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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement and Partnerships) is responsible for deepening and expanding UTS's relationships with the public and private sectors, and driving the development of partnerships, collaborations and ventures that create real value and impact.

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Dr Alana Piper

Dr Alana Piper is the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement and Partnerships), a new division focused on enhancing UTS's relationships and collaboration with the public and private sectors.

Dr Piper's portfolio brings together key functions including Business Creation and Major Facilities, Alumni and Advancement, Marketing and Communications, Enterprise Learning, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnerships. It aims to provide a holistic, connected strategic approach to the university's interactions with the broader world, and to enable and support a culture of mutually beneficial collaboration with government, business and industry at all levels.

Prior to joining UTS, Dr Piper was the founding Director of Ventures at The Australian Financial Review (AFR), where she leveraged untapped value and capabilities within the masthead to build a hugely successful portfolio of editorially-aligned businesses that reinforced the Financial Review's dominant position in market, as well as contributing significantly to its bottom line. She has expertise in creating and growing businesses, driving external engagement, building transformative partnerships and managing brand and reputation.

In addition to her commercial and corporate experience, Dr Piper is well acquainted with the university sector. She was a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she completed her doctorate in history, and she has consulted to various universities – including Oxford and UTS – in areas of external engagement over the past two decades. She was also the driving force behind the Financial Review’s Higher Education Summit, Higher Education Awards, and Best Universities Rankings, and a regular commentator on science and education.

Portfolio

  • Advancement and Alumni
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Enterprise Learning
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Marketing and Communications Unit
  • 2SER

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Jennifer Cooper
Executive Assistant

+61 2 9514 1332

Jennifer.Cooper@uts.edu.au

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