Paddy Nixon

Paddy Nixon
6th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra
In office
6 April 2020 – 15 December 2023
ChancellorTom Calma
Preceded byDeep Saini
Succeeded byLucy Johnston (interim)
5th Vice-Chancellor and President of Ulster University
In office
July 2015 – February 2020
ChancellorJames Nesbitt
Preceded byRichard Barnett
Succeeded byPaul Bartholomew
Personal details
BornLiverpool, England
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool (BS)
University of Sheffield (PhD)
Trinity College Dublin (MA)
ProfessionAcademic
Distributed Computing
Researcher

Paddy Nixon is a computer scientist and former Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra (2020–2023).[1][2][3][4][5]

From July 2015 to February 2020, Nixon was Vice-Chancellor and President of Ulster University and on the board of Universities UK, chair of Universities Ireland and was on the Northern Ireland Council of the Confederation of British Industry.[6] Prior to that he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Tasmania.

  1. ^ "University of Canberra announces Professor Paddy Nixon as new Vice-Chancellor". University of Canberra. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Top Canberra academic in shock resignation". The Canberra Times. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "University of Canberra head gets 71 per cent rise ahead of sudden departure". The Canberra Times. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Record handout makes outgoing v-c Australia's highest paid". Times Higher Education. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ "'Scary' cash crisis looms at record pay university". Times Higher Education. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "New Vice-Chancellor confirmed for Ulster University". Ulster University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.