A previous meeting of the Regional Universities Network (RUN). Photo Inga Williams / The Queensland Times
âOver the past nine years, RUN has been a great champion for the crucial work of our regional universities and has represented our interests well at the national level, but there is still much work to do.â
Prof Klomp said he would fight to ensure the interests of regional universities werenât forgotten.
âAs incoming chair, Iâm looking forward to continuing to ensure that our regional universities get a seat at the national decision-making table, and that government policy and legislation is enacted in the very best interests of the regions,â he said.
The closure dashed the faint hopes 19-year-old teaching student Abbey Magee had of the decision being rescinded. This year Ms Magee was forced to study online due to the COVID-19 shutdown, but after voicing initial concerns about doing an online degree has come to terms with her situation. I don t mind, I just want to get the degree finished, Ms Magee said. CQUniversity Noosa education student Abbey Magee. Earlier this year, Prof Klomp said although CQU had almost 1000 students on the Sunshine Coast, only 16 per cent were enrolled as on-campus students at Noosa. This, combined with lower than expected student growth in the region, makes our continued physical presence at Noosa unsustainable in the long term, Prof Klomp said.