Professor John Dewar
BCL, MA, PhD, AO
Honorary Fellow
Professor John Dewar was educated at Hertford College, where he was also a Fellow and Tutor in Law (1990-95).
Professor Dewar left for Australia in 1995, and held senior leadership positions at Griffith University and the University of Melbourne, where he was Provost, before taking up the position of Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University in 2012. In 2021, he was elected as Chair of Universities Australia.
He holds a number of other directorships including The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, AARNet, The Committee for Melbourne, and the Foundation for Australian Studies in China. He is a member of the University of Lincoln’s 21st Century Lab Higher Education Reference Group, and the Champions of Change Coalition.
Professor Dewar was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours List in recognition of his distinguished service to education through leadership roles in the universities sector, and to professional organisations.