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<\/p>\nWhile the current agreement would conclude in December, she said, the Engineering Faculty at the university would continue to consider partnerships with Woodside, \u201cor others\u201d.<\/p>\n
A Monash University spokesman declined to answer specific questions about the terms of the \u201cphilanthropic agreement\u201d with Woodside, but said that Monash was proud of the work that had been accomplished through the collaboration.<\/p>\n
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Woodside Energy has poured at least $43 million into Monash University over the past six years.Credit: Peter\u00a0Bennetts<\/p>\n
\u201cManaging our ESG [environmental, social and governance] commitment, [and] meeting the expectations of our community, our research collaborations and our primary commitment to academic freedom, is complex,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Faculty of Engineering is well advanced in discussions about future areas of research collaboration with Woodside, such as decarbonisation, circular economy solutions and materials science. The Faculty of Engineering will continue to be supported to pursue future research and industry collaborations in line with our ESG commitments, our Responsible Partnership Framework and academic freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carina Griffin, a double major law and science (climatology) student, started the Stop Woodside campaign at Monash. She said she had felt \u201cthrilled, relieved, vindicated\u201d when she heard the news that Monash would end its current arrangement with Woodside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were getting social licence,\u201d she said of Woodside\u2019s relationship with Monash.<\/p>\n
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Members of the Stop Woodside Monash group celebrate outside the Woodside Building on Friday.Credit: Joe Armao<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what the investment was [about]. It was the respectability of being attached to a public research institution in 2025 [and] justifying the continuation of the oil and gas industry when commonsense and scientific knowledge tells us that it\u2019s no longer acceptable to be going drilling oil out of the ground off the coast of Western Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Simon Campbell is a senior research fellow in the school of physics and astronomy who has been active in the campaign against Woodside\u2019s prominent role at the university.<\/p>\n
\u201cNotwithstanding the success of Monash ending the partnership with Woodside, I am a little troubled that the vice chancellor said yesterday that Monash is still open to taking Woodside\u2019s money,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n