Talk:University of Melbourne

Student newspaper
The Globe is the University's student newspaper? From what I recall Farrago was the student newspaper. --Robert Merkel 23:55, 15 November 2003 (UTC)
 * The Universities Newspaper is Uni News, it comes out fortnightly on a Friday and contains a wealth of information about the University, highlighting, council and research activities — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.6.244 (talk) 02:13, 1 March 2005 (UTC)

compulsory collection of fee
This is the actual text of the bill. It prohibits "compulsory collection" not "collection":

(1) A higher education provider must not: (a) require a person to be or to become a member of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; or (b) require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; unless the person has chosen to be or to become a member of the organisation. (2) A higher education provider must not require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount for the provision to students of an amenity, facility or service that is not of an academic nature, unless the person has chosen to use the amenity, facility or service.

So don't try to make it seem anything different. Xtra 12:37, 6 June 2005 (UTC)

Founding
Is it really accurate to say that the university was "founded by Hugh Chilvers" or was he merely the first vice-chancellor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fat Red (talk • contribs) 05:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Logo vs Coat of Arms
It's vaguely insane to represent the university with its coat of arms instead of its logo. Whilst its coat of arms may be used on the physical copies of degrees that are issued to graduates, the university itself primarily represents itself to the public with its more modernised logo. In the interest of a public encyclopedia then, it makes more sense to use its logo as the main image for the article instead of the coat of arms.

I'm not saying we should remove the coat of arms from the article entirely, just that it should not be the feature image in the infobox. I won't change it without wider consensus, but the switch to the coat of arms seems to only be a relatively recent one anyway, so switching back shouldn't be a big deal. EskyThief (talk) 13:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Agree. The two images should be swapped. The coat of arms is much less prominent in official use than the logo, and it is confusing to see the old coat of arms used as the top image of the infobox. NipponGinko (talk) 08:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose. It's not the old coat of arms, it's the current one according to the university website. The modernised logo is the brand logo. The official coat of arms or seal is always used for all Wikipedia articles about universities. Here are just a few examples:
 * All British universities including the University of Oxford, University of Manchester, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Exeter, University of Bristol, University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, Imperial College London, King's College London, Durham University, Cardiff University, Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics.
 * Please note that the University of Melbourne's coat of arms is grant by the College of Arms in London, like all of the universities above.
 * American universities usually use seals unless they are colonial and include the University of Washington, University of Southern California, Stanford University, John Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, Duke University and all of the University of California universities (e.g. Berkeley and UCLA).
 * Canadian universities usually use a coat of arms similar to British universities and include the University of British Columbia, University of Western Ontario, University of Alberta, McGill University, York University, Concordia University and Northeastern University.
 * I replaced the old coat of arms image (which is still used on Wikipedia articles in other languages) due to that coat of arms appearing discrepant compared to the official one. My best guess is that it was being used because the official coat of arms is extremely difficult to source.
 * There are a number of exceptions though. For example, the University of Western Australia has been granted a different coat of arms than the one used in the infobox. The university has changed the design of the coat of arms and uses it on their degree parchments and other official documents, within the limitations of the one granted by the College of Arms. Other exceptions include universities such as Harvard University, which use the same coat of arms as in the logo, and Griffith University whose coat of arms was a trademark. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓸𝓻 14:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)