No social media privacy for student visa applicants
The US State Department will review the social media accounts of foreign student applicants, and they will be expected to have all social media profiles set to ‘public’.
Higher Education
Australian universities drop in global rankings | FULL LIST
Despite 70 per cent of our universities slipping in the latest global rankings, Australia is still considered the fifth-best higher education system in the world.
‘Policy mismatch’ for foreign student Temporary Graduate Visa scheme
A decade-old change to the Temporary Graduate Visa scheme, which lets international students stay here longer after their studies, does not help them get a job or permanent residency.
Assaults, abuse, delays on list of uni complaints
Poor customer service, the quality of teaching and appeals of academic misconduct findings are the top complaints to the new student ombudsman, while discrimination and racism also feature.
Uni to review academic’s ‘execute Zionists’ post
The University of Sydney says it will ‘immediately undertake a review’ after a Palestinian academic wrote on social media that he wanted ‘Zionists executed like we executed Nazis’.
Commentary
COMMENTARY
Cashing out: Have we hit peak vice-chancellor salaries?
For decades, V-Cs pitched universities as a national resource. But now they appear as giant corporations, focused primarily on their own interests. For institutions that still rely on public funding, it’s a big problem.
COMMENTARY
Public policy is not just masks and gloves, it’s a crucial branch of study
Philosophy, politics and economics study is important. Especially when school test results on civics and citizenship are the lowest ever and academic orthodoxy is that Australia’s political system is based on the illegitimate power of racist settler society.
COMMENTARY
Cancelling student debt is nothing but a colossal $16bn waste of taxpayers’ money
The academic frog is in the productivity pot and the water is simmering. Universities cannot keep doing what they have always done and demand more public money to do it.
COMMENTARY
Equity and excellence go hand in hand in tertiary education
At the University of Technology Sydney, 90 per cent of disadvantaged students are succeeding in tertiary study.
COMMENTARY
Hungry for knowledge … and starving: poverty shouldn’t be uni rite of passage
Trying to get ahead by studying at university shouldn’t be a recipe for poverty.
ANALYSIS
Shoot first, investigate later: Trump has got it wrong with Harvard
Few Americans will shed tears for the Cambridge crowd, but there are good reasons to oppose this unprecedented attempt by the White House to micromanage a private university.
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Shorten urges university modernisation
The former Labor leader is one of the first university vice- chancellors to undertake public discussion about the demands of millennials and Gen Z from tertiary education institutions.
Unis reject regulator’s interim ‘outside agitator’ advice
One university said suggested strategies like student ID checks, body cam surveillance and ‘conditions of entry’ signs would be ‘antagonistic’ to long-held values of freedom across Australian universities.
Union after a say in AI adoption
Students should be involved in all decisions made about artificial intelligence in lecture theatres and assessment tasks, the National Union of Students has urged.
‘We have a moral imperative to stand up for what’s right’
The former Business Council of Australia boss said the nation’s leaders have a responsibility to stand up for what is right.
Unis seek EU escape from Trump
Universities are turning to Europe for certainty on research funding amid Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on higher education, ahead of Anthony Albanese’s potential meeting with the US President.
‘Hacked’: ANU V-C’s LinkedIn liked ‘highly offensive’ posts
A spokesman for the ANU said Genevieve Bell’s LinkedIn account was ‘compromised’ after certain posts that she had ‘never seen’ were liked.
Sydney Uni a ‘hazardous workplace’ for Jewish staff, students
A scathing report into anti-Semitism at the university found that a ‘high-risk … workplace environment’ endured for almost a year due to its inaction to eliminate hate.
Coalition softens election stance on foreign student caps
New opposition education spokesman Jonathon Duniam has signalled a softening of the Coalition’s push to cut international student numbers, branding the election policy a ‘blunt instrument’.
New nasal spray could assist in treating traumatic brain injuries
When inhaled through the nose, the drug, based on a solution known as ALM (adenosine, lidocaine and magnesium), bypasses the blood-brain barrier and directly enters the brain.
Macquarie Uni looks to cut jobs amid plan to save $15m
It is the latest university to announce major job cuts, and academics are in the firing line.
University rebuffs staff rejection of anti-Semitism definition
Sydney University staff have publicly rejected an anti-Semitism definition, while the uni has doubled down on student protection.
Greens lash ‘McCarthyist’ uni crackdown on Palestine activists
Two University of Melbourne students have been expelled, and two suspended, after storming the office of a Jewish academic, prompting criticism from Greens deputy Mehreen Faruqi.
Trump’s campaign against foreign students is on shaky legal ground
Judges are pushing back on the government’s efforts to deport students and academics.
Migrant cuts ‘will cost the taxpayer’
The new Universities Australia chair, as well as warning of loss of foreign-student income, says universities are being asked to do ‘incompatible things’ with freedoms and student safety.
Uni boss pockets $150k pay rise
The salary of the University of Sydney’s vice-chancellor has breached $1.33m a year, as foreign students and donors with deep pockets helped fill the coffers.
Australian universities ready to embrace ‘academic refugees’
Australian universities ‘stand ready’ to support Chinese students expelled from the US as the Trump administration ‘aggressively revokes visas’.
I did what I could, I’m sorry I failed: ex-ANU chief
Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt has apologised for harassment and bullying ‘under my watch’ at the Australian National University during his eight years as vice-chancellor.
Jewish bodies question ANU backtrack on anti-Semitism definition
Peak Jewish bodies are questioning why the Australian National University appears to be walking away from a definition of anti-Semitism it had a hand in creating.
Australia reacts to Trump’s ‘alien’ student ban
Thousands of Australian academics and students are caught up in Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students attending American universities after the US President froze new visa processing.
This Nobel laureate is warning Australia about what China is up to in science research
Astrophysicist Brian Schmidt is scared — but Trump’s siege on US universities gives us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to level the field.
TEQSA blocks more cheating websites
The education regulator has blocked 60 more commercial cheating websites that allow students to pay someone to complete assessments for them.
UNSW engineers ‘squad’ to plug green tech hole
The University of NSW is providing electrical engineers to support green tech start-ups to help them commercialise.
Alpha-Albo muscling up on R&D, but don’t take CRCs for granted
Here we go again with government intent on getting industry in a national research and development strategy. Tim Ayres shouldn’t throw out tried and true successful policies.
Bullying, sexism ‘rampant’ at ANU
The review found widespread bullying, sexism, racial discrimination and nepotism, with one interviewee calling the system ‘dehumanising’.
Direction on foreign students to remain
Universities are expecting that the number of international students they can recruit will continue to be limited under a revamped ministerial direction.
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