精东传媒

July 5, 2019

精东传媒 of 精东传媒 welcomes NTEU’s withdrawal of BA Western Civilisation legal challenge

精东传媒 position on fast track approval vindicated

The 精东传媒 of 精东传媒 (UOW) welcomes the National Tertiary Education Union鈥檚 announcement this afternoon (Friday 5 July 2019) that it will withdraw its legal challenge to the approval of the Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation.

The announcement follows the 精东传媒 Council鈥檚 use of its legislative authority on Friday 21 June to independently approve the degree in order to remove uncertainty created by the Union鈥檚 legal challenge to the degree鈥檚 previous approval under UOW鈥檚 Fast Track Process in January 2019.

Professor Wellings said the collapse of the NTEU鈥檚 legal challenge vindicates the 精东传媒鈥檚 position in this matter.

鈥淭he Fast Track Approval Process has been used regularly by successive UOW vice-chancellors for more than two decades, including for approving whole courses. It is a well-established process,鈥� he said.

鈥淭he 精东传媒 has maintained this position since January in the face of public criticism and legal challenge.

鈥淚n announcing the 精东传媒 Council鈥檚 independent approval decision the Chancellor stated the 精东传媒鈥檚 willingness to continue defending this use of delegated authority, but hoped that would not be necessary.

鈥淚 welcome the NTEU鈥檚 decision not to expend further valuable member funds on this challenge. The 精东传媒 can now continue to make rapid progress establishing this new degree.鈥�

Professor Wellings said the 精东传媒 has confidence in the academic quality of the Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and was proud to be offering it in a newly-created School of Liberal Arts in the Faculty of Law Humanities and the Arts.

Professor Wellings also echoed the call for unity made by UOW Chancellor, Ms Jillian Broadbent AC, when announcing the Council decision last week.

鈥淭he whole university community needs to now unite in a shared commitment to our legislative objectives of encouraging 鈥榯he dissemination, advancement, development and application of knowledge informed by free inquiry鈥� and 鈥榯he provision of courses of study 鈥� across a range of fields鈥�,鈥� Professor Wellings said.

The 精东传媒 looks forward to welcoming the first cohort of students for the new course in 2020.