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Human Rights Commission told ‘horrific’ stories of landlords asking for sexual favours as part of accommodation cost Allegations that female foreign students are trading sex for rent because of a shortage of safe and affordable accommodation have been brought to ...

Research council accused of abandoning the agreed ranking with libraries academics A small humanities discipline has refuted recent claims by the Australian Research Council (ARC) that its new journal rankings enjoy broad academic consensus. Curtin University Associate Professor Kerry Smith, ...

US committed to doubling the exchange of students A US presidential visit to Indonesia last week has further sealed higher education ties between the two countries. US president Barack Obama told a packed crowd of students at the University of ...

Open Doors report confirms move away from Australia by international students The United States has experienced a 30 per cent upswing in foreign students from the highly competitive Chinese market, according to a report on international student exchange released today. ...

Education groups disappointed with Government international students strategy The Human Rights Commission, together with Universities Australia and the Academy of Social Sciences, is creating its own policies for foreign student safety. There was general disappointment among export education groups with ...

Vice-chancellors say trip has fortified a worried sector Still reeling from the fallout of the attacks on Indian students, Australian universities are taking steps to ensure its biggest overseas market – China – could better weather a similar controversy. A ...

Government keen to look at international student visa issue, says UTS VC Tertiary Education minister Chris Evans will seek a re-examination of Australia’s visa system and its impact on foreign students, according to a delegate who travelled with him to ...

Griffith professor funded for cutting-edge ancient DNA research The Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded a discovery grant for cutting-edge DNA research that could reveal the origins and even physical appearance of the first Australians. Dr David Lambert, professor of evolutionary ...

Journal rankings and indicators for applied research to be revisited for ERA mark two The Australian Research Council (ARC) will hold a fresh round of public talks in early 2011 on its new Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. ...

The number of foreign students in Australia who were very highly satisfied with their overall study experience is down another 10 per cent since last year. Scholarships are increasingly imperative to prospective foreign students when choosing the country and institution ...