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Title Higher education and the law / editors Sally Varnham, Patty Kamvounias, Joan Squelch
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2015
Annandale, NSW : Federation Press, 2015

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Description xxviii, 259 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Introduction to Higher Education and the Law / Sally Varnham, Patty Kamvounias and Joan Squelch -- 1. The legal framework of higher education / Joan Squelch -- 2. University governance : responsibility and accountability / Sally Varnham -- 3. The student voice in university decision-making / Jade Tyrrell and Sally Varnham -- 4. Indigenous knowledges : a strategy for first nations peoples engagement in higher education / Irene Watson and Marcelle Burns -- 5. The regulation of international higher education / Gaby Ramia -- 6. 'The next two decades are going to be transparency' : regulatory challenges for universities / Helen Fleming -- 7. The contract between the university and the student / Francine Rochford -- 8. Students and the Australian consumer law / Patty Kamvounias -- 9. Student conduct and university discipline / Bruce Lindsay -- 10. Resolution of student grievances within universities / Anita Stuhmke, Bronwyn Olliffe and Maxine Evers -- 11. Public sector ombudsmen and higher education / Patty Kamvounias -- 12. Diversity, affirmative action and higher education / Joy Cumming and Ralph Mawdsley -- 13. Disability standards for education / Elizabeth Dickson -- 14. Employment law / Jacquie Seemann and Katie Kossian -- 15. The tort of negligence and higher education / Robert Horton, Kerry Smith and Abigail Tisbury -- 16. Workplace health and safety / Joan Squelch -- 17. Academic freedom and university autonomy / Nigel Stobbs -- 18. Copyright law and higher education / Michael Fraser -- 19. Intellectual property rights and commercialisation of research in higher education / Mary Wyburn -- 20. Alternate dispute resolution in higher education / Myles Stilwell
Summary This book is the first in Australia dedicated to the legal environment of our universities. The law both drives and governs the evolution of Australias strong and vibrant system of higher education
Analysis Australian
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Has Indexes P
Notes In English
Subject Education, Higher -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
Educational law and legislation -- Australia.
Students -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
Author Kamvounias, Patty, editor
Squelch, Joan, editor
Varnham, Sally, 1950- editor
LC no. 2015375382
ISBN 9781760020255