The University of Adelaide has hired a senior Queensland University executive as Deputy Vice-Chancellor to head up a portfolio combining marketing, recruitment and external relations as it grapples with the pandemic impact of plummeting revenue and loss of international students.
Adelaide University’s Council has backed a proposal to merge five faculties into three – a move union leaders warn could pave the way towards job losses and the “devaluing of education”.
Adelaide University’s Council will meet later today to vote on a proposal to merge five faculties into three, as leaders of a student-led campaign vow to fight the move.
The heritage-listed Urrbrae gatehouse will be refurbished and expanded into a new volunteer centre for Urrbrae House and Waite Arboretum after it is moved and rebuilt nearby, with design plans revealing a modern extension.