The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering’s 2026 Awards include; Emma Lovell (Uni NSW): engineering excellence. Justin Gooding and Maria Kavallaris (Uni NSW), Julia Ribeiro (Inventia Life Science), Andre Luiten (QuantX Labs): all for tech innovation. Renata Borovica-Gajic (Uni Melbourne): resilient data engineering.
Alan Berman becomes Dean of Law at Murdoch U – he moves from Charles Darwin U.
Susan Blain is ATEC’s inaugural comms person. She was at ANU Enterprise 2020-24.
Jonathan Chew (Navitas) is in-coming president of the International Education Association of Australia.
At Deakin U Thomas Corbin is appointed AsPro in Education. He moves from Research Fellow.
The Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching 2026 awards go to; Academic Development: Manisha Thakkar, Accamma Oommen, Dhivya Rajasekaran (Torrens University) Peers’ Choice: John Davies, Nell Mann (Auckland Uni Technology). Leadership in Higher Education R&D: Michael A. Cowling (RMIT) Leadership in governance: Jason Lodge (Uni Queensland).
L'Oréal Groupe ANZ announces its 2026 Women in Science Fellowships.
Hani Kim (Garvan IMR), Jennifer Matthews (UTS), Mariana Muelbert (Liggins Institute, NZ), Amanda Jane Oliver (QIMR Berghofer), Mary Elisa Petrone (Uni Sydney).
Mel O’Brien becomes Discipline Head, Built Environment at Torrens U. It is an internal appointment.
Tanya Denning Orman (Director, Indigenous Content), is the new chair of Uni Melbourne’s Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity.
UniSuper directors with second terms are Michael Weller (QIMR Berghofer, representing employers) and Michael McNally (representing the National Tertiary Education Union).