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Professor Robynne Quiggin is UTS's Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) and Executive Director, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research. Robynne is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central western New South Wales.

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A portrait shot of Robynne Quiggin, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)

Professor Robynne Quiggin

Robynne’s key responsibilities are:

  • Providing leadership in relation to the university's Indigenous Education, Research and Employment Policy and its associated strategies, the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges and perspectives, the promotion of teaching and research in Indigenous education and other focus areas, the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, and engagement with Indigenous and broader communities 
  • Providing key support to the Vice-Chancellor and Provost in the sponsorship of the Indigenous Education, Research and Employment Policy and leads the coordination and execution of its strategies and the achievement of key results across the whole university in relation to Indigenous staff and students
  • Driving effective internal collaboration across stakeholder groups throughout UTS and is a leader in progressing Indigenous economic inclusion.

Robynne joined UTS in 2017. Prior to that, Robynne was Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. She has undertaken a number of appointments by the NSW and Commonwealth Governments, including the Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme Panel and the Commonwealth Consumer Advisory Committee.

Robynne is a lawyer and has a long-standing commitment to a rights based framework as a mechanism for individuals and communities to pursue their social, economic, cultural, linguistic and artistic priorities. She has participated in a number of international human rights and biodiversity forums and published on the role of rights in relation to the economic, cultural, artistic and scientific work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Robynne is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has served as Chair of the Aboriginal Housing Office, Chair of Westpac Indigenous Advisory Committee, a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), a member of the Board of Supply Nation, a trustee of the Australian Museum and has contributed to many other Indigenous organisations, corporations and government appointments. 

Robynne is the first Aboriginal trustee to Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Trust in the museum’s 143-year standing. She is currently a member of the Board of NAISDA Dance College, the Board of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, the Commonwealth Ministerial Advisory Group on the Circular Economy and the ASIC’s Consumer Advisory Panel. 

Robynne has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Training from the NSW College of Law.

Portfolio

  • Indigenous Research – Jumbunna and cross-university
  • Indigenous Students and Community Engagement, Jumbunna
  • Indigenous Teaching and Learning
  • Indigenous Employment
  • Indigenous policies, strategies and strategic initiatives, including the Indigenous Residential College
  • Engagement and partnership development

Contact

The Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)

+61 2 9514 7434

pvc-ile@uts.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

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