Professor Denise Bradley AO
Vice Chancellor and President, University of South Australia and Board Chairperson, IDP Australia
Professor Bradley is the Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia, a position she has held since late 1996.
She has been extensively involved in national educational policy groups for more than two decades. Most recently she was a member of Minister Brendan Nelson’s Higher Education Review Reference Group. She was a foundation Director of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (2000-2003) and a Member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
Professor Bradley is currently Chair of IDP Education Australia, Chair of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), Executive Member of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), Member of the Board of the Australian Vice Chancellor’s Committee and Member of the Board of Directors of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission.
She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1995 in recognition of her contribution to education and education policy. In 2003 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for services to Australian society through tertiary education and was named one of Australia’s top 25 leaders by the Australian Financial Review's BOSS magazine. In 2005 she was named an Asia Pacific Woman of Distinction in Education by the Asia Pacific Women’s Business Council Inc.
Professor Bradley’s background is in teacher education and she has presented keynote addresses and published in the fields of flexible delivery of education, education policy, quality in education and educational equity. Her other areas of professional speciality include policy development and analysis, management of change and teaching and learning in higher education.
