Professor Jessica Vanderlelie

Professor Vanderlelie is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Deakin University, where she provides strategic leadership of the Education and Employability Plan and institutional programs that deliver an outstanding experience for students and foster a culture of academic educational excellence. Jessica is the co-chair of Universities Australia Women and is a passionate advocate for improving institutional and sector wide approaches to supporting diversity and inclusion. Jessica has demonstrated sustained leadership in learning and teaching in Australian Higher Education, she is an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow and has been recognised nationally through receipt of an Australian Award for University Teaching and AFR Awards for her leadership.