Predecessor | Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee |
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Formation | Sydney in May 1920 |
Founded at | Sydney |
Type | tertiary education peak body |
Legal status | non-profit organisation |
Purpose | Peak body for universities |
Headquarters | Canberra, ACT |
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Chief Executive Officer | Mr Luke Sheehy |
Chairperson | Professor David Lloyd |
Website | www |
Universities Australia (formerly the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee) is an organisation founded in Sydney in May 1920, which attempts to advance higher education through voluntary, cooperative and coordinated action. After being based for a time in both Sydney and Melbourne, its offices relocated to Canberra in 1966. It is a private company whose members are Australia's 39 universities. The universities are represented by their vice-chancellors.
The current chair of Universities Australia is University of South Australia Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor David Lloyd.[1] Its CEO is Mr Luke Sheehy.[1]