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Julie Bishop says ANU and its council knew about and celebrated the paid job with Intel by vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

Bishop doubles down on who knew what about VC’s Intel gig

ANU chancellor Julie Bishop and her pro chancellor, former KPMG chairwoman Alison Kitchen, have downplayed outrage over university chief Genevieve Bell’s paid job with global tech giant Intel.

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Sarah Henderson says education minister Jason Clare is dodging his responsibilities over university governance.

Go harder on double-dipping uni bosses: Henderson

The opposition says Education Minister Jason Clare is missing in action as vice chancellors collect payments from outside sources on top of their university salaries.

Crackdown coming for double-dipping uni bosses

Australian vice chancellors are among the highest paid in the world, but a handful also have paid gigs on the side, raising questions about potential conflicts.

Construction is a national priority area benefiting from fee-free TAFE places.

Business Council rejects legislating fee-free TAFE

The government is hoping to bake into legislation 100,000 free TAFE places a year, but the Business Council of Australia is arguing against the idea.

Overseas students still want to come to Australia despite the policy chaos besetting the sector.

Unis expect near-record foreign student numbers despite policy chaos

The Albanese government has been switching higher education guidelines in efforts to reduce the international student intake, with little effect.

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Some Sydney private schools will be charging more than $50,000 a year.

Private schools raise fees at three times rate of inflation

For a decade or more, private schools have increased their fees by far more than the CPI. This year is no different, and schools have a range of explanations.

Julie Bishop and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell.

Bishop declares responsibility for Bell’s Intel role, rebukes council

ANU chancellor Julie Bishop says she was responsible for negotiating Genevieve Bell’s salary package in full knowledge of her second job with Intel.

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There is disagreement over how much ANU council knew about Genevieve Bell’s ongoing paid work with Intel.

ANU council members say Bell’s second job was never mentioned

Members of ANU’s governing council dispute being told about the vice chancellor’s second job with global technology company Intel.

ANU alumni have asked chancellor Julie Bishop to investigate why its vice chancellor could hold a second job.

ANU alumni call on Julie Bishop to stand vice chancellor aside

A leadership crisis at Australian National University isn’t going away after a group of concerned alumni have called for an investigation and audit.

ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell and opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson.

ANU boss ‘should repay $1.1m salary’ while double-dipping with Intel

Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson says questions need to be answered over how a vice chancellor could hold a second job with a foreign company.

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Genevieve Bell in 2014 when she was being lauded in the New York Times as a “company contrarian, an irritant in an industrial oyster shell”.

How Genevieve Bell went from rock star to under siege

The Australian National University boss is pushing ahead with a massive restructure, and that is causing headaches for everyone.

Backpackers and New Zealanders are keeping net migration figures high.

Influx of Kiwis, backpackers adds to migration woes

Large numbers of New Zealanders escaping a sluggish economy and backpackers arriving en masse are keeping numbers far higher than government forecasts.

The government is struggling to contain net migration numbers.

Migration target not a chance, as students keep coming

A raft of government reforms to slow the rate of net migration have been slow to take hold as more students arrive and fewer leave.

ANU head Genevieve Bell has been collecting two salaries since 2017.

ANU leader ‘double-dipped’ with $1.1m salary and big tech job

Genevieve Bell, who asked staff to take a 2.5 per cent pay cut, has also been on Intel’s payroll since she arrived at ANU in 2017.

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The King’s School has taken the mantle of Australia’s most expensive school.

Private school fees to rise at almost triple the rate of inflation

Prestigious schools have been gradually contacting parents over the past few weeks announcing new fee schedules for 2025. 

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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has said the Coalition will go harder on cutting migration than Labor but has walked away from a previous commitment.

Dutton walks back migration target until after election

Peter Dutton has stepped away from a previous commitment to cut net migration to 160,000.

Jane Hansen and her husband Paul Little donated $40 million to the University of Melbourne before she became its chancellor.

Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors

Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.

ANU staff say they have lost confidence in vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

ANU leaders berate staff over leaks, voice support for Bell

Senior executives at ANU have berated staff for leaking confidential information and say revelations have painted a false picture of the university’s culture.

Too many high-fee private schools are failing to deliver adequate academic results for their students.

‘Cruiser schools’ and why parents might not be getting what they pay for

Australia has one of the most privatised school systems in the world, but national data suggests not all students are benefiting from their costly educations.

Australian National University vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

ANU deans hauled in for ‘change management’ meetings

Three of the Australian National University’s seven college leaders were summoned to meetings this week where they were told the governing council had lost confidence in them.

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