John Dewar (academic)

John Kinley Dewar AO (born 9 September 1959) is an Australian academic. He is the current vice-chancellor of La Trobe University.[1]

John Dewar

AO
Born (1959-09-11) 11 September 1959
Kingston, Jamaica
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipAustralian

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

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 that 350 staff would be sacked without any voluntary redundancies.[12]

See also

References
  1. Who's Who in Australia, ConnectWeb (2018).
  2. "Old Abingdonians News" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
  3. "Hertford alumnus and former Fellow John Dewar appointed Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University". Hertford College.
  4. Family Law Council website, accessed 23 August 2012.
  5. Online Opinion website, accessed 22 August 2012.
  6. The Australian website, accessed 22 August 2012.
  7. University of Melbourne news website, accessed 22 August 2012.
  8. The Australian, accessed 22 August 2012.
  9. University of Melbourne news website\, accessed 22 August 2012.
  10. "John Dewar starts as Vice-Chancellor" (Press release). La Trobe University. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  11. La Trobe University Bulletin, Autumn issue 2012, accessed 22 August 2012.
  12. NTEU' article 18033, 8 October 2015, accessed 8 October 2015.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Paul Johnson		 Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University
2012–present		 Incumbent
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