Professor Paul Gough is Vice-Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth, taking up the role in January 2020 having been Vice-President of RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia for six years. With a background in higher education leadership, Paul has served on numerous international boards, committees, and task groups, including chair and panel members of research assessment exercises in UK, Europe, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He is the current chair of UKADIA; the national organisation representing art, design media and performance institutions. A painter, broadcaster, and author, he has exhibited internationally and has published nine books and over 80 chapters and research papers. He worked in television for ten years and is currently writing his second book about the street artist, Banksy.