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The next Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University, from 1 March next year, will be Australian higher education leader and world ranking coastal and ocean engineer, Professor Ian Young. Announcing the appointment today, following the University Council's four-month international search for a successor to retiring Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb, ANU Chancellor Professor Gareth Evans said: ?Professor Young was the outstanding candidate in a stellar field. 'He has a wonderful scholarly and professional reputation, and all the qualities of vision, judgment and management flair ' and commitment to excellence in research, teaching and policy outreach - that this great national university needs to take it through its next stage of development. ?The higher education environment, both domestically and internationally, is becoming ever more fiercely competitive, and for all our achievements until now, we know that ANU cannot just rest on its laurels. Ian Young is superbly equipped to lead us through the challenges ahead.' Professor Young has been Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology since 2003, during which time it has entered international rankings for the first time, doubled its revenue, more than doubled its research citations, and increased significantly the number of staff with a PhD. He has previously held senior academic positions at the Universities of Adelaide and New South Wales, James Cook University, and at the Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie in Hamburg.
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