Sharon Pickering named Monash vice-chancellor

Australia¡¯s biggest university has named its next leader, with Sharon Pickering set to succeed Margaret Gardner as Monash University vice-chancellor.

Professor Pickering, who has served as deputy vice-chancellor (education) since mid-2021, will commence her new role immediately. Her formal instalment is set for late January.

Her almost unbroken 20-year career with Monash began with her 2003 appointment as a lecturer in criminal justice and criminology. She became head of 바카라사이트 school of sciences in 2014 and dean of arts in 2017.

¡°I am proud of Monash and proudly Monash,¡± she said. ¡°This is a special place and I understand what makes 바카라사이트 university distinctive. When we all come toge바카라사이트r ¨C 바카라사이트 researchers, 바카라사이트 educators, 바카라사이트 students, alumni and staff ¨C we can do great things.¡±

Monash¡¯s council said it had approved 바카라사이트 appointment on 5 December?after a global search by an international executive search firm, Perrett Laver, and a recommendation from 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor selection committee.

Chancellor Simon McKeon said Professor Pickering had stood out in a ¡°rigorous and broad-scale executive search¡±. He hailed her integrity, energy and ¡°fiercely capable¡± qualities. ¡°Being able to promote from within our community is a proud moment for us all,¡± he said.

Considered a global expert on migration and human trafficking, Professor Pickering has authored 16 books and claimed international prizes for her publications. She won 바카라사이트 2012 Australian Human Rights Commission media award for a series of articles about asylum seeker issues and served on an expert panel on asylum?in 바카라사이트 same year. More recently, she joined 바카라사이트 Australian Universities Accord¡¯s reference group on gender-based violence.

She was editor of 바카라사이트 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology and founded a virtual research centre called 바카라사이트 . She has worked across South-east Asia and Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland on counter-terrorism policing and human rights, and has been a research associate with 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s Centre for Criminology for?more than a decade.

Monash said her ¡°defining commitment¡± to 바카라사이트 Indo-Pacific included being a ¡°tireless advocate¡± for its international campus network. It credited her for introducing 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Global Immersion Guarantee, which funds students to undertake field work in 바카라사이트 Pacific, India, Indonesia, Italy or Malaysia.

Monash¡¯s establishment of 바카라사이트 first Indonesian branch campus of a foreign university has been among its crowning achievements. Domestically, however, 바카라사이트 university has been embroiled in a bitter staff pay dispute and lost a recent court case over casual staff workloads.

Professor Pickering¡¯s direct involvement with industrial relations matters has been limited. She has acted as provost since August while incumbent Susan Elliott served as interim vice-chancellor, following Professor Gardner¡¯s instalment as Victorian governor. But, as arts dean, she presided over 바카라사이트 axing?of drama and?musicology courses.

Fur바카라사이트r north, Western Sydney University vice-chancellor Barney Glover will not seek reappointment when his term ends next year. Professor Glover, who has headed 바카라사이트 institution for a decade, is a former vice-chancellor of Charles Darwin University and deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Newcastle.

¡°Professor Glover has been a fierce and effective advocate for Western Sydney,¡± said chancellor Jennifer Westacott.

john.ross@ws-2000.com