This Month
Backpackers from China, India, Vietnam caught in migration crackdown
The government expects to halve migration levels by next year, with international students bearing the brunt of measures.
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Double Aussie uni student numbers? The question is still how
A flurry of higher education announcements ahead of the budget didn’t get to the crux of Jason Clare’s big ambition. Neither did the budget.
Free courses to boost the chances of uni hopefuls
Universities and students have been the target for a mixed bag of measures that seek to expand domestic student places while curtailing international enrolments.
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Go8 Universities agree to combat racism, uphold free speech
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious universities have set out five principles, as Deakin University prepares for a showdown with campus protesters.
Three Australian unis make it into new global top 100
The Universities of Melbourne, Sydney and NSW are in the latest Centre for World University Rankings, but there are concerns about the nation’s research output.
‘I just need an actual job’: No relief for students in debt nightmare
The biggest contributor to student debt is a scheme called Job Ready Graduates. But it doesn’t look like there will be any reprieve in the budget.
‘Horrible on every level’: Universities object to migration changes
Changes to limit the number of foreign students at educational colleges, universities and schools are highly interventionist and prescribe not only where students can study but what they can learn, providers said.
- Updated
New laws to cap international student intakes
The federal government has stopped short of imposing a hard cap on international student numbers, but will introduce new limits for each provider.
Chinese do better than others in student visa crackdown
Nearly every Chinese student who applies for a visa to study at an Australian university gets approved. It’s a different story for others.
The students to get Labor’s new ‘prac payment’, and who misses out
Too strict means-testing would make the federal government’s newly announced prac payment for university and TAFE students out of reach.
Constitutional expert to be next head of Western Sydney Uni
George Williams spent 24 years at UNSW where he built a reputation as one of Australia’s foremost legal scholars. But now he’s upping stumps to head up WSU.
Labor to give teaching, nursing students $320 per week payment
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students will receive a weekly payment to help offset the costs of mandatory placements.
Labor to wipe $3b from students’ HECS debt
The government will cut the student debt of around 3 million students as cost-of-living pressures continue to create pain.
Pro-Palestine ‘tent cities’ not going anywhere, students vow
Hundreds of students have camped out at universities demanding the institutions cut ties with weapon manufacturers and condemn Israel’s war in Gaza.
Foreign students flood appeals tribunal to stay longer
Many student hopefuls who have had their visa application rejected are appealing the decision, often as a means to extend their stay.
- Updated
Parents unite to end ‘daily battle with kids’ over phones, social media
Banning phones in schools is only part of the solution. What happens at home is even more important.
It’s not what you do but who you are: gender pay gap myths busted
The gender pay gap is not explained by women’s career choices, or that they work part-time. They just get paid less than men, a new study has found.
Dutton calls on unis to shut down pro-Palestinian protests
Peter Dutton says vice chancellors are tolerating racist protests on their campuses and should shut the activists down.
April
Blaming students for housing crisis ‘simplistic’, universities say
A new report finds that conflating international students with the housing shortage is opportunistic and could have profound ramifications on the economy.
Government baulks at hard caps on foreign student numbers
The Albanese government is shying away from a Canadian-style hard cap on foreign student numbers and will opt for more nuanced measures to control migration.
