Council membership - Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor Jane den Hollander
Position: Vice-Chancellor
Professor Jane den Hollander commenced as Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University on 19 July 2010.
Prior to taking up this appointment, Professor den Hollander was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. She had overall strategic and financial responsibility for the University's four Faculties (Business; Health; Humanities; and Science and Engineering) and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies. Professor den Hollander also led the University's equity strategy and its regional engagement strategy; she had accountability for quality management and assurance. Professor den Hollander also held the roles of Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Services and General Manager Student and Staff Services at Curtin.
Professor den Hollander is currently a board member of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, appointed by the (then) Deputy Prime Minister in 2008. From 2005-2008, she was a Board member of Graduate Careers Australia, appointed by Universities Australia. She sits on numerous national committees mostly concerned with higher education issues.
Professor den Hollander holds a BSc (Honours) First Class in Zoology and a Master of Science degree from Wits University, Johannesburg. Her PhD is from the University of Wales, Cardiff. Her research was mainly in biochemistry and focussed on early stem cell work. However for the past 15 years she has focussed on management, leadership and policy development in higher education, most particularly in Australia.
