The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) NSW Division welcomes the release of the final report of the Inquiry into university governance by the Standing Committee on Social Issues in the NSW Parliament Legislative Council, following the report’s introduction into...
Date: Monday 28th September Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm Venue: North Wollongong Hotel After almost two years of campaigning and members putting themselves in the firing line, the final report is set to be tabled from the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the University Sector....
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...