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Foreign student cap to ease housing crisis, Dutton says

A coalition push to free up homes by capping foreign student numbers is just an attempt to scapegoat international students in the housing debate, critics say.

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Election Diary: Dutton flags intervention in what he sees as ‘woke’ education, but how much could he actually do?

Peter Dutton came perilously close to a DOGE moment on Monday night, when he was asked about getting the “woke” agendas out of the education system. Noting the Commonwealth government “doesn’t own or run a school”, Dutton told a Sky audience in Brisbane that people wondered why there was “a…

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Muslim groups reject push for new Islamophobia definition at Australian universities

Groups call for a unified anti-racism standard and say separate definition would ‘shield’ universities from criticism of the antisemitism definition

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A new definition of antisemitism from Universities Australia is attracting criticism – two historians explain why

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 2023, and Israel’s war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents, some of these occurring at Australian universities. The war’s ongoing reverberations have led to renewed controversy over the question of when criticism of Israel and support for…

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Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition has some academics worried. Here’s why

Warnings decision could have ‘chilling’ effect and limit scope of education on Middle East

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Uni size a factor for vice-chancellors' pay: peak body

The head of Australia's university peak body has defended the salaries of vice-chancellors being larger than than the leaders of Harvard or Oxford.

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PhD numbers slip as students made to live 'in poverty'

Australia's future economic growth and research prospects are at risk with meagre incomes deterring prospective candidates from undertaking a PhD.

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Call to prioritise lowering student loan debt in 2025

The peak body for universities wants the next government to prioritise lower student loan debts to reduce barriers to study and help meet a key skills target.

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Student safety bolstered as complaint watchdog sealed

Those who feel short-changed by their uni's response to their sexual assault or racism complaints will be able to escalate it to a student watchdog.

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Mixed response to Labor pledge of student debt relief

The opposition and student union have criticised Labor's pledge to cut student debts by 20 per cent, but universities backed efforts to make the system fairer.

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Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Education Minister Jason Clare says limits for foreign students taking up individual degrees will only be used as a back up.

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Morning Mail: asylum seekers face PNG eviction, Harris-Trump debate countdown, Socceroos draw fresh blank

Calls for Australia to intervene to help former Manus detainees; Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prepare to face off in Philadelphia

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Foreign student cap will lower living standards: unis

A higher education heavyweight says the major parties are undermining Australia's future prosperity for short term political gains by capping foreign students.

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Universities say they are being treated like ‘political footballs’ in scathing critique of Labor’s student cap

Decision to cap international enrolments the most ‘extraordinary intervention’ since 2021 Coalition vetoing of research grants, Universities Australia chair to say

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Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy

The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, our new study has found.

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Australia caps international student numbers amid discontent over housing

Education minister says enrolments to be limited to 270,000 in 2025 in bid to create ‘a better and a fairer system’.

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Universities brace for planned cap on overseas students

The government is set to reveal what cap on international students unis and education providers will face and the fate of a controversial visa direction.

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Australia could introduce a cap on international students and protect uni funding. Our formula shows how

There are more than 850,000 current and former international students living in Australia. This means there are more international students in Australia than people living in Canberra.

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University boss calls international student cap 'chaos'

The head of Universities Australia has labelled the government's international student cap proposal "policy chaos" with significant ramifications.

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Why have we been excluded? The students left out of Labor’s promised placement payments

Universities Australia backs the proposed allowance but students not on the list are ‘devastated’ and argue $8 is a ‘slap in the face’

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Newcastle uni's needle-free diabetes test wins Shaping Australia Award

The biosensor is 100 times more sensitive than other blood sensors.

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PM says ‘protections’ needed before funding can resume – as it happened

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Calls for fee-free uni for disadvantaged students

The university peak body is urging the government to make fee-free higher education places available to fill skills gaps in critical industries.

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Australian universities urged to boost links with China

Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson has praised co-operation between tertiary institutions in China and Australia.

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