Appointment of Academic Registrar and Director, Academic Services

University of Queensland Acting Provost Professor Joanne Wright has announced the appointment of Mark Erickson as UQ's new Academic Registrar and Director of Academic Services. Professor Wright said Mr Erickson's extensive background in student and academic administration was enhanced by a strong understanding of higher education governance, the regulatory landscape and financial and resource management. Mr Erickson has been Registrar, Student Administration, at the Australian National University since 2012. He is a member of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency's "Register of Experts", and president and chair of the Australian and New Zealand Higher Education User Group (HEUG). He also sits on the global HEUG board. Mr Erickson is part of the Digital Student Data Project , which is working toward the introduction of electronic transcripts and data exchange for Australian and New Zealand universities. He has worked in a number of roles at the University of New South Wales and ANU since 1995, and holds a Bachelor of Social Science (UNSW 1994).