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Universities in crisis

October

Australia now has commitments to AUKUS that it needs skilled people to meet.

Five ways student caps will damage national security

The economic pitfalls have filled endless column inches, but what has not been discussed are the links between international student limits and national security.

  • Craig Jeffrey and Michael Wesley
Universities should be places of learning, not corporations.

How do our universities get their social licence back?

There are four issues that universities need to address if they are to revive their troubled reputations in Australian society.

  • Shamit Saggar

June

Anthony Miller, the chief executive of business and wealth at Westpac.

Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum

Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.

  • Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
Students need more than a few months to prepare for stays of three to four years.

Let’s wait before we make rash decisions on foreign students

Universities are being asked to fix a housing problem they did not create, and the government’s haste will massively disrupt thousands of students’ lives.

  • Mark Scott

April 2023

A review of higher education can’t solve everything at once but it can help shift to a more inclusive and diversified economy.

Why 49 questions won’t arrive at a single answer to fix unis

The higher education review needs to look outside its bubble and call for partnerships with schools, industry and international players.

  • Marnie Hughes-Warrington
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August 2021

Vice Chancellor Peter Høj says a $1 billion funding grant for higher education should be continued.

The unicorn fantasy is not going to save unis: vice-chancellors

University chiefs say they have slashed spending as hard as they can but the tough times are still to come.

  • Tess Bennett
Catherine Livingstone has told The Financial Review Higher Education Summit that business, government and universities need to agree on the role of the higher education sector.

Universities count losses, search for gains

Australian universities are adapting to a dramatically different business model, but closed borders are exacerbating the financial arguments with Canberra.

  • Jennifer Hewett

Catch up: Higher Education Summit webcast

University leaders on a sector in crisis

Catherine Livingstone told the Financial Review Higher Education Summit that business, government and universities need to agree on the role of the higher education sector.

Time to agree on ‘purpose’ of universities: Catherine Livingstone

The businesswoman and university chancellor says Australia needs a ‘meeting of minds’ about the role of universities, after which the fractious issue of funding can be debated.

  • Tess Bennett

July 2021

The Australian National University campus this week. Universities are about to face a few years of financial pain.

Unis in uncharted territory of slow-burn crisis

The size of the financial crisis facing Australian universities is not yet known and will take years to work its way through the system.

  • Julie Hare
The imminent return of international students is under a cloud.

Return of international students under threat, again

Plans for the comeback of international students could be again under pressure after caps on returning Australians were halved.

  • Julie Hare

April 2021

Brokers stand ready to serve IDP Education

Of the 13 brokers who chart the company, eight have had an overweight rating on the stock since February.

  • Myriam Robin

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