People travelling to Australia on a visitor visa will be banned from applying for a student visa under new restrictions designed to fix loopholes in the country’s migration system. As of July 1, the federal government will move to restrict ‘visa hopping’ by banning foreigners on visitor visas from applyingContinue Reading
A leading global university ranking agency has warned that plans to slash international student numbers could hurt the competitiveness of Australian tertiary educators. QS, one of the “big three” global ranking systems, released its 2025 world rankings on Wednesday, with three Australian educators retaining their top 20 places. University ofContinue Reading
Australian universities and colleges could be banned from enrolling foreign students if they exceed their caps under new laws to ensure the “integrity and quality” of the $48bn education export industry. The move is also part of the Albanese government’s attempts to limit net overseas migration by reducing the intakeContinue Reading
Pro-Palestine activists have started an occupation of the a building at the University of Melbourne. Approximately 100 students brought tents and began a sit-in at the Arts West building while chanting “we shall not be moved” through megaphones, echoing similar university stand-offs taking place across campuses worldwide in recent weeks.Continue Reading
A window has been smashed at a major university as furious pro-Palestine sentiment continues to ramp up across Australia’s tertiary institutions. Protesters descended on the Boeing centre at the University of Queensland on Thursday, denouncing the university’s ties to the US aerospace giant and weapons manufacturer for its alleged supportContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the pro-Palestine campus tent cities on several Australian university campuses should end, and says the Prime Minister is being weak on anti-Semitism. “We wouldn’t tolerate it if it was a campus protest against people of indigenous heritage or people with Islamic community or people ofContinue Reading
There are calls for Australia to capitalise on an emerging group of international university of students, as a new report identifies Africa as a major source of students over the next 30 years. A report by The Lygon Group, commissioned by Universities Australia, suggests that by 2050, the nations ofContinue Reading
Australian universities have underpaid their staff by $159 million dollars, a shocking new report has found, prompting union leaders to urge the federal government to criminalise wage theft. A report released today by The National Tertiary Education Union found more than 97,000 university staff have been underpaid by 32 higherContinue Reading
Sexual violence victim-survivors and advocates have welcomed a plan to end gendered violence in universities, released publicly today by Federal Education Minister Jason Clare. The draft action plan, developed by a working group on university governance chaired by Our Watch CEO Patty Kinnersly, was presented at a meeting to educationContinue Reading
More than 100 staff and students from the University of Sydney reported sexual misconduct last year, according to an inaugural annual report. The University of Sydney report, released on Monday, revealed it had received 121 reports of sexual misconduct in 2022, including 74 cases of sexual assault and 47 casesContinue Reading