Former Labor defence minister Kim Beazley has delivered a wise caution to Australians:we need to be more self-reliant and invest more in defending ourselves.
Centre chief executive Professor Simon Haines said the pursuit of research ranking and grants was overwhelming the quality of teaching at tertiary institutions.
Fourteen men and six women have been awarded the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation’s Rhodes-style scholarships,which will pay postgraduate students up to $85,000 to study abroad this year.
After a tenure in which he was criticised for his comments about transgender children,the professor is set to teach in the Centre for Western Civilisation.
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation is offering Rhodes-style scholarships for postgraduate students to study overseas
The Paul Ramsay Foundation has also confirmed a long-term grant for the controversial Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.
Socrates questioned Athenians about their views until they felt'befuddled'. Daniel Hutto will do the same with 30 scholars of Western civilisation.
After years of controversy,the Ramsay Centre has signed a deal with a third and final university to offer a Western civilisation degree.
Wollongong Uni has hired a team of young philosophers to teach the first Ramsay scholars,who are preparing to begin classes after almost two years of controversy.
The University of Sydney worked for 18 months to establish a Western civilisation degree with the Ramsay Centre,but the centre has walked away. The university's integrity was never negotiable,writes its vice-chancellor.
Sydney University vice-chancellor Michael Spence said he was baffled by the decision,given academics had spent the past few months working with staff to design a proposal.