The vice-chancellor at the University of New England has resigned after she was charged with assault over an International Women’s Day event where she allegedly wiped saliva on a schoolgirl’s face while commenting on the colour of her skin.
Brigid Heywood, who has led the university since 2019, has been charged with common assault and behaving in an offensive manner in or near a public place over an incident at a club in Armidale in March.
