At Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), it’s been a big year for opening and developing new sites to grant ever-expanding access. I grew up in Northamptonshire in the UK. Both my parents had left school when they were young, because of ...
More »Jacobs says Trump, Brexit accelerates unis’ shift to Asia
Donald Trump’s election to the White House and the UK’s Brexit from the European Union has accelerated Australia’s pivot to Asia, the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales has said. Professor Ian Jacobs said that universities switching their ...
More »Success means access: how UNE is guiding a diverse cohort to graduation
The lives of non-traditional students underscore the societal benefits, and necessity, of open pathways to higher education. Who succeeds in higher education? Not me, aged 20. That year, my second at Otago University, was at once memorable and forgettable, because ...
More »Bebbington once thought he wouldn’t finish high school
As a teenager, University of Adelaide vice-chancellor professor Warren Bebbington thought he would leave high school at the earliest opportunity and start an apprenticeship. Bebbington’s father also assumed this, as he left high school at age 14. It wasn’t until ...
More »40 and fabulous: UoW serves the Illawarra and eyes new territories
The University of Wollongong used its recent milestone as a time to take stock and prepare for growth and the needs of future students. Around 40 years of age is often considered the peak time for our working lives. A ...
More »Thomas leaving USQ for New Zealand’s Massey University
University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas will step down at the end of the year to become head of New Zealand’s Massey University. Thomas is the second woman to be appointed vice-chancellor of Massey since it officially became a ...
More »OPINION: Real-world context underscores entry system’s credibility
Credibility, we are told, is everything. In an era when brand, integrity and trust are highly valued commodities, credibility is indeed a prized attribute, one that conveys an individual’s or an organisation’s authenticity, rigour and viability. Opinion polls rate it ...
More »SCU should be like CSU, but different: Shoemaker
Southern Cross University’s new vice-chancellor, professor Adam Shoemaker, wants SCU to become the Charles Sturt University of the New South Wales north coast – while at the same time distinguishing itself from other regional institutions. Speaking to Campus Review shortly ...
More »Edith Cowan’s Chapman declares he’s a feminist
Edith Cowan University vice-chancellor professor Steve Chapman has embraced the title feminist, calling on others to do the same. At Campus Review’s recent Higher Equity conference, Chapman apologised “for everything white male vice-chancellors have ever done”. Chapman, like broadcaster Alan ...
More »A constant amid upheaval
The last 25 years have been marked by huge changes in funding, administration, culture and more; and Campus Review has dutifully and accessibly covered it all. It was my pleasure in August 1991 to contribute to the first issue of ...
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