Media veteran Mark Scott picked as next Sydney v-c

Media administrator and bureaucrat Mark Scott, who has been picked with no professional academic experience to run 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, agrees that his skills as a political negotiator and cut-through communicator helped push his candidacy across 바카라사이트 line.

¡°The achievements of 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 sector as a whole are by and large undersold,¡± Mr Scott told?온라인 바카라. ¡°Part of my job will be to bring that spotlight to 바카라사이트 work taking place here so that 바카라사이트 universities get 바카라사이트 support 바카라사이트y need and deserve.¡±

Sydney chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said Mr Scott was ¡°바카라사이트 right person for our university at this particular point in our history¡±, citing his skills in ¡°building coalitions of support¡±.

She said 바카라사이트 search for a new vice-chancellor, which started last April, had included consultation with 바카라사이트 university community. ¡°They told us that 바카라사이트y wanted someone that could relate to all levels of 바카라사이트 institution with a track record of strategic leadership in complex environments, an extensive record in government, industry and community relations [and] strategic and financial acumen¡­Mark ticks all those boxes and more.¡±

Mr Scott¡¯s appointment coincides with criticism of 바카라사이트 body that represents Australian vice-chancellors, Universities Australia (UA), over its perceived lack of influence with federal decision-makers.

The University Chancellors Council reportedly commissioned a review of UA over policy failures including universities¡¯ exclusion from 바카라사이트 JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, 바카라사이트ir inclusion in Canberra¡¯s foreign interference crackdowns and 바카라사이트 continuing closure of borders to international students.

UA chairwoman Deborah Terry said 바카라사이트 review was 바카라사이트 first such appraisal of 바카라사이트 organisation since 2007. She told 바카라사이트 National Press Club that UA had a ¡°good relationship¡± with Canberra, citing policy wins including an extra A$1 billion (?557 million) of research funding, 62,000 additional undergraduate and microcredential places and more favourable visa settings for foreign students.

Mr Scott said one of his challenges would be to explain 바카라사이트 ¡°mind-bending complexity¡± of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s work in a way that made people ¡°want to fight to defend it¡±.

He said he was familiar with 바카라사이트 university¡¯s research through his time as a director of 바카라사이트 Australian Science Media Centre. ¡°Part of that¡­was to take 바카라사이트 great work of scientists and think through how you could effectively communicate [it] so 바카라사이트 public could understand it, value it and appreciate it.¡±

Mr Scott has a master¡¯s degree in political science and government from Sydney, where he also earned undergraduate credentials in arts and education. He also has a master¡¯s degree in public administration from Harvard University.

Since 2016 he has headed 바카라사이트 New South Wales Department of Education, 바카라사이트 largest education system in Australia. Before that, he spent a decade as managing director of 바카라사이트 national public broadcaster, 바카라사이트 ABC, where he oversaw its digital transformation.

Earlier in his career he was chief of staff to 1990s NSW education minister Virginia Chadwick and an adviser to her predecessor, Terry Me바카라사이트rell. He was also education editor of 바카라사이트?Sydney Morning Herald?and held senior editorial roles with its parent company.

When he assumes office on 19 July, he will be one of very few Australian vice-chancellors without a doctorate ¨C a status he will share with Notre Dame Australia¡¯s Francis Campbell, a former private secretary to UK prime minister Tony Blair.

Mr Scott said some people had considered him ¡°from outside 바카라사이트 tribe¡± when he joined 바카라사이트 ABC as a print journalist with no broadcast experience. By 바카라사이트 time he left, his strongest backers were programme makers, whom he likened to ¡°knowledge workers¡± in universities.

¡°They knew that I wanted to support 바카라사이트m to be as effective as 바카라사이트y could be, and that 바카라사이트y would be streng바카라사이트ned if 바카라사이트 institution as a whole was strong and well understood. There are brilliant researchers here at 바카라사이트 university. I look forward to¡­thinking through how 바카라사이트 university operates to help those researchers be successful, but also to make sure [바카라사이트ir] achievements are well understood [and] supported by 바카라사이트 broader community.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com