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Australia’s university sector has emphasised the need for further consultation on Australia’s proposed foreign relations bill, with a new parliamentary report reflecting some of the sector’s concerns on international agreement laws. Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation ...

The University of Sydney (USYD) will review an article that appeared in its student newspaper Honi Soit following a backlash from the Hindu community. The article, titled ‘How a Nation of Mystics, Occultists, and Yogis became “Hindus”’, has been labelled ...

University of Notre Dame writing and literature students were treated to a virtual visit recently by one of Australia’s most beloved Aboriginal authors, Dr Anita Heiss from the University of Queensland. Heiss, a Wiradjuri woman (Central New South Wales), joined ...

The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) is expecting a record number of students from its postgraduate education program to graduate over the next two years as Australia braces for a looming shortage of teachers. Dr Susan Simon, USC’s Deputy ...

A survey conducted by the Australian National University (ANU) has found that four in five Asian-Australians have experienced instances of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ANU survey, which involved 3000 people, found that 84.5 per cent of Asian-Australians reported ...

The peak body for independent training and tertiary providers and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have helped introduce measures to protect the government’s new Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements scheme from rorting. Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) CEO Troy ...

It’s the big question facing all Victorian universities right now: will international students return in 2021, and to what extent? The state’s International Education Advisory Council (IEAC) was disbanded nearly two months ago, and in June a five-year international education ...

University of Newcastle staff want more detail on plans to cut courses and amalgamate faculties. In addition, an academic at the university has claimed “there is no trust in university management”, despite reassurances given by a university spokesperson that consultations ...

Teachers are concerned the future of Australia’s arts and entertainment industry looks bleak as theatre courses are cut across the country. Triggered by staff redundancies and course cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two well-regarded theatre and drama degrees have ...

A nationally representative sample of 1001 Australians aged 18 and over found that 94 per cent of respondents believed federal TAFE funding was important for the post-recession rebuild and recovery. The question put to online respondents was: how important is ...