Deputy Vice-Chancellor (ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Leadership)

Professor Michelle Trudgett

Professor Michelle Trudgett is an ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ scholar from the Wiradjuri Nation in New South Wales. Michelle currently holds the position Deputy Vice-Chancellor (ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Leadership) at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Sydney University. Prior to this appointment she served as Pro Vice-Chancellor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education, Strategy and Consultation at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Sydney University, Inaugural Director of the Centre for the Advancement of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Knowledges at the University of Technology Sydney, and was previously the Head of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Studies at Macquarie University.  In 2018, Michelle received the highly prestigious National NAIDOC Scholar of the Year Award, additionally she was also awarded the Neville Bonner Award for Teaching Excellence (along with colleagues Page and Bodkin-Andrews).

She has been a Chief Investigator on four Australian Research Council grants, three as the lead CI, which equates to $4,189,000 in funding. Michelle has developed an international reputation as a leading ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Australian scholar whose research provides considerable insight into ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ participation in higher education, with a specific focus on the postgraduate sector. She is currently working on two significant ARC projects - one will reshape the way universities currently 'do business' with ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Australians through focusing on ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ leadership and governance in higher education, whilst the other investigates how the sector can best support and develop ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ early career researchers. Michelle is deeply passionate about ensuring that all students and staff at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Sydney University have the opportunity to meaningfully engage with ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Knowledges.