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Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation CEO Simon Haines.

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Centre chief executive Professor Simon Haines said the pursuit of research ranking and grants was overwhelming the quality of teaching at tertiary institutions.

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Ramsay Scholarships will cover the cost of postgraduate degrees at institutions such as Harvard University.

Musicians, a former teacher and veteran soldier among first to receive Ramsay scholarships

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.

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Departing UQ law dean bound for Ramsay Centre program role

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.

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Ramsay Scholarships will cover the cost of postgraduate degrees at institutions such as Harvard

From Rhodes to Ramsay: Western Civilisation centre offers lucrative scholarships

The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation is offering Rhodes-style scholarships for postgraduate students to study overseas

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Paul Ramsay Foundation chief executive Glyn Davis.

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The Paul Ramsay Foundation has also confirmed a long-term grant for the controversial Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.

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University of Wollongong philosophers, from left, Bernado Ainbinder, Talia Morag, Anthony Hooper, Snr Prof of Philosophical Psychology Daniel D Hutto and Elena Walsh

Philosophical pub brawling is ancient history as Ramsay course begins

Socrates questioned Athenians about their views until they felt 'befuddled'. Daniel Hutto will do the same with 30 scholars of Western civilisation.

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Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor Greg Craven, who has signed a deal with the Ramsay Centre to offer a western civilisation degree.

Ramsay Centre signs final university to Western civilisation course

After years of controversy, the Ramsay Centre has signed a deal with a third and final university to offer a Western civilisation degree.

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Great Books courses typically begin with the great classical philosophers such as Plato

Young philosophers to guide Ramsay scholars through Western 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.

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