Online learning harms collaboration
Employers’ doubts about online learning in universities have hardened because it discourages development of students’ collaboration skills.
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Uni reaps $1.5bn from overseas fees
The University of Sydney earned nearly $1.5bn from international students last year, pushing it to a massive $353m surplus.
U-turn on merger of regulator, super body
The federal government has clipped the wings of the powerful, new super agency to oversee universities that was announced in the budget.
Starting gun fired on changes that will outlive Labor
Education Minister Jason Clare asks universities to sign up to long-term, worthwhile reforms even as he cuts their big revenue source – international students.
Go8 urges research review to aim at 3pc
The R&D review announced in the budget must put Australia on the path to spending 3 per cent of GDP on research, say Group of Eight universities.
Campus inquiry to probe racism, not only anti-Semitism
In response to heated tensions at campuses the federal government has established an inquiry into racism at universities.
Labor backflips on student visa fee hike
The federal government has walked back the expectation that the international student visa application fee will rise in Tuesday’s budget.
Labor’s caps on students are very misguided
With its cap on international student numbers, Labor thinks it can centrally plan a $48bn industry. It has to be joking.
New uni role for behind-the-scenes power player
Higher education has a new power player, Jobs and Skills Commissioner Barney Glover, who is pulling many of the strings in university reform.
China studies in crisis, say scholars
Sixty China experts have warned that the state of Australia’s research on China is at ‘crisis point’ due to lack of funding.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/tim-dodd/page/10