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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

Pocock questions Bishop’s ANU leadership as pressure builds for chancellor and vice chancellor to step down

Independent senator David Pocock
David Pocock has said it is ‘deeply concerning just to see the level of fear and distress’ at ANU over a drastic restructure that has led to hundreds of redundancies. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

David Pocock has called on the federal government to urgently intervene into the leadership crisis at the Australian National University as pressure mounts on the chancellor and vice-chancellor to resign.

It comes after the independent senator told ABC earlier on Tuesday he hoped to see “some change in leadership at the top” of ANU, following a tumultuous year including redundancies, proposed course closures and allegations of a toxic work culture.

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