2009-07-01 Australian University Sport

Robert Maitland leads Australian team for opening ceremony

Water Polo veteran and University of Queensland student Robert Maitland will lead the Australian team into the Belgrade Arena tonight as the 25th Universaide...

2009-07-01 Australian University Sport

Australian uni men continue friendly tradition with Germany

The Australian University Men s Basketball Team continued a tradition today by playing Germany in a friendly game for the fourth consecutive time, as preparations continue for the 2009 World University Summer Games in Belgrade,...

2009-06-23 Western Advocate

University Games will fill Bathurst to rafters

BATHURST is getting closer to reaching maximum capacity with students competing at the Eastern University Games booking out many of the hotels and motels in the...

2009-06-18 The Age

Delay for campus fees bill

FEDERAL Government plans to allow universities to charge fees to pay for campus services such as sport and counselling are likely to be delayed. Legislation to allow universities to charge students up to $250 a year is expected to be in the Senate next week, where its passage is uncertain due to mixed...

2009-06-15 Kilsyth Basketball

MacMillan select in Australian University Team

Kilsyth Cobra Auryn MacMillan, who is currently on scholarship at Gardner Webb University in America, has been selected to represent Australia at the World University Games from July 1-12 in Belgrade,...

2009-06-14 News.com.au

Government to vote on compulsory student unionism

COMPULSORY student unionism is set to return to campuses, almost half a decade after it was abolished by the Howard Government. The Senate is expected to pass legislation this week allowing universities to charge students a compulsory services fee of up to $250 a...

2009-05-29 Sunshine Coast Daily

Coast hosts regional uni games

Over 1,300 students will flock to the Sunshine Coast in July for the 15th year of the Northern University Games. Students from 10 universities across the state will compete in eight sports, with the overall winner of the tournament taking home the Jodie Martin...

2009-05-25 The Age

A life lived outside the goalposts

There's more to our culture than the exclusive field of sports. BARNABY Joyce has said he will block a plan to reintroduce student services fees unless universities are restricted to spending the money on...

2009-05-19 ABC News

Joyce wants uni fees limited to sport

Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce is threatening to block a plan to reintroduce student services fees unless universities are restricted to spending the money on...

2009-05-18 Camden Macarthur Chronicle

TAFE students invited to rejoin the University Games

MACQUARIE Fields TAFE has been invited to be part of the annual Eastern University Games for the first time in about six years. The Macquarie Fields campus will send about 30 students to the games which will be held in Bathurst from July 5 to...

2009-05-06 MInisters Media Center

Student services reforms vital for sport on campus

Minister for Youth Kate Ellis today released the final guidelines that will underpin the Rudd Governments student services reforms. Minister Ellis was visiting the University of Queensland to witness the severe impact of the previous governments approach on university sport.

2009-05-06 Australian University Sport

University sports organisations join the Minister for Youth to push for vital reforms

Minister for Youth and Sport, Kate Ellis, today visited the University of Queensland to join Australian University Sport and university sporting organisations to push for vital student services...

2009-04-24 Australian University Sport

Students to show their prowess

University of the Sunshine Coast students are preparing to take on their counterparts when the Northern University Games comes to the Sunshine Coast in...

2009-04-24 The Northern Star

Lismore SCU student wins Stawell Gift

UNHERALDED Southern Cross University student Aaron Stubbs has easily doubled the income of an average uni student after he caused a boilover by winning the $40,000 128th Stawell Gift yesterday.

2009-04-09 Stuff.co.nz

Aussies back for uni games

Trans-Tasman rivalry will add to the atmosphere at the 2009 University Games in Taranaki next week with a 60-strong contingent coming across from...