Bevil Milton "Barney" Glover is the Vice-Chancellor and President of

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Personal life

Glover was educated at Newcomb High School, Victoria. He later studied mathematics at the

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, receiving a PhD in 1993.

Career

Glover began his executive career at the

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, 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

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. He began his term as Vice-Chancellor of

in January 2014. In 2015, Glover was elected unopposed as the Chair of

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, the peak body representing the Australian university sector nationally and internationally. Glover is the

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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

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. 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

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. An unsuccessful attempt was made by a colleague to remove this nomination. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glover, Barney 1958 births Living people University of Melbourne alumni Academic staff of Western Sydney University Vice-Chancellors of Western Sydney University Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Officers of the Order of Australia