Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern set to mentor students in new Australian university gig

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• Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has taken up a part-time professor of practice role at the University of Sydney. She will guest-lecture, run masterclasses and mentor students and researchers in the school of public health.
• Her work will focus on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust. Ardern, who led New Zealand from 2017 to 2023, said she has been focused on leadership since leaving office.
• University vice-chancellor Mark Scott said her leadership showed that empathy and resolve can strengthen each other.