Experienced academic leader and quality expert Professor Hilary Winchester has arrived to take on the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Research) at CQUniversity Australia, on a temporary basis for six months.

The outgoing DVC Professor Jennelle Kyd will take on a new role at Swinburne in September after seven years in Central Queensland.

Professor Hilary Winchester

Professor Winchester has been working as a higher education consultant in recent years, but she has previous held positions as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President at both the University of South Australia and Flinders University.

Hilary is Professor Emeritus at the University of South Australia and she's a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Australian Geographers. She's a recent winner of the Australian Higher Education Quality Award and has been both a chair and panel member for audits by the Australian Universities Quality Agency.

Since gaining her doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1980, Professor Winchester taught at various UK institutions before lecturing at Australian campuses including the University of Wollongong and the University of Newcastle.

She has carried out a range of quality assurance and audit roles, including for overseas institutions, and has a long history of service on academic panels, external reviews and advisory boards.

Professor Kyd is leaving CQUniversity to become Swinburne University's new Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost. She originally arrived at CQUniversity in 2006 as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation).

Professor Jennelle Kyd