The eighth and final public hearing of the NSW parliamentary inquiry brought together universities at opposite ends of the sector: Southern Cross University, the State’s smallest university, and UNSW, Australia’s highest-ranked university. Their scale, wealth and...
The National Tertiary Education Union has declared the resignation of University of Wollongong Chancellor Michael Still during a corruption inquiry into conflicts of interest highlights a governance disaster. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is mid-way...
CSU starts the day The hearing began with Charles Sturt University Vice-Chancellor Professor Renée Leon, who was pressed on CSU’s savings program, consultant spending, course cuts, council governance and executive pay. CSU is a regional university with a vital public...
A regional hearing, and why it mattered The first hearing held outside NSW Parliament took the university inquiry to Newcastle — and that mattered. The hearing was held at Newcastle City Hall, in the region served by the University of Newcastle, and it brought the...
The latest hearing of the NSW Parliament’s inquiry into the university sector showed two different but connected governance problems: at the University of Sydney, a wealthy institution where staff say management culture shuts down genuine voice; and at the University...
The fourth hearing of the NSW Parliament’s inquiry into the university sector turned to Macquarie University — and exposed, in stark terms, what happens when public universities treat teaching, disciplines and staff as numbers to be moved around a spreadsheet. The day...
