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Dewar took up the role of
Interim vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong from June 2024. On 5 September 2024 the Illawarra Mercury raised questions about conflict of interest arising from Dewar’s position as a partner at the consulting firm KordaMentha, which has been awarded contracts to
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In 2020 as a consequence of the effects of COVID-19 on university revenue, Dewar was one of four vice-chancellors who negotiated with the
National Tertiary Education Union's leadership to deliver the Australian Universities Job Protection Framework. La Trobe staff subsequently voted to vary the
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In 2012, Dewar announced a plan to cut 500 subjects and 41 jobs. Dewar ran from student protestors frustrated with his plan to cut university subjects and job and escaped via a network of tunnels under the university. In 2014, Dewar announced that 350 staff would be sacked without any voluntary
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of the university, a role similar to his previous one at
Griffith University. The role's focus was "on refining the Melbourne Model and ensuring successful second phase implementation of the University's graduate programs in 2011".
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Dewar is an internationally known family law specialist. He was a member of the
Commonwealth Attorney-General's Family Law Pathways Advisory Group from 2000 to 2001 and a former member and chair of the
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Humanities and the arts became the subject of reductions in
November 2020, with Dewar informing staff that some subjects were no longer financially viable.
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university's collective agreement pursuant to the Job
Protection Framework, opting to take pay cuts to protect the financial equivalent of around 225 jobs.
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In 2021, Dewar consulted on a proposal to close the school of molecular science and reassign its disciplines to other schools in a bid to reduce costs.
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in April 2009, becoming the deputy vice-chancellor (global relations). In
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review aspects of how the University of Wollongong operates.
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823:"Australia Day Honour for La Trobe Vice-Chancellor"
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