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News, comment and analysis on higher education and research in Australia

August 2024

  • Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas

    Plan to cap international students ‘fundamentally destructive’ for state’s finances, Victorian treasurer says

  • Sydney university building

    Albanese government announces plan to cap international student enrolments at 270,000

  • ‘Every single time I sat at my desk, I learned something new – no matter how small.’

    From writer to (aspiring) economist: doing the calculus on something you suck at

    Anna Spargo-Ryan
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    What’s 2024’s most popular sport?

  • Australian climate and environment in focus
    Repeating climate denial claims makes them seem more credible, Australian-led study finds

  • Degrees devalued
    Alarm bells over Australian universities’ financial dependence on international students

  • Australia news live
    Marles refuses to say when US B-52s will start NT deployment – as it happened

July 2024

  • Rows of students sitting at individual desks for exams

    Degrees devalued
    I know why students cheat. It’s time for Australian universities to do something about it

    Guy Curtis
  • Illustration showing a hand emerging from computer screen

    Degrees devalued
    Lures and violent threats: old school cheating still rampant at Australian universities, even as AI rises

  • Illustration for university series. The image shows multiple graduation caps, with one cap made out of Australian 100 dollar notes.

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    How the pursuit of profit is devaluing Australian degrees – Full Story podcast

  • Illustration shows a degree certificate being put through a shredder

    Degrees devalued
    ‘Nobody is blind to it’: mass cheating through AI puts integrity of Australian universities at risk, academics claim

  • Australia news live
    Aurora australis may be visible, BoM says – as it happened

  • Degrees devalued
    Australian universities accused of awarding degrees to students with no grasp of ‘basic’ English

  • Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US

  • ANU launches review into investment portfolio after pro-Palestine protests

  • Canberra trial shows EVs can provide backup power to grid in blackouts and emergencies

  • University of Sydney students and staff blast new ‘draconian’ protest crackdown

  • International students left feeling like ‘cash cows’ after Albanese government raises visa fees

  • Australia news live
    Dutton says ‘Australia can learn’ from new British PM’s nuclear stance – as it happened

  • Australia news live
    Senator says PM’s office planted seed about crossing floor – as it happened

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