Caps on international student enrolments proposed by the federal government could wipe $400m in revenue from Western Sydney University’s coffers – and wreak havoc on the region’s health system, the university claims.
Thousands of Western Sydney University students and staff have had their bank accounts and health information exposed in a cyber attack that has left student representatives outraged.
The University of Sydney administration has once again clashed with pro-Palestine activist students and staff, this time over new rules explicitly banning encampments.
Jewish leaders have accused University of Sydney vice chancellor Mark Scott of failing to act on warnings a radical Islamist group had infiltrated the pro-Palestinian encampment as early as May.
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Indigenous education experts welcomed the increase, saying vocational education — including both TAFE and private providers — is giving Indigenous children who did not do well at school a second chance.
Tens of thousands of jobs have been slashed across Australia’s universities but highly paid Vice-Chancellors are still taking home enormous pay packets.
China’s Confucius Institutes are becoming increasingly controversial in the west with Sweden closing them down. Yet they continue to operate in Australia without being held accountable for their influence.
Uni students are flocking to vocational courses to boost their employment opportunities by ensuring they have practical skills for their chosen career as well as a degree.
Student sleep, activity levels, alcohol and drug use could be monitored through a new phone app an Australian university will deploy. But it has privacy experts concerned.
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