University of Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones has warned that some of Australia’s top universities are too dependent on China and are “scrambling” to deal with the COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting Chinese students in particular. In an article for The Centre ...
More »Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020 – Part 2 – Firefighting in a new age
In part two of our series on issues arising from Australia's megafires this summer, Campus Review talks to firefighter and PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University, Greg Penney. With his unique mix of academia and hands-on knowledge, Penney explains how ...
More »2020 ANUpoll shows environment and climate change are top concerns
The 2020 ANUpoll conducted by The Australian National University (ANU) shows environment and climate change are the top two concerns among respondents. ANUpoll also revealed that the biggest drop in support for coal mines was among Australians who voted for the ...
More »Peak social work body calls for ‘compassion’ and ‘care’ as COVID-19 discrimination cases rise
The Australian Council of Heads of Social Work has joined a chorus of other organisations and individuals concerned about racism directed towards the Chinese-Australian community amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). After highlighting the steps universities are taking ...
More »Travel bans to China extended amid potential hit to international education
Australia could lose up a third of Chinese students to foreign universities as health concerns about the coronavirus – now called COVID-19 – continue to intensify in Australia. Australia’s latest move, which will extend the travel ban for another seven days, has ...
More »Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020: Part 1 – Climate change
"The window for taking such action [on climate change] is closing fast," according to Clem Davis. The summer of 2019–2020 has been a time most Australians would prefer to forget. As megafires wreaked havoc across most states and territories, people lost ...
More »ANU professor warns of climate crisis, not emergency ahead of Climate Update 2020
The summer bushfires that caused devastation across many parts of Australia have situated Australia as “ground zero” for what is a “climate crisis” that is getting worse, ANU’s professor Mark Howden will articulate today. In his keynote address at the ...
More »Monash becomes first foreign university in Indonesia
Monash University has become the first foreign university campus to be granted approval by the Government of Indonesia. The campus will be based in Jakarta and offer postgraduate programs only, including masters and PhD degrees and “executive programs with micro-credentials”. ...
More »Reforms to the way ASQA operates don’t go far enough: ITECA
The peak body representing the independent higher education and vocational sectors believes proposed legislative reforms to the way the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) operates doesn’t go far enough. Parliament is currently considering the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator ...
More »The opportunities and challenges of internationalisation for Australia’s higher education sector
A leading academic has warned that the internationalisation of the higher education sector has created both opportunities and challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate future. This advice formed part of the report Developing a New Vision for ...
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