Public Universities Shouldn't Be Making Political Donations
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
It was recently revealed that the University of Wollongong has spent around A$20,000 over the past five years on lunches and dinners with politicians, including several fundraising events for the Liberal Party. Usually only one person attended these functions – probably someone at the top, though we don’t know for sure – but the donations themselves were made in the name of the university, thus making the university a sponsor of the Liberal Party. read more