A new report by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows the university sector could expect to lose up to $19 billion over the next three years due to a dearth of international student revenue caused by ...
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Higher ed sector seeks more government help for struggling international students
Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said the peak body will continue to consult with government after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said international students would have to guarantee their income for 12 months. Mr Morrison told a press conference on ...
More »RMIT, ABC expose fake coronavirus stories
Lot of sex kills conornavirus. A factory in Footscray is hoarding grocery items. A Stanford University breath test will tell you if you have COVID-19. These are the types of stories about COVID-19 that RMIT ABC Fact Check’s new coronavirus ...
More »Is the LANTITE contributing to the ‘collapse’ of the Australian teaching profession?
When Campus Review published an opinion piece by Mihad Ali highlighting her frustration with the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE), it sparked a debate online both on our Twitter and comments page. While many commentators believed that strong ...
More »Voice of First Nations must be heard through dialogue and education: opinion
In recognising the constitutional role of First Nation peoples in Australian affairs, as imagined in the Uluru Statement, there is an opportunity to give full expression to our philosophical and cultural identity through the processes that govern the entire nation: ...
More »Sociologist argues Australia’s universities are ‘addicted’ to China
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 »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 »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 »Whistleblower calls for closer look at VET regulator’s practices
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) – Australia's VET regulator for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) – has been attacked for alleged over-spending, non-compliance measures and allowing unqualified auditors to undertake auditing activities. A whistleblower from Education Issues Australia contacted Campus ...
More »Is AI the future for mental health assistance?
Thankfully we’ve come a long way since people with mental health issues – such as depression, bipolar disorder or psychosis – were locked up in large, austere institutions or subjected to barbaric treatments, including crudely performed lobotomies. With the introduction of ...
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