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LAWYERS for an Aboriginal woman have said they are about to launch a damages claim against the Queensland University of Technology, reigniting bitterness over a contentious PhD film project called Laughing at the Disabled .

"We're putting six figures on it," said Brisbane solicitor Stephen Kerin, who represents May Dunne. She was allegedly stereotyped as an Aboriginal drunk by the PhD project.

Mr Kerin said he would lodge a racial vilification action against the QUT and PhD student Michael Noonan in the Federal Court "within the next week or so".

The Australian National University is re-establishing their Diversity Unit, and is hiring for an Indigenous Employment Adviser and a Senior Consultant Diversity and Inclusion.

On 13 March 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced a major review of Australia’s higher education system which will examine and report on the future direction of the higher education sector, its fitness for purpose in meeting the needs of the Australian community and economy and the options for ongoing reform. [From the DEEWR website]

Disability Adviser: Part-Time (0.8), Continuing Appointment.Equity and Disability Unit. McAULEY AT BANYO CAMPUS, BRISBANE

This group for information sharing and network building for postgraduates interested in disability issues.

This 2003 report considers alternative methods of providing disability services in tertiary institutions. Flexible delivery is compared to traditional mainstream and online approaches.

A CAPA research project In 2003 led to the development of a white paper on existing harassment and discrimination prevention and resolution polices in individual Universities.

Policies at 27 universities were reviewed for this study. The website of each CAPA-affiliate's university was visited, and harassment and discrimination policies of those with on-line and reasonably locatable policies were down-loaded. It is likely that some policies were not included. This study is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to overview examples of practices currently in place.

The title of the Report of the 2001 Senate Inquiry into Higher Education says it all - Universities in Crisis. The shock-waves of the funding cuts imposed by successive Federal governments still reverberate through the sector, and there seems little light on the horizon. In this climate, it is students who don't fit traditional stereotypes (young, fit, financially secure), who require extra human and financial resources, who suffer most.

There is no doubt that Australian universities are currently in a state of crisis as reported in last year's Senate Inquiry into Higher Education report Universities in Crisis. The shock-waves of the funding cuts imposed by successive Federal governments still reverberate through the sector, and there seems little light on the horizon. In this climate, it is students who don't fit traditional stereotypes (young, fit, financially secure), who require extra human and financial resources, who suffer most.