This Month
- Opinion
- Immigration
Slashing foreign student numbers would be economic self-harm
Before the government puts the squeeze on Australia’s $48 billion university export industry, it should consider how much GDP it is prepared to sacrifice.
- Bran Black
Foreign student visa fees doubled to highest in the world
Without warning, student visa application fees surged from $710 to $1600, in a move Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said would ‘clean up’ the sector.
- Julie Hare
June
Why people with cancer don’t get the full benefit of clinical trials
Australian researchers say regulators should mandate the requirement to share data.
- Jill Margo
Why Cynthia’s uni trip to Silicon Valley was life-changing
Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.
- Julie Hare
Unis should face inquiry into $380m in underpayments: academics’ union
Universities are the worst underpayers of staff across the economy and now the academics’ union wants a federal inquiry.
- Julie Hare
Online lectures at double speed: what uni is really like in 2024
Domestic students are being held back and international students aren’t getting what they need, says one expert. Universities know this. Why aren’t they doing more?
- Gus McCubbing and Julie Hare
Why parents are forking out $40k for their kids to live on campus
Residential colleges used to be the preserve of country boarders and blue-blood families, but there’s a growing trend among parents who want their kids to have the kind of university experience they had.
- Michelle Bowes
Government moves to snatch control of students away from universities
The Albanese government is stepping into interventionist mode, planning to say how many students can study at a particular university and in what courses.
- Julie Hare
Set an ATAR-style uni entrance score for foreign students: Rizvi
If international students had to get a minimum grade to win a place – as domestic applicants already have to – fewer would be able to rort the visa system.
- Julie Hare
Need to get up to speed on gen AI? Here’s how
Workers who know how to use AI are expected to eventually replace those who do not. Four experts explain how and where to level up your skills.
- Euan Black
Short and sharp: courses that can lead to better jobs
Bite-sized qualifications deliver better jobs and pay for employees and competitiveness for employers.
- Agnes King
Companies switch on to new ways of staff training
A growing number of employers including law firms are developing short courses known as microcredentials in collaboration with tertiary institutions.
- Alexandra Cain
Online MBAs connect students to a global network
An online MBA’s flexible study schedule makes it an attractive option for busy professionals.
- Alexandra Cain
Higher education key to bigger pay, Labor MP argues
When it comes to the relationship between education and earning capacity, research suggests more is better.
- Julie Hare
NSW unis in a sea of red, but worse to come
NSW universities struggled for a second year in a row, but their annus horribilis is still on the horizon.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
The politics behind the bipartisan U-turn on international education
Slashing international student numbers will devastate the business models for universities and many other international education providers.
- Jennifer Hewett
IDP Education dives on fears international students will stay away
The country’s largest listed provider of international education services says the restrictions in Australia, Canada and the UK are “linked to election cycles”.
- Kylar Loussikian
Foreign students ‘cannon fodder’ in poll-driven migration war
Universities have accused both sides of politics of using foreign students as “cannon fodder” in a poll-driven exercise to slash migration, risking thousands of jobs.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy
May
- Opinion
- Opinion
On the front line of Australia’s foreign student surge
International students are in the sights of both a government and opposition looking to win votes. Who are these political pawns, and what is it like to teach them?
- Updated
- Mark Mulligan
Why this teen is bucking the trend and studying ‘the dismal science’
Kate Gibson hopes to work in public policy or health when she finishes her economics degree, but fewer of her peers are signing up – despite the high salaries.
- Julie Hare