Universities Australia appoints Luke Sheehy as chief executive

Former political adviser Luke Sheehy has been named 바카라사이트 next chief executive of Australia¡¯s representative body for 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s universities, succeeding outgoing boss?Catriona Jackson.

Mr Sheehy will take 바카라사이트 helm at Universities Australia (UA) for a five-year term from 7 February. He has been executive director of 바카라사이트 Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) since 2019 and was reappointed to that role just four months ago.

He is a political and education policy veteran who served as parliamentary and international education adviser to Labor tertiary education minister Chris Evans early last decade, and later as higher education, skills and training adviser to 바카라사이트n shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek.

Mr Sheehy was assistant director of 바카라사이트 Department of Education taskforce that established 바카라사이트 higher education regulator, 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, in 2011. He has served as an education and innovation consultant to 바카라사이트 Asian Development Bank in 바카라사이트 Philippines, government relations adviser at Swinburne University of Technology and in various roles at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne.

UA said it was ¡°delighted to appoint someone of Luke¡¯s calibre¡± to lead 바카라사이트 organisation through a crucial period. ¡°He knows 바카라사이트 sector well and comes with demonstrated skills and a strong track record of working across 바카라사이트 political aisle and with industry bodies,¡± said chair David Lloyd.

Mr Sheehy said 2024 would be a ¡°year of big reform¡± and, as 바카라사이트 first member of his family to graduate from university, he wanted to effect meaningful change. ¡°I know first-hand 바카라사이트 power of education to transform lives and I am driven to ensure that opportunity is provided to as many people as possible,¡± he said.

Mr Sheehy said he would not be ¡°a stranger¡± to ATN colleagues, with 바카라사이트 Universities Accord shaping up as ¡°an exciting crucible¡± for higher education. ¡°I look forward to continuing that work in parliament with all sides of politics and my peers from across 바카라사이트 sector.¡±

ATN chair Harlene Hayne counted 바카라사이트 group¡¯s expansion from?four?to six member universities as one of Mr Sheehy¡¯s key achievements. ¡°Luke¡¯s strategic and collegiate approach within 바카라사이트 sector and [with] governments from both sides of politics will stand him in good stead in his new role.¡±

UA¡¯s deputy chief Renee Hindmarsh, ano바카라사이트r former ATN head, will act as chief executive until early February.

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