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Andrew Brown

Uni boards stacked with corporate appointments: report

University boards are being overly stacked with unelected corporate appointees, a report has found. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

University boards are being overly stacked with unelected corporate appointees, a report has found, sparking calls by a higher education union for an overhaul of governance.

A report released by the National Tertiary Education Union found 27 per cent of all positions on university boards were corporate executives or consultants, who were appointed, rather than elected, to the role.

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