A historic building owned by the University of Sydney has been sold for $16.5 million today after a successful bid by a Chinese private developer. A bidding war saw prices escalate from $9 to $16.5 million in just over ten minutes.
The University needs systemic change, to take strides towards dismantling institutional racism, and to urgently take steps towards transparency, accountability and truth-telling.
First Nations peoples have historically been excluded from Australian universities. Even the so-called “sandstone universities,” were built on a foundation of invasion, genocide and land theft, writes Markela Panegyres.
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers at the University of Sydney has not grown for a decade and is a key reason the NTEU took strike action. Awabakal man Jeremy Heathcote and Nick Riemer report.
Is it your first time on campus? Have you found yourself as a third-year who’s never borrowed a book? Or do you just want to know more about where to read…