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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.
- Julie Hare
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.
- Phillip Coorey and Julie Hare
- Breaking
- University
‘The right time to go’: Maskell to leave Melbourne University
Duncan Maskell, the University of Melbourne’s vice chancellor, will step down next year just halfway through his second five-year term.
- Julie Hare
Steep rise in student visa rejections ‘scaring applicants away’
News of the federal government’s clampdown on student visas is spreading far and wide and the US is becoming the destination of choice.
- Julie Hare
Mass lay-offs at regional uni as international enrolments slump 90pc
Federation University in Victoria could be the canary in the coal mine as its international student enrolments dive.
- Julie Hare
April
Average HECS debts to rise by $2350 on June 1
There may be relief for student-debt holders in the upcoming budget, but it won’t come soon enough to prevent a 4.7 per cent increase.
- Julie Hare
House deposit or HECS debt: what’s best for the kids?
Soaring student loan debts can reduce first home buyer lending capacity by up to $140,000, according to analysis by RateCity.
- Duncan Hughes and Lucy Dean
Relief in sight as anger over student debt escalates
Rising student debt is crippling a generation of recent graduates, but the Prime Minister has indicated help is on the way.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- AI
ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all
Some universities are increasing face-to-face assessments to discourage AI cheating. Academics should be encouraged to expose the problem, not deterred from fixing it.
- Updated
- Pilita Clark
March
University reforms get thumbs up from teals, Nationals
The ambitious 25-year plan to double the number of people with a degree has found many fans in Canberra.
- Julie Hare
February
- Opinion
- Education
Flaws in the fix for universities
The Universities Accord is supposed to be a blueprint for Australia’s higher education sector, but there are more questions than answers about how its goals will be achieved.
- Jennifer Hewett
Poor university teaching ‘a drag on productivity’
The Productivity Commissioner says there are no incentives inside universities to lift their game and no way for students to know what they are signing up to.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- University
The universities accord is like one giant déjà vu
The report has big ambitions. So did the 2008 Bradley review. They are not too dissimilar in scope and intent.
- Julie Hare
‘Wealth tax’ for top unis in $10b funding shake-up
A major review of higher education has recommended a return to demand-driven funding to get more poor students into university; a $10 billion infrastructure fund; an independent tertiary education commission; and bonuses paid based on graduation.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- Education
Universities’ accord ‘blueprint for the next decade’: Clare
It will need political buy in, not just to get legislation passed in the coming months and year, but over the long-term – over successive governments and economic roundabouts.
- Julie Hare
August 2023
- Analysis
- Government Observed
How to double the university sector
A university degree will be almost mandatory to obtain future work, fundamentally challenging a system that was last reformed nearly 40 years ago.
- Tom Burton
AI use by uni students three times rate of workforce
Nearly 60 per cent of university students are using artificial intelligence in their studies - three times the rate of take-up in the workforce.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Opinion
Supersized universities forced to think small
Australian vice chancellors argue their students get a great education and reject any criticism that ever bigger student numbers detract from the experience.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Envy tax’ on universities dismissed as ‘abhorrent’
Imposing a levy on revenue raised from international students has been rejected as ‘sending the wrong message’ that could cause those considering Australia to look elsewhere.
- Euan Black
Uni graduates lack crucial skills and online study is making it worse
Employers are crying out for graduates with better communication and collaborative skills, according to the woman leading the inquiry into the sector.
- Gus McCubbing and Tom Burton
‘Keeps me up at night’: NAPLAN data to spark schools overhaul
Education Minister Jason Clare says the latest results will show the need for major school reform to address the poor results of disadvantaged students.
- Tom Burton
- Exclusive
- University
Charge students more to expand uni access: outgoing PC boss
The Albanese government should increase student contributions to get more Australians into university without hitting the budget, Michael Brennan says.
- Michael Read and Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- University
‘No political plaything’: Labor to end research grant veto
Changes to the Australian Research Council will ensure government ministers cannot veto grants at whim.
- Julie Hare
Fix education and training to boost productivity: BCA
Australia’s education system is a major drag on productivity, says the BCA, but it doesn’t need to be.
- Julie Hare
Jason Clare’s big university targets ‘totally unrealistic’
The idea that 55 per cent of young people will have a degree by 2035 is not just unrealistic, but fails to ask students what they want.
- Julie Hare
