The Student Leader
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The Student Leader was an Australian student newspaper that published online during the first half of 2005 after being conceived at the 2004 National Student Media Conference.
According to the Student Leader's website, the project is "a group of volunteers ... working to create a not-for-profit newspaper and website to inform and entertain Australian university students."[1]
Drawing inspiration from Britain's National Student, the publication was established in late 2004 to create "a nationwide, independent and privately-funded student newspaper"—one free from political interference by student representatives.[2]
The Student Leader began publishing in February 2005 with contributions from students at the University of New South Wales, the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney. The publication contained student and higher education related news, reviews and op-eds. A particular editorial focus was voluntary student unionism, at the time the focus of both Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson and most student unions.
After publication failed to launch a planned print edition in July, relations between the principals soured. "The chief executive officer and the editor-in-chief of The Student Leader both claim to have removed the other," the Australian reported.[3]
The Student Leader has since ceased publication.
[edit] References
- ^ The Student Leader (2005). "The Student Leader homepage". Retrieved Nov. 12, 2006.
- ^ Hislop, Michael (Oct. 13, 2004). "Towards a national student newspaper". Tharunka.
- ^ O'Keefe, Brendan (Aug. 24, 2005). "Student paper riven by feud". The Australian.
