The state government is moving fast on the review of the state’s four public universities while Murdoch U wonders if there are alternatives to the government’s fave idea  

The purposes of the review includes “structural change” and are wide enough to accommodate mergers, widely assumed to be what the state government wants – but what most of the state’s VCs don’t like.

VC Andrew Deeks (Murdoch U) tells staff the review should consider whether structural change would solve any under-perfomance issues among the four and whether there are other solutions. He also wants the review to consider the value of choice for local and international students.

All of which might come up when the review panel meets with VCs next month.