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File:The Great Court at UQ.png
The Great Court of the University of Queensland
File:The Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney.png
The main quadrangle of the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university

The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia's oldest tertiary education institutions.[1] Most were founded in the colonial era, the exceptions being the University of Queensland (1909) and The University of Western Australia (1911). All the universities in the group have buildings constructed primarily of sandstone. Membership of the group is based on age; some universities, such as the private Bond University, have sandstone buildings but are not considered sandstone universities.

The label "sandstone university" is not completely synonymous with membership of the Group of Eight, which includes the Australian National University, Monash University and the University of New South Wales, but not the University of Tasmania. Nevertheless, the connotations (prestige, a focus on research, and curricula that have a strong emphasis on theory rather than practice) are much the same for the two groups. Australian Government survey data of university graduates has indicated in the past that students who enter sandstone universities come from higher income families, and that graduates largely have higher paid occupations or positions of influence, prompting claims of elitism and social division.[2][3]

Constituent institutions

Sandstone universities can be taken to be either universities founded before World War I, or the oldest university in their respective state; either definition gives the same set of universities.

Crest University Location State Established World University Rankings (2015)[4]
QS World (2015/16)[5] ARWU World (2015)[6] THE World (2015/16)[7] U.S. News (2015/16)[8] CWTS Leiden (2015)[9]
AdelRgb large.png University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 1874 113= 151–200 149= 184 246
50px University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC 1853 42 44= 33 40 117
50px University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 1909 46= 77= 60= 52 132
50px University of Sydney Sydney NSW 1850 45 101–150 56= 51 190
50px University of Tasmania Hobart TAS 1890 379 301-400 251-300 366= 346
50px University of Western Australia Perth WA 1911 98 87= 109 128 310

Other Australian University Groups

Red brick universities

The University of NSW, Monash University and the Australian National University have been termed 'red brick' universities.[10] They are similar to the red brick universities in the UK, both groups coming after the ancient Universities and sandstone universities.

Verdant (gumtree) universities

Universities founded in the 1960s and 70s have been known informally as 'verdant' or 'gumtree' universities.[11] These universities were established in their state capitals, often next to native bush land (now nature reserves), and have lush vegetative campuses. They are either the second or third established university in their state.

Arms/Logo University Location State Established World University Rankings (2015)[4]
QS World (2015/16)[12] ARWU World (2015)[6] THE World (2015/16)[13] U.S. News (2015/16)[8] CWTS Leiden (2015)[9]
50px Flinders University Adelaide SA 1966 501+ 301+ 251+ 422
Griffith University logo.png Griffith University Brisbane QLD 1971 329 301+ 251+ 401= 323
LTU Armorial CMYK small.PNG La Trobe University Melbourne VIC 1964 394 351+ 402
50px Macquarie University Sydney NSW 1964 229 201+ 301+ 322= 309
50px Murdoch University Perth WA 1973 551+ 401+

La Trobe University is unique among the verdant universities in that it owns a 28-hectare wildlife sanctuary as well as managing the Gresswell Hill Nature Conservation Reserve, situated north of the Melbourne campus.[14][15]

The verdant universities were part of a broader effort to expand and reform tertiary education in Australia based on similar UK reforms that led to the creation of Plateglass universities.[11] All of these universities went on to form Innovative Research Universities in 2003.[11]

Potential verdants

While these five are considered the "main verdants" as they have the most in common, there are other universities that have been labelled as a verdant or gumtree university.[16][17] These include:

See also

References

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  2. Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs (1998), The Characteristics and Performance of Higher Education Institutions, Canberra: Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Employment and Youth Affairs
  3. Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs (1999), Completions, Undergraduate academic outcomes for the 1992 commencing students, Melbourne: DETYA.
  4. 4.0 4.1 University Rankings: Australia
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