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Explosive Four Corners program reveals Australian links to China’s ‘re-education’ camps
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Curtin University are reviewing their research funding and approval procedures over concerns research linked to the universities is being used to help detect and detain ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China.
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With the Australian Government research funding being decreased for universities it is forcing universities to fund their research from other sources, which may not be in the public’s interest. Increasingly, academic researchers are facing conflicts of interests and losing independence in their research in the name of meeting their funding KPIs by being forced to go to the private market and the international market.
In reply to Angelique and a comment to the article by Zaglas, research intention is now so driven by dollars that the ethical costs are rapidly overlooked. It is surprising to see the article below talking of ‘newly’ installed facial recognition technology for the benefit of staff and students.
https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2017/09/01/data-makes-uni-campus-smarter