Welcome to VURRN Press Inc.

VURRN Press Inc. is registered as a Department of Education, Science and Technology commercial publisher and provides a forum for the publication, sales and distribution of working papers, monographs and books which demonstrate the diverse and valuable research being carried out by all five VURRN universities. VURRN Press is based in the Greenhill Enterprise Centre at the Ballarat Technology Park located on the Mount Helen Campus of the University of Ballarat.

VURRN Press emphasizes the regional focus of VURRN and provides a conduit for all of those researching and working in regional Victoria – and beyond – to canvas and exchange ideas, approaches and methodologies to ensure that provincial Victoria continues to display the innovation and competitiveness for which it is increasingly known.

The VURRN Press Editorial Board includes notable scholars from all five Member universities and meets quarterly to review and approve publications. The Editorial Board members are:

Assoc Prof Jerry Courvisanos	Convenor & General Editor
Prof Julian Lowe	University of Ballarat
Dr Patrice Braun	University of Ballarat
Assoc Prof Kevin O'Toole	Warnambool Campus, Deakin University
Prof John Martin	Bendigo Campus, La Trobe University
Dr Paul Collits	Hamilton Campus, RMIT University

VURRN Press welcomes contributions and direct engagement from all Member universities, and from those working independently in the region. If you are interested in learning more about VURRN Press, please contact Assoc Prof Jerry Courvisanos of the Centre for Regional Innovation and Competitiveness at j.courvisanos@ballarat.edu.au

VURRN Press announces the publication of its second book:

The Recruitment and Selection of Vice-Chancellors
for Australian Universities

by Bernard O’Meara and Stanley Petzall

This book examines the processes which are used to recruit and select Vice-Chancellors for Australian universities. While previous research has identified demographic and incumbency patterns, social characteristics and the legal
basis of the roles of Australian VC’s, the actual processes of recruitment and selection of these individuals has not previously been researched in any depth. As such, this study is new and ground-breaking. A regional and a metropolitan university are used as case studies to show parallels between recruitment and selection in universities and in the private sector.

OZRURAL has been appointed distributor for VURRN Press.
To order this book, click here.

Downloadbook overview and detail summary of this book.

ALSO AVAILABLE

The Changing Nature of Australia's Country Towns

Edited by M F Rogers & D R Jones

This book provides a look at our increasing understanding of the growth, stasis and decline of our country towns. It covers not only changing social and economic trends, but also the art of engagement of communities, new modes of development, water and its local management and planning policies and practices.

Download book overview. The Changing Nature of Australia's Country Towns Contents page and Introduction chapter
can also be viewed.