Chinese enrolments in Australian universities have collapsed by 23 per cent in a year, a figure that is set to dramatically worsen after reports that Beijing is advising agents to direct students to other destinations.
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Tertiary education is Australia needs to adapt to a changing employment landscape, which will require educators, learners, employers and governments to collaborate to ensure graduates are ready for the workplace of the future.
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Expanding the range of courses suited to students while equipping them for a job market disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic will be vital for the future workforce, according to a new education and training strategy.
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Deakin University has become the fifth member of the Australian Technology Network of Universities, boosting the group’s claim to represent the middle tier of large, research-rich universities.
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Deakin University has announced it has joined Australia’s most innovative and enterprising university grouping, with the move gaining the support of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.
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Victoria’s Deakin University has joined the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN), restoring critical mass the group lost when Queensland University of Technology decamped two years ago.
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Telecommunication giants and universities want the Morrison government to urgently refine its proposed new powers to take control of their computer systems in the event of a major cyber attack.
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Universities say changes to the Morrison government's foreign veto bill to focus on potential Chinese government interference still pose an unprecedented intrusion on academic autonomy and will lead to a significant administrative burden.
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Universities say the government's Foreign Relations Bill is a "knee-jerk" response that is "not fit for purpose", and are lobbying Senate crossbenchers for last-minute amendments to prevent damage to their global reputation.
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In a last-ditch effort to ease the impact of the federal government’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill, universities are lobbying opposition and crossbench senators to back amendments to reduce ministerial power to intervene in their overseas agreements.
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