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Julie Bishop says ANU and its council knew about and celebrated the paid job with Intel by vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

Bishop doubles down on who knew what about VC’s Intel gig

ANU chancellor Julie Bishop and her pro chancellor, former KPMG chairwoman Alison Kitchen, have downplayed outrage over university chief Genevieve Bell’s paid job with global tech giant Intel.

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  • Julie Hare

This Month

Sarah Henderson says education minister Jason Clare is dodging his responsibilities over university governance.

Go harder on double-dipping uni bosses: Henderson

The opposition says Education Minister Jason Clare is missing in action as vice chancellors collect payments from outside sources on top of their university salaries.

  • Julie Hare
Julie Bishop and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell.

Bishop declares responsibility for Bell’s Intel role, rebukes council

ANU chancellor Julie Bishop says she was responsible for negotiating Genevieve Bell’s salary package in full knowledge of her second job with Intel.

  • Julie Hare

December 2024

There is disagreement over how much ANU council knew about Genevieve Bell’s ongoing paid work with Intel.

ANU council members say Bell’s second job was never mentioned

Members of ANU’s governing council dispute being told about the vice chancellor’s second job with global technology company Intel.

  • Julie Hare
ANU alumni have asked chancellor Julie Bishop to investigate why its vice chancellor could hold a second job.

ANU alumni call on Julie Bishop to stand vice chancellor aside

A leadership crisis at Australian National University isn’t going away after a group of concerned alumni have called for an investigation and audit.

  • Julie Hare
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ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell and opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson.

ANU boss ‘should repay $1.1m salary’ while double-dipping with Intel

Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson says questions need to be answered over how a vice chancellor could hold a second job with a foreign company.

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Genevieve Bell in 2014 when she was being lauded in the New York Times as a “company contrarian, an irritant in an industrial oyster shell”.

How Genevieve Bell went from rock star to under siege

The Australian National University boss is pushing ahead with a massive restructure, and that is causing headaches for everyone.

  • Julie Hare
ANU head Genevieve Bell has been collecting two salaries since 2017.

ANU leader ‘double-dipped’ with $1.1m salary and big tech job

Genevieve Bell, who asked staff to take a 2.5 per cent pay cut, has also been on Intel’s payroll since she arrived at ANU in 2017.

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ANU staff say they have lost confidence in vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

ANU leaders berate staff over leaks, voice support for Bell

Senior executives at ANU have berated staff for leaking confidential information and say revelations have painted a false picture of the university’s culture.

  • Julie Hare
Australian National University vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

ANU deans hauled in for ‘change management’ meetings

Three of the Australian National University’s seven college leaders were summoned to meetings this week where they were told the governing council had lost confidence in them.

  • Julie Hare
Amid a major restructure at ANU, senior staff say there is a culture of fear.

I will ‘hunt you down’: ANU staff rebel at its culture of fear

University staff say they feel demoralised by Genevieve Bell’s leadership, calling her proposed overhaul “a corporate-style raid of a national institution”.

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  • Julie Hare

November 2024

Third-year UOW bachelor of engineering student Minh Phuc Nguyen grew up in Vietnam and has benefited from the Illawarra Friends of International Students, which holds twice-weekly English conversation groups.

How these unis help overcome student disadvantage

The University of Wollongong is the top ranked university in the Equity category in this year’s The Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.

  • Christopher Niesche

A student-centric guide to the best universities

We highlight the strengths and weaknesses of institutions beyond the traditional global rankings of research and reputation.

  • Victoria Thieberger
ANU arts student Allyssa Ingham says the degree should be accessible to students from all backgrounds.

Why do arts students pay more than medical students?

Australia’s university sector will mark an expensive milestone with the $50,000 arts degree, but the changes might not be helping students or the economy.

  • Tom McIlroy

October 2024

ANU chief Genevieve Bell said all options had to be on the table including salaries.

ANU asks staff to waive pay rise to save jobs

Australian National University has requested the measure as part of a push to slash $250 million in costs in response to the plunge in foreign student revenue.

  • David Marin-Guzman
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The University of Melbourne has maintained its top spot among Australian universities.

Australia’s universities tumble down global rankings

Australia has six universities in the world’s top 100 again, but pandemic-era revenue cuts are hitting financial viability.

  • Julie Hare
Spending cuts are coming to Australian National University.

ANU cuts jobs to save $250m as overseas student cap bites

Chancellor Julie Bishop’s leadership of the Australian National University has been questioned after a major savings plan that will axe at least 50 jobs was announced.

  • Julie Hare

September 2024

Professor Genevieve Bell, Australian National University (ANU) Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Sharon Pickering, Monash University Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Nicola Phillips, University of Melbourne Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Scott, University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and President, and Professor Iain Martin, Deakin University Vice-Chancellor, during a hearing with the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday.

Sydney University boss Mark Scott admits he failed Jewish students

A fiery Senate hearing was told a leading university failed to ensure the safety of Jewish students, but university leaders denied that antisemitism was endemic on campuses.

  • Tom Burton

August 2024

ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell at the AFR Higher Education Summit on Tuesday.

How to use AI in unis – and spot ‘very bland’ cheats

Banning AI was an understandable knee-jerk response, says ANU vice chancellor and tech expert Genevieve Bell. But it won’t work.

  • Rachael Bolton

May 2024

Protesters have renamed the Arts West building Mahmoud’s Hall, in honour of a Palestinian student who they say intended to study at Melbourne University on a scholarship this year but was killed in Gaza on October 20.

Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide

Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.

  • Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin

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