Paddy Nixon

Paddy Nixon
6th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra
In office
6 April 2020  15 December 2023
ChancellorTom Calma
Preceded byDeep Saini
Succeeded byLucy Johnston (interim)
5th Vice-Chancellor and President of Ulster University
In office
July 2015  February 2020
ChancellorJames Nesbitt
Preceded byRichard Barnett
Succeeded byPaul Bartholomew
Personal details
BornLiverpool, England
EducationUniversity of Liverpool (BS)
University of Sheffield (PhD)
Trinity College Dublin (MA)
ProfessionAcademic
Distributed Computing
Researcher

Paddy Nixon is a computer scientist and former Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra (2020–2023).

From July 2015 to February 2020, Nixon was Vice-Chancellor and President of Ulster University and on the board of Universities UK, chair of Universities Ireland and was on the Northern Ireland Council of the Confederation of British Industry. Prior to that he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Tasmania.