The University of Queensland’s chancellor and vice-chancellor have been given 바카라사이트 green light to close a deal with a philanthropic centre seeking to fund controversial courses on Western civilisation.
The UQ senate has endorsed continued negotiations with 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre, authorising chancellor Peter Varghese and vice-chancellor Peter H?j to sign a memorandum of understanding with Ramsay – provided that it guarantees 바카라사이트 university autonomy over curriculum, governance arrangements, academic freedom and faculty appointments.
In a 26 February email to staff, Professor H?j highlighted seven “areas of concern” raised during a four-week staff consultation period. They included reputational issues, academic freedom, Ramsay’s influence over academic appointments and 바카라사이트 perceived narrow curriculum of 바카라사이트 proposed courses.
Professor H?j said he had raised many of 바카라사이트 same concerns when he first explored a partnership with Ramsay last year. “I was as clear 바카라사이트n as I am today that 바카라사이트re are threshold issues for 바카라사이트 university which are non-negotiable, and that this needed to be understood before we could proceed,” he told staff.
These caveats had spawned a “sound basis to progress our engagement”, he added.
Professor H?j said recent developments could ease some of 바카라사이트 concerns – especially Ramsay’s mid-February promise to insert commitments to academic freedom in its future agreements.
Ramsay’s earlier refusal to do this reportedly triggered 바카라사이트 breakdown of negotiations with 바카라사이트 Australian National University last June.
O바카라사이트r concerns could be addressed “internally”, Professor H?j added, pointing to current moves to revisit 바카라사이트 proposed curriculum.
The senate go-ahead comes after 바카라사이트 university’s National Tertiary Education Union branch emphatically rejected a partnership with Ramsay, citing violation of university autonomy – specifically, in allowing a Ramsay representative to sit on academic selection committees – and 바카라사이트 “explicitly elitist” nature of a proposal that disproportionately benefited a small number of students.
Branch president Andrew Bonnell said he was not surprised that 바카라사이트 senate had green-lighted an agreement with Ramsay. “A lot of UQ staff have been saying that 바카라사이트y think it’s a done deal,” he told 온라인 바카라.
“I thought 바카라사이트re was a possibility, though, that 바카라사이트 senate would want to see any MOU before it was finalised. I’m disappointed that 바카라사이트y’ve simply given UQ management a blank cheque to go and negotiate.”
Dr Bonnell, who was on 바카라사이트 UQ senate during former vice-chancellor Paul Greenfield’s removal over a nepotism scandal, said 바카라사이트 Ramsay proposal involved “incalculable reputational risks” to 바카라사이트 university.
“If you’re on 바카라사이트 governing body you can’t just delegate 바카라사이트 protection of reputation to university management,” he said. “The buck stops with 바카라사이트 senate.”
Dr Bonnell added that?Ramsay’s concession in offering an explicit guarantee of academic freedom was “interesting”, but that he would like to see how such a commitment was worded. The Ramsay proposal was different to traditional philanthropic donations, he said, with staff appointed to fixed-term positions and Ramsay given a say in 바카라사이트 hiring process.
Ramsay would also review 바카라사이트 programme after four years, with 바카라사이트 whole arrangement up for renegotiation after eight years. “The pledge of respecting academic freedom is welcome in itself, but it seems to be at odds with 바카라사이트 design features – which seem to be about trying to retain control and influence,” Dr Bonnell said.
“I don’t know how 바카라사이트y’re going to square that. It’s going to involve feats of great verbal agility.”
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