Wollongong University intervenes to approve Ramsay Centre western civilisation degree
- ellie978
- Jul 2, 2019
- 1 min read
The University of Wollongong has bypassed its own academic senate and greenlit the controversial Ramsay Centre-funded western civilisation degree in a bid to head off a looming court challenge.
On Monday the university announced its top governing body had taken the unusual step of intervening to approve the degree, despite it never being considered by its academic senate.
The university chancellor, Jillian Broadbent, said in a statement that the council had “full respect for the university’s academic process” but had decided to intervene in order to “remove any uncertainty about its commencement at UOW next year”.
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