{"product_id":"a-university-of-the-people-a-history-of-the-university-of-western-sydney","title":"A University of the People: A History of the University of Western Sydney","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1813 the Female Orphan School was built in sandstone on the banks of the Parramatta River, but it took another 175 years before the people of Western Sydney had their own university.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eA University of the People tells the story of how a modern university emerged from colonial colleges formed to train farmers and mechanics. The burgeoning population on the Cumberland Plain after World War II drove pressure for educational, health and other services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eIn 1972 the newly elected prime minister Gough Whitlam declared the next university in NSW would be built in the western suburbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eThe University of Western Sydney emerged in 1989, first as a federation of colleges, and then as an increasingly unified institution. Today more than 40,000 students study an expanding range of personal and professional disciplines, and the University has a growing national and international reputation for the teaching and research that is central to the flourishing of one of Australia's critical economic and political hubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrough the swings and roundabouts in the Australian Higher Education sector since its foundation - which have seen federal rationalisation, student fees and protests, the challenges of casualisation and shrinking sectoral resources - the 'University of the People' has retained its original commitment to the nation, starting with the people of Greater Western Sydney.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Hutchinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753778319529,"sku":"","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/people_5647c205-2732-41f1-97c0-c23cabf8c1f9.jpg?v=1668747026","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/a-university-of-the-people-a-history-of-the-university-of-western-sydney","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}