A university sells its soul to appease Australia’s resources sector
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By Mark Beeson
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Henry Kissinger famously suggested that the fights in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
There’s something in that, no doubt. But many of my colleagues at the University of Western Australia are about to be summarily sacked, for no other reason, apparently, than university leaders have historically been unable to balance the books.
The University of Western Australia’s independence is being eroded as it panders to the state’s resources sector.