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Recent student protests are attempts to humanize the Palestinians in desperate need of a ceasefire. Students deserve a dignity-affirming dialogue, not the continued use of police brutality.
Andrew Norton, professor in the practice of higher education policy at the ANU, joined the podcast to dissect the governments new policy to cap international student intake.
An ‘apprenticeship’ system would undermine teaching’s role as a profession, and separate trainees from the evolving research and knowledge that university-based training provides.
Canada needs the arts, with its insights into human behaviour and thinking, more than ever. But governments and funding agencies should shift funding models for arts graduate education.
Nothing Hamas has done was comparable to October 7, and nothing Israel has done is comparable to what it continues to do since that day. Student protests, in this context, inspire a measure of hope.
Unless and until student encampments become an unreasonably severe disruption to the enjoyment of university spaces, there is no argument supporting state intervention.
International students have come under fire for their supposed impact on Australian housing. Our research shows they are finding it stressful and difficult to secure accommodation.
Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence?
A change to university funding is on the cards, but the Job-ready Graduates scheme is staying put for now.
For the last 40 years or so, successive federal governments have focused on developing the international education sector. The Albanese government is now signalling a new approach.
Students have now been protesting on Australian campuses for weeks. But as the camps become more established, so, too, do concerns about student safety.
The situation in Gaza undoubtedly requires urgent international attention and a peaceful resolution. Yet it is not the only armed conflict or humanitarian crisis in the world.
Communication about conflict is the fundamental starting point for future action. In modeling non-violent communication, university leaders can proactively counter potential extremism.
Canada was never designed to be a space for unequivocal diversity, equity or inclusion. Rather, DEI initiatives are based on policies that maintain an unequal status quo.
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
The federal government has announced plans to change the way debts are indexed. But it may not help students over the long term.
Analysis shows news stories on pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities spiked when they involved clashes.
How university campuses respond to concerns about student safety can set the stage for learning or encourage its opposite: divisiveness and censorship.
Almost 56 years to the day after the anti-war protests in 1968, New York City police evicted Columbia University students from an on-campus occupation.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
