Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
The DVC (Academic) is responsible for academic policy, planning and management and staffing policies, for programs for improvement in teaching and learning, the Melbourne student experience and is also responsible for major change in academic programs and/or the delivery of those programs
Professor Pip Pattison
Professor Philippa (Pip) Pattison is a quantitative psychologist recognised for her work in the development of mathematical models for social and behavioural phenomena, particularly for social networks and network-based social processes.
Pip completed both a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Pip served as Head of the School of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Melbourne from 2002-2003, and from 2007-2008 was the President of the University’s Academic Board. In 2009 she was appointed as the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching) at the University of Melbourne. In May 2011, Professor Pattison was appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).
As Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Pip is responsible for leading the University's learning and teaching strategy and consolidating the implementation of Melbourne Model programs. She works in collaboration with colleagues across the University to ensure that its academic programs meet the high standards in teaching and learning that have been set for them and, in particular, achieve their distinctive learning outcomes.
Pip was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1995.
For further information, please contact:
Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
L1, Old Geology Building University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Julie Ciccone
Phone: +61 3 834 3744
Fax: +61 3 9341 6010
Email: jciccone@ unimelb.edu.au