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Universities are increasingly using powerful software to monitor students remotely taking exams. While there are advantages, the surveillance also carries inherent risk, say University of Melbourne researchers.
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The loss of lucrative international students will be compounded by a cut to research funding and a demand to enrol more local students for less money, write Peter Hurley, Melinda Hildebrandt and Sam Hoang.
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The University of Adelaide’s decision to slash more jobs and “underperforming” courses due to a budget shortfall is testament to the corporatisation of higher education by federal governments as they withdrew funding support. Hannah Forsyth and Geoffrey Sherington explain that the die was cast long before the pandemic.
University funding has now declined in real terms, on top of the continued financial hammer blow from closed borders, write Frank Larkins and Ian Marshman.
A third academic year of closed borders will cost the economy and deliver the university sector its biggest hit yet, argues Peter Hurley.
University students are facing a mental health crisis and governments need to step up with real help, argue Susan Harris Rimmer, Kate McGuire and Neeraj Gill.
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