More universities are set to follow Macquarie and outsource staff email to parties such as Google’s Gmail, with Curtin University close to a deal with Microsoft. About 14 Australian universities have already outsourced their student email to Gmail or Microsoft’s Live@edu service, but this week Macquarie became the first to migrate staff to the so-called cloud in a deal with Gmail. The Australian, 13 January 2010

This is the fourth time the university has offered the course, and the professors offer video recordings of all the lectures free online (through Apple’s iTunes store, naturally). The course is overseen by a longtime Apple employee, Paul Marcos. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 January 2010

The MoU between the University and the Wiradjuri Condoblin Corporation will be signed on Tuesday, January 19 with official proceedings to start at 11.30am. Four years of discussions between the organisations will culminate in this landmark MoU, said Vice-Chancellor and President of CSU, Professor Ian Goulter. ‘This MoU will be a valuable model for Aboriginal people’s participation in education.’ CSU News, 14 January 2010

The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, officially opened Defence’s new Cyber Security Operations Centre in Canberra. ALP Media release, 15 January 2010