ACT VCs spar over deregulation

By Paul Clifton. The vice-chancellors of Canberra’s two universities have been high-profile advocates for opposite sides in the debate over the future of higher education funding.
In one corner Ian Young, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) and current Chair of the Group of Eight, is the champion for universities’ support of deregulation. He has called it ‘a game-changer and a building block to making our universities brilliant’. More...