Genevieve Bell

Now for that story.

The university regulator has laid into the way important decisions were made at the ANU under the leadership of Chancellor Julie Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell.

The minutes from ANU council meetings indicate a lack of debate and discussion, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency said.

Its 56-page report explaining why it imposed conditions on the ANU before re-approving its registration as a university is peppered with phrases like dysfunctional governing body, breakdown in trust and respect, inconsistent with competent governance, and unclear measurables.

Really.

It actually gets back to an amazing piece of advice given to me when I was just starting out in research by Genevieve Bell, who some of you may know about as very well-known research and research advocate.

And Genevieve told me that I should always take a picture of myself doing the research, if possible, wearing a brightly colored shirt so that I stand out from the background and make sure that it is in the presentation because that is the, you know, like in crypto, it's like the proof of work.

She was at Intel for years.