoyed by vice-chancellors was a run away winner in clicks: across the sector, it turns out our vice-chancellors are paid very well indeed by international standards .  Academic gongs, recording honours awarded to tertiary people, rated highly.  It's a curious thing that nobody at all from the VET sector, who we could identify, scored a gong for services to education and training - not a single one.   … [Read more...]

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Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt to head ANU

25/06/2015 by

ANU News   |    24 June 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………   Professor Brian Schmidt AC has been appointed the next Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University (ANU).  He will take up the position on 1 January 2016 at the conclusion of the term of current Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO. …………………………………………………………………………………….......……  Brian Schmidt and Gareth Evans speak of Schmidt's appointment as ANU vice-chancellor ANU chancellor  Gareth Evans AC said the University Council is delighted the renowned astrophysicist and winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics had accepted the offer to become the University's 12th Vice-Chancellor. Brian Schmidt is … [Read more...]

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Vice chancellor’s salary packages on the rise

10/06/2015 by
V-C Salaries2

The Australian     |    10 June 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Australia’s highest paid vice-chancellor saw his salary package increase by $120,000 last year to reach $1.3 million, an analysis by The Australian of annual reports shows. …………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Michael Spence, head of the University of Sydney, topped the list of 37 vice-chancellors, followed by Greg Craven from the Australian Catholic University ($1.2m); Glyn Davis, University of Melbourne ($1.08m); and Peter Coaldrake, Queensland University of Technology ($1.06m). In all, seven vice-chancellors had salary packages over $1m, including two who left or retired. At the other end of the … [Read more...]

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Ian Jacobs takes over at UNSW

16/04/2015 by
Ian Jacobs

16 April 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Professor Ian Jacobs commenced as Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales in February 2015, succeeding Fred Hilmer, who stepped down after eight years in the role. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......……   Professor Jacobs came to Australia from the UK, where he had a distinguished career as a leading researcher in the area of women’s health and cancer and in university leadership. Immediately prior to joining UNSW he was Vice President and Dean at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, a partnership linking the University with six healthcare … [Read more...]

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V-C salaries on the up

16/04/2015 by

The Australian   |     10 April 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… University heads have been pocketing substantial salary increases while demanding the Senate pass government legislation to allow fee deregulation based on the ¬argument their institutions are cash-strapped. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… The biggest increase was for Sandra Harding, head of north Queensland’s James Cook University and chairwoman of peak group Universities Australia. Harding’s salary has increased 65 % in just four years — from $559,000 in 2010 to $927,000 last year, including a $79,000 pay increase last year. The highest paid vice-chancellor in Australia is Australian … [Read more...]

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ANU’s Ian Young to step down

12/02/2015 by

ANU News    |    12 February 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Vice-chancellor of the Australian National University and current chair of the Group of Eight universities, Professor Ian Young, will step down from the position when his current term expires next year and return to research and teaching. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Professor Young was appointed vice-chancellor of the ANU in Canberra in 2011 and was previously vice-chancellor of Swinburne University. By February 2016, I will have served as a Vice-Chancellor for 13 years in two universities, and in senior executive roles in four institutions over more than 20 years. I have found my time at ANU … [Read more...]

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