Regional unis: foreign student caps a boost for some
More than half of regional universities would have seen foreign student numbers increase above pre-pandemic levels under Labor’s caps.
Higher Education
Stop micromanaging and using universities as a political football
Government micro-management means it is little surprise that many universities have already announced significant cuts and jobs losses, writes Charles Sturt University provost Graham Brown.
Coalition wants quota cake and to eat it, too
There are dangers for both Labor and the Coalition on this high risk political strategy, but this is a problem of universities’ own amking. The elite Group of Eight campaigned so hard against quotas they gave the government no room for concessions.
Crackdown on student visas ‘hurting businesses’
‘It’s a lottery.’ The hospitality industry is suffering collateral damage as the federal government slashes student visas.
I’ll cut more foreign students: Dutton
Peter Dutton has vowed to pursue deeper international student cuts than Labor in a bid to increase the housing supply, as experts raise concerns about the Coalition’s plan to slash migration.
Commentary
Unis must explain humanities’ worth
The brutal truth is taxpayers will want a better case for stumping up more cash for degrees that do not qualify anybody for anything specific, other than being an academic.
Student debt shake-up shows Albanese is spooked
We need more tradies in the construction industry and people to work in the services sector. Labor is on the wrong track thinking we should increase the proportion of the workforce with degrees.
Student debt: system is unjust and undermining social cohesion
A rich society does not necessarily equal a happy and prosperous society, we must also account for the bonds that bind us together, including the strength of our civil society.
Catholic uni vice-chancellor surrendered faith of his own institution
Joe de Bruyn delivered a modest speech faithful to Catholic doctrine. It was reasonable to disagree with it but the response of Zlatko Skrbis was extraordinary, and seriously damaging.
Have the courage to rewrite story of Western decline
Culturally, we are witnessing the deconstruction of the value system that laid the foundations of our freedom, prosperity and our valued egalitarianism.
Greens’ war on education only punishes kids, parents
The Greens narrative that Independent schools are somehow siphoning off money from government schools is simply wrong. In fact, the funding for Independent school students is far less than the government contributes to students in the public system.
Latest
Dutton picks foreign student cap fight with Labor
Peter Dutton’s decision to block Labor’s cap on international students has created a chasm in the nation’s higher education sector.
Foreign student crackdown to ‘cost local businesses $4bn’
Small businesses will lose billions in spending a year from international students due to the Albanese government’s visa cuts, a new analysis shows | See which electorates will be hardest-hit
Suburban study hubs for far-flung students
University and TAFE students living in outer metropolitan suburbs will be able to use free facilities at government-run study hubs from 2025. See where they’ll be.
Unis’ ‘lifelong learning’ role
‘What are universities if not factories for ideas?’ In a challenge to universities, the Productivity Commission wants them to ‘put quality front and centre’ in teaching and research.
Labor dismisses ‘unfairness’ claim in slashing HECS debt
Nurses, teachers, and social workers will benefit the least while doctors, vets, and dentists stand to benefit the most from the Albanese government’s pledge to write off student debt.
Shaping Australia one solved problem at a time
The are the big research ideas that have or will transform Australian lives.
Unis call for more than just debt relief
Universities have welcomed the Albanese government’s pledge to slash student debt, but have stressed the need for urgent reform to the sector fee structure to offer real relief.
Uni takes cultural healthcare to heart
Three in 10 Indigenous Australians avoid necessary healthcare, with Indigenous health organisations under-represented, Monash is opting to change this.
Law, MBA, medicine graduates to benefit most from debt cuts
Doctors who studied under full-fee places for their medicine degrees may have about $35,000 of their debt slashed, with about $16bn in debt to be wiped under the Labor plan.
Student debt first target on PM’s second term to-do list
The slashing of student debts will be unveiled at a Labor rally in Adelaide, in what will be the first of a series of speeches made by Anthony Albanese laying out his second term agenda.
Anti-Semite report ‘won’t see day’
The due date the Albanese government gave for an inquiry into campus anti-Semitism falls after the latest possible day the parliament must be dissolved before the election, complicating whether and how it will be presented to parliament.
On point: From dancer to defence hawk
After injury but an end to her ballet career, Sophie Mayo went back to TAFE to finish her HSC because she left school in Year 10. Now she’s been awarded a prestigious scholarship to the US.
VC quits in wake of job cuts fury
Just days after staff passed a vote of no confidence in her leadership, a long-serving vice-chancellor has retired.
Fee spike: unis cash in on foreign students
Universities are hiking tuition fees for international students twice as fast as inflation to compensate for revenue shortfalls, with one institution charging students studying clinical medicine $112,832 next year.
Six Sydney Uni students expelled from St Paul’s College
Six male students have been expelled and 21 have been suspended from the prestigious college over a ‘serious bullying’ incident.
University drop-out rates hit record high for Australian students | FULL LIST
Domestic students are dropping out of their degrees at record rates | SEE WHICH COURSES ARE HARDEST HIT
Universities facing challenges ‘without precedent’: Thodey
From anti-Semitism to financial challenges and technological change, new University of Sydney chancellor David Thodey has warned of a ‘decade of disorientation’ for tertiary education.
Sackings fear under review of university practices
‘More job losses’ have been threatened by universities as the federal government starts a review of university governance.
Exploring oldest questions for modern lessons
The University of Notre Dame Australia is looking to “explore the deepest and oldest questions” facing humanity.
‘A big ask’: ANU’s crisis pay cut amid financial woes
ANU’s vice-chancellor is taking an immediate 10 per cent reduction to her $1.15m salary, as she asks staff to also take a pay cut.
Uni’s Treasury move cements a major shift in further education
Griffith University’s move to secure the heritage-listed Treasury building for its Brisbane CBD campus is part of a growing wave of higher education institutions re-evaluating their property portfolios.
Marked down, try harder: Australian universities slip in global rankings
Which are Australia’s best universities? The Times Higher Education world university rankings reveal the top performers.
Brilliant brains score science prizes
Scientists curing cancer, a stargazing astrophysicist, engineers saving the planet and inspirational teachers have been honoured in the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Discover more about the winners.
TEQSA tests Australia’s academic cheating laws with US company
Australia’s university regulator has initiated a legal challenge against a US ‘education support’ company for allegedly prohibiting cheating laws.
Why should an arts degree cost more than medicine?
An arts degree will cost students just under $17,000 a year, which makes medicine and dentistry a bargain at $13,000. There are ways to address this, just not politically easy ones.
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