Unis in uncharted territory of slow-burn crisis
The size of the financial crisis facing Australian universities is not yet known and will take years to work its way through the system.
The Australian National University campus this week. Universities are about to face a few years of financial pain. Alex Ellinghausen
Vicki Thomson was in Paris for a meeting of global research-intensive universities in January 2020 when she was first briefed on COVID-19.
The briefing from Dr Kerry Chant, NSW chief health officer, was immediately followed by a series of email exchanges including with the Chinese embassy, education minister Dan Tehan, chief medical officer Brendan Murphy, and vice-chancellors from Group of Eight.
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