Victoria Cogger will be founding ED of the Sydney Biomedical Accelerator, to open in 2028 as a partnership of the state government and Uni Sydney. She moves from the ANZAC Research Institute at Concord Hospital, in Sydney (as in the city not the university).
Bronwyn Fredericks (DVC Indigenous Engagement, Uni Queensland) is a 2026 Fulbright Scholar.
Dennis del Favero (UNSW) wins the Royal Society of NSW creative and performing arts award.
Aaron Driver becomes Uni New England’s Chief AI Officer. As far as FC can tell he already was in all but name.
Llewelyn Hughes is confirmed as director of ANU’s Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions. It is an internal university appointment.
Tim Hume, becomes Assistant VC Transition at Uni New England. It looks like he will drive the university’s extraordinary community engagement plan
Danielle Keenan and Chris Ronan are inaugural co CEOs of Study Hubs Australia, consisting of Regional Study Hubs and Suburban Study Hubs.
La Trobe U appoints Phil Laufenberg PVC AI and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. He moves from Head of AI at Macquarie U.
Michael Mel becomes humanities dean at Papua New Guinea University of Technology. He was at the University of PNG.
Emma Petherick joins QUT as VP Strategy and Investment. She moves from consultants McKinsey.
Sally-Ann Williams (ex CEO Cicada Innovations) is the new chair of National Computational Infrastructure.