Barney Glover Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Barney Glover
Birth Name:Bevil Milton Glover
Birth Date:1958 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Education:Newcomb Secondary College
Alma Mater:University of Melbourne
Occupation:Academic
Employer:Australian Government
Organization:Jobs and Skills Australia

Professor Bevil Milton "Barney" Glover was previously the Vice-Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University. He is currently the Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia.[1]

Personal life

Glover was educated at Newcomb High School, Victoria, Australia. He later studied mathematics at the University of Melbourne, receiving a PhD in 1993.

Career

Glover began his executive career at the University of Ballarat, where he was appointed the Director, Research and Graduate Studies in 1990. In 1997 he moved to Curtin University as the Director, Research and Development, before being appointed Pro-Vice Chancellor Research and Development. In 2006 Professor Glover became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of Newcastle.

In 2009, Glover became the Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University. He began his term as Vice-Chancellor of Western Sydney University in January 2014.[2]

In 2015, Glover was elected unopposed as the Chair of Universities Australia,[3] the peak body representing the Australian university sector nationally and internationally.

Glover is the Australian Government representative on the University of the South Pacific University Grants Committee.

Glover is a board member of the Museum of Applied Arts and Science Trust, and Education Services Australia.

Glover was the Chair of Innovative Research Universities. He is currently the Chair of Rare Voices Australia, a not-for profit organisation established to advocate for Australians living with a rare disease.

In 2016, Glover was nominated for the Bent Spoon award. An unsuccessful attempt was made by a colleague to remove this nomination.[4] [5]

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (Est. 1821) in 2017 and gazetted as such in the NSW Government Gazette by the then Governor His Excellency the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC(Rtd) February 2018.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O'Connor MP . The Hon Brendan . 10 February 2024 . New Jobs and Skills Australia Commissioner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240319082825/https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/oconnor/new-jobs-and-skills-australia-commissioner . 19 March 2024 . 2 July 2024 . Ministers' Media Centre - Ministers of The Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio.
  2. Web site: Reference at www.theaustralian.com.au.
  3. Web site: Reference at www.theaustralian.com.au.
  4. Web site: Skeptics stand by Bent Spoon nomination. 16 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Industry partnerships continue to muddy waters - MJA InSight 3, 30 January 2017 - doctorportal. www.doctorportal.com.au.