[1] In 2013 she was Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack Visiting Professor of Australian Studies in the Institut für Englische Philologie at the Freie Universität Berlin.
In 1971 she left home to attend the London School of Economics, where she completed a BSc (Econ) with a major in politics.
In 1971, along with her sister Meredith, she was ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground after disrupting play during the controversial 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia.
She lived with Peter Hain, who was then leading the STST (Stop The Seventy Tour) campaign in Britain against the visits of racially selected sporting teams from South Africa.
[5] Verity Burgmann began her academic career teaching British Government at South London College in 1975.