Opinion | The Guardian US3d ago
Australia's universities have found themselves in crisis. But it has been decades in the making | Hannah Forsyth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/australias-universities-have-found-themselves-in-crisis-but-it-has-been-decades-in-the-making #AustralianUniversities #AustralianEducation #AustraliaNews
Australia’s universities have found themselves in crisis. But it has been decades in the making

Rather than a set of teaching and learning relationships, universities have become a bunch of metrics to be gamed. Unwinding these systems will take effort

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World news | The GuardianMar 6
Jillian Segal’s office hand-picked candidate to assess controversial university antisemitism report card https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/07/jillian-segals-office-hand-picked-candidate-to-assess-controversial-university-antisemitism-report-card #AustralianUniversities #Antisemitism #Protest #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
Jillian Segal’s office hand-picked candidate to assess controversial university antisemitism report card

Greg Craven, a former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, chosen after no other bids made for the tender

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World news | The GuardianMar 4
Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/04/adelaide-university-cancels-francesca-albanese-un-gaza-investigator #AustralianUniversities #Adelaide #AustralianBooks #FreedomOfSpeech #AustraliaNews
Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese

Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories

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The Daily PerspectiveMar 4

One Year of Student Caps: The Financial Reckoning Hitting Australia's Universities

#HigherEducation #AustralianUniversities #InternationalStudents #EducationPolicy #AusPol #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-04-one-year-of-student-caps-the-financial-reckoning-hitting-australias-universities-a563da11

One Year of Student Caps: The Financial Reckoning Hitting Australia's Universities

A year into federal caps on international student numbers, Australian universities face billions in lost revenue and are cutting research support and course offerings.

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World news | The GuardianMar 3
International students accuse Australia of treating them like ATMs after fees for one visa double without warning https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/03/international-student-fees-australia-visa-cost-double #AustralianEducation #AustralianUniversities #AustraliaNews
International students accuse Australia of treating them like ATMs after fees for one visa double without warning

Union says students blindsided after non-refundable visa fee rose from $2,300 to $4,600

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World news | The GuardianFeb 19
Nearly 20% fewer lower socio-economic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job ready scheme https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/pocock-scrap-jobs-ready-graduate-scheme #AustralianEducation #AustralianUniversities #AustraliaNews #DavidPocock #LaborParty
Nearly 20% fewer lower socio-economic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job ready scheme

Experts say the Morrison-era Jobs Ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serve

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World news | The GuardianFeb 18
‘Opening up worlds’: Linda Burney joins UTS board with a mission to boost Aboriginal participation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/linda-burney-uts-board-university-of-technology-sydney-aboriginal-education #LindaBurney #AustralianUniversities #AustralianEducation #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
‘Opening up worlds’: Linda Burney joins UTS board with a mission to boost Aboriginal participation

Former minister helped develop Australia’s first Aboriginal education policy in the 1980s and brings decades of expertise to embattled university

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World news | The GuardianFeb 17
Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/17/australian-university-racism-study-report #AustralianUniversities #AustralianEducation #AustraliaNews
Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’

Survey by Australian Human Rights Commission found universities failed to meet duty of care, while complaints processes were ‘Kafkaesque’

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Cyclic AutomataFeb 5
Zionists are coming for Australian universities as fascism increases its hold: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/05/australian-universities-protests-antisemitism-grade-system
Restricting protests will never lead to greater social cohesion.
#auspol #zionists #australianuniversities #palestine #protest
Australian universities to be graded on how well they deal with protests under antisemitism report card

Exclusive: Leaked documents show how universities will be assessed under new system, which was fast-tracked after Bondi terror attack

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World news | The GuardianJan 30
Professor who claimed ‘Blak’ activists were leading law school to ‘destruction’ to leave University of Melbourne https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/30/melbourne-professor-eric-descheemaeker-blak-activists-law-school-leaving-ntwnfb #AustralianUniversities #AustralianEducation #IndigenousAustralians #Melbourne #Victoria #AustraliaNews
Professor who claimed ‘Blak’ activists were leading law school to ‘destruction’ to leave University of Melbourne

Exclusive: Dr Eric Descheemaeker and university have agreed he will leave his job to pursue other opportunities, email to staff says

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