University explains why it walked away from western civilisation degree

Australian National University held talks with John Howard over Ramsay Centre donation but says ‘there was no prospect of’ agreementThe vice-chancellor of the Australian National University has spoken out about the decision to pull out of negotiations with the John Howard-backed Ramsay Centre to set up a controversial degree in western civilisation.Late on Tuesday the vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt released a lengthy statement in which he defended the decision to pull out of the lucra