Murdoch University - Murdoch University Alumni, Toby Miller, Garry Rodan (Paperback)

Chapters: Murdoch University Alumni, Toby Miller, Garry Rodan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Murdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It commenced operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. Its name is taken from Sir Walter Murdoch (1874-1970), the Founding Professor of English and former Chancellor of The University of Western Australia Murdoch University was initially intended to cater predominantly to mature-aged students. As a result, many courses are available externally and an increasing number are available online. Curtin University of Technology and Murdoch University agreed in June 2005 to undertake a feasibility study on merging. On 7 November 2005, both institutions issued a press release stating that such a merger will not be undertaken. In 2006 and 2007, the South Street campus library underwent major building works to remove asbestos from the roof (in an ongoing project involving other university buildings) and construct the new Learning Common. As part of these works, some library items were rearranged, including the re-shelving of most items to be in DDC sequence on the South Wing. There are six faculties and sixteen schools at Murdoch University: The Asia Research Centre undertakes in interdisciplinary and disciplinary research into a range of social, political and economic dynamics within the region. The thematic focus, however, is on the analysis of forces within the region that mediate the form and impact of globalisation. The Centre encompasses researchers from across Murdoch University. It also regularly engages in collaboration with researchers from other universities around the world. The Director of Asia Research Centre is Professor Garry R...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=28510