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Premier Steven Marshall says he’s hopeful that international students will return to South Australia next month, as he and the Opposition traded barbs over his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Adelaide University Vice-Chancellor Peter Høj has warned of a higher education sector crisis unless borders reopen to international students, despite the university recording a “better than expected” surplus for a pandemic-hit financial year.
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A federal government decision not to renew $1 billion in research funding has put more pressure on South Australia’s embattled higher education industry as the sector braces for a budget cut of nearly 10 per cent over the next four years.
A third academic year of closed borders will cost the economy and deliver the university sector its biggest hit yet, argues Peter Hurley.
Australian universities are so dependent on international students for cash that if only one if five don’t re-enrol this year, many institutions will be in serious trouble with impacts on staff and research, writes Omer Yezdani.
Australia’s universities are warning further job losses are on the horizon after more than 17,000 people in the sector were left unemployed last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
