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Created Monday, 10 October 2011 in General News

Earlier this year, one of the Association’s long-time members, Emeritus Professor Tony Shannon AM decided to step down from his role as Master of Warrane College at the University of NSW,  Tony attended many of UCA’s conferences and was respected by colleagues for his quiet wisdom and dry wit.  Tony managed a prolific academic output and busy governance schedule outside of his college duties. 

To acknowledge Tony’s departure from our ranks and to wish him well in so doing, please find a link to the article about his farewell at

 http://warrane.unsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&catid=42&Itemid=65

 

Created Sunday, 10 October 2010 in General News

Report by Tony Inglis, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives at La Trobe University, Victoria

Tony Inglis’s report, “Management of Student Housing – maximising value (the residential life experience) and controlling running costs” examines how La Trobe University turned a silo student residence operation around from being one that required annual subsidies into a cohesive single organisational unit that puts students needs first and returns $ millions per year to the University.

To read more, follow the web link at http://prezi.com/3-0jvhwfxynv/student-housing-summit-2011/ 

Tony is happy to share his report with other universities and to discuss with any members that are interested.

Created Monday, 10 October 2011 in General News

On Thursday and Friday 11 and 12 August 2011, a UCA Executive Team comprising: Barbara Green (President), Iyla Davies (Vice President), Marie Leech (Treasurer), Fiona Crowe (Immediate Past President) and Jane Williamson (Secretary) visited the James Cook University (JCU) Heads of Colleges in Townsville. The visit was the first of two that the Executive planned for 2011. The second visit will be to Canberra in November 2011.

Executive members all admitted that our busy schedules made us wonder about the value of taking two days to go to Townsville. However, careful monitoring of the weather forecast, which promised a couple of warm, balmy days, and the enthusiasm of the Townsville Heads, who provided a full schedule with opportunities for discussion with them and University senior leaders, overcame our reservations. As it transpired, we all agreed that it was a really useful visit on a number of fronts: conversations with the Townsville Heads provided opportunities for sharing and appreciation of the specific issues they faced, while getting together away from home enabled the Executive to focus on plans for UCA.

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Created Thursday, 02 September 2010 in General News

The Association has been active in discussions with, and in making both formal and informal submissions to state and federal governments seeking to resolve the tenancy law difficulties that members have encountered in making applications for NRAS funding.  In NSW in particular, the Association has made two written submissions (dated 12 February and 14 July 2010) to NSW Fair Trading commenting on proposed changes to NSW tenancy regulations designed to resolve the NRAS Regulation 5 compliance issue. The Association has been invited to make a third submission to NSW Fair Trading by 15 October 2010. 

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