Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students' degree and course choices. As James' work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...
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“Lucrative” research partnerships between Australian universities and China are not only endangering academic autonomy but are also presenting a threat to our national security, according to a policy analyst interviewed on ABC TV’s 4 Corners program. “It’s clearly not in ...
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has “condemned” Murdoch University for suing a whistle-blower who spoke out during the controversial ABC Four Corners ‘Cash Cows’ program on international students at Australian universities Associate Professor Gerd Schroeder-Turk, a senior maths and statistics ...
More »Podcast: News just in | Murdoch launches counterclaim against whistleblower
The Four Corners 'Cash Cows' program, which aired in May, caused a scandal throughout Australia's higher education sector. The program focused on how universities were treating international students as proverbial "cash cows" and waiving or simplifying English language requirements to maximise ...
More »UC best for postgrad employment after three years
The University of Canberra has narrowly beaten Flinders University to top the list in postgraduate employment rates after three years, scoring 98.4 per cent – a mere 0.2 percentage points higher than its rival. Flinders University students can also look ...
More »New nationwide apprenticeships index to tackle skills shortages and unemployment
Apprenticeship seekers will now be able to check vacancies both nationally and by jurisdiction after Global Apprenticeship Network Australia (GAN) recently launched its Apprenticeship Vacancy Index (AVI). The index, which will be updated throughout the year, will show overall job ...
More »Podcast: Ramsay Centre rejects University of Sydney proposal
Ramsay Centre chief executive Professor Simon Haines has rejected The University of Sydney's latest proposal to modify the Centre's Western Civilisation degree. The modification involved reducing the full major to just two subjects and allowing far more students to access ...
More »Regional universities top key ranking: Good Universities Guide 2020
The Good Universities Guide 2020 has named Charles Sturt University the top-ranked Australian university in graduate employment, with 86 per cent of graduates securing full-time work within four months of completing their courses. The guide also found that Charles Sturt ...
More »We must start listening to the experts: Opinion
I could easily style myself as an education expert: I have the prefix in front of my name that lends legitimacy; I run a national organisation focused on education research; and I’ve been an education adviser to a minister. Others ...
More »Ramsay Centre negotiations with Sydney University not over yet
After more than a year of negotiations with the University of Sydney, vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence has written to the Ramsay Centre to propose an alternative program that would increase the number of students involved in studying Western civilisation and ...
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