Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Dr Sev Ozdowski AM will be awarded the title of Professor, in recognition of his sustained and significant contribution to human rights education, research, policy and advocacy. In addition to his current role as Director, Equity and Diversity at Western Sydney University, Sev served as the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner between 2000 and 2005. Prior to that, he was the CEO of the South Australian Office of Multicultural and International Affairs for four years. In 2006, Sev was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney.

Sev's leadership, scholarly work and policy engagement has been instrumental in raising the national and international profile of Western Sydney University. Sev is the founder and convener of the highly regarded International Conference on Human Rights Education, which for nine years has promoted a dialogue on human rights education as a means of increasing democracy, the rule of law, justice, and intercultural and social harmony.

Sev is also a member of many boards, including the Australian Multicultural Council, and the President of the Australian Council for Human Rights Education.

In recognition of his contributions, Sev was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2016 and awarded the Order of Australia Medal (AO) in 1995.

Please join me in congratulating Sev.

Regards,
Barney Glover
Vice-Chancellor and President
E: b.glover@westernsydney.edu.au P: 61 2 9683 8121