John Dewar (academic)
John Dewar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 September 1959 |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | Australian |
John Kinley Dewar AO (born 9 September 1959) is an Australia academic. He is the current vice-chancellor of La Trobe University.[1]
Education
He was educated at Abingdon School[2] and Hertford College, Oxford.[3]
Career
Dewar is an internationally known family law specialist. He was a member of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Family Law Pathways Advisory Group from 2000 to 2001 and a former member and chair of the Family Law Council from 1998 to 2004.[4]
Before working at Griffith University, Dewar taught at the universities of Lancaster and Warwick in the United Kingdom and was a fellow and tutor in law at Hertford College, Oxford. He was Head of Education and Training for Allen & Overy (London) from 1988-90[5]
Griffith University
Dewar moved from the United Kingdom in 1995 to take up a professorial position in the Griffith Law School,[6] where he eventually became the Dean of the Griffith Law School from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Business and Law and then became deputy vice-chancellor (academic).
University of Melbourne
Dewar moved to the University of Melbourne in April 2009, becoming the deputy vice-chancellor (global relations).[7] In September that year, he was appointed Provost of the University of Melbourne, a role similar to his previous one at Griffith University.[8] The role's focus was "on refining the Melbourne Model and ensuring successful second phase implementation of the University’s graduate programs in 2011".[9]
La Trobe University
John Dewar became the sixth Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia in January 2012.[10] On arrival, he declared that his goal was to ensure that La Trobe be "recognised as the natural alternative to Victoria’s two Group of Eight universities, with a unique appeal other universities can’t offer."[11] In 2014, Dewar announced 350 staff would be sacked without any voluntary redundancies.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Who's Who in Australia, ConnectWeb (2018).
- ^ "Old Abingdonians News" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Hertford alumnus and former Fellow John Dewar appointed Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University". Hertford College.
- ^ Family Law Council website[permanent dead link], accessed 23 August 2012.
- ^ Online Opinion website, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ The Australian website, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ University of Melbourne news website, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ The Australian, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ University of Melbourne news website\, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ "John Dewar starts as Vice-Chancellor" (Press release). La Trobe University. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ La Trobe University Bulletin, Autumn issue 2012, accessed 22 August 2012.
- ^ NTEU article 18033, 8-Oct-2015, accessed 8 October 2015.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Australian legal scholars
- Alumni of Allen & Overy
- People educated at Abingdon School
- Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford
- La Trobe University faculty
- University of Melbourne faculty
- Fellows of Hertford College, Oxford
- Griffith University faculty
- British expatriate academics
- British emigrants to Australia
- Officers of the Order of Australia