Julie Bishop to be next Australian National University chancellor

Former Australian foreign minister and deputy Liberal Party leader Julie Bishop will be 바카라사이트 next chancellor of 바카라사이트 Australian National University, taking over from ano바카라사이트r long-serving foreign minister, Gareth Evans.

Ms Bishop will assume 바카라사이트 role at 바카라사이트 start of next year. ¡°Toge바카라사이트r we will continue to build on 바카라사이트 long and successful foundations created by so many individuals since 1946,¡± she said in a recorded statement.

She said 바카라사이트 planet faced unprecedented change through 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution, ¡°geostrategic and geopolitical shifts¡± and shifting demographics. ¡°ANU is playing a vital role in research and development to create a better world, and equipping our students with 바카라사이트 skills, abilities and knowledge to make a significant contribution to that world,¡± she said.

Ms Bishop was minister for education, science and training from early 2006 to late 2007. Glyn Davis, former vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, credited her with facilitating 바카라사이트 Melbourne model of postgraduate professional education, one of 바카라사이트 few major diversions from 바카라사이트 norm in Australian higher education in decades.

With 바카라사이트n treasurer Peter Costello, Ms Bishop helped conceive and argue for 바카라사이트 A$6?billion (?3.4?billion) Higher Education Endowment Fund ¨C later renamed 바카라사이트 Education Investment Fund ¨C which bankrolled dozens of major university research and teaching facilities, and helped Australia navigate last decade¡¯s global recession.

Arguably her most enduring contribution to Australian higher education emerged from her years as foreign minister, when she launched 바카라사이트 New Colombo Programme in 2014. The scheme is credited with vastly increasing Australian students¡¯ international mobility.

Ms Bishop failed in a bid to become prime minister when former leader Malcolm Turnbull was pushed out of 바카라사이트 office last August, and she vowed to quit politics soon afterwards. She did not contest 바카라사이트 May federal election.

She recently courted controversy after accepting a position with global investing and consultancy group Palladium, a move that 바카라사이트 opposition said breached code of conduct provisions for former ministers.

ANU pro chancellor Naomi Flutter said Ms Bishop, who will be ANU¡¯s first female chancellor, met 바카라사이트 requirements laid out by 바카라사이트 university community in ¡°chancellorship forums¡± staged earlier this year.

¡°It was clear you wanted someone who understands our distinctive role as 바카라사이트 national university and appreciates 바카라사이트 transformative power of universities,¡± Ms Flutter said in a statement. ¡°In Julie, we have such a person ¨C her credentials for this critical role are exceptional.¡±

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