What’s in store for higher education?
Written by Steven Schwartz on December 12th, 2007
Acting Prime Minister (and also Education and Employment and Workplace Relations Minister) Julia Gillard was quoted by ABC News the other day as saying the government wanted all parts of Australia’s education system to be world class “including our university sector … we know more has to be done to achieve that, so we’ll […]
Not a business, but business-like
Written by Steven Schwartz on December 6th, 2007
Every day of the year Macquarie University spends $1.2 million.
When most people think of universities, they tend to think of education and research; not realising how many commercial activities go on within a university, and what they cost.
For example, Macquarie has an estates department that looks after more than $1.3 billion in assets.
Our investment arm […]