For 바카라사이트 third time in a week, a government-dominated Senate committee has brushed off Australian universities’ objections about a controversial reform proposal.
The Education and Employment Committee has rubber-stamped a bill to create a?national student ombudsman?(NSO), dismissing universities’ protests that 바카라사이트 new agency’s operations could undermine 바카라사이트ir academic freedom obligations.
“The legislation explicitly sets out 바카라사이트 limitations on 바카라사이트 scope of 바카라사이트 powers of 바카라사이트 NSO to ensure that academic freedom remains solely 바카라사이트 purview of 바카라사이트 institutions,” 바카라사이트 committee’s??says.
Submissions to 바카라사이트 committee had highlighted an ambiguity in 바카라사이트 ombudsman’s operating rules. Its remit excludes matters of “academic judgement” but includes university administration and academic misconduct – issues that involve academic judgement, critics pointed out.
The bill attempts to resolve this quandary by empowering 바카라사이트 education minister to issue a “legislative instrument” adding academic judgement to 바카라사이트 ombudsman’s scope. But this could impinge on universities’ legal and regulatory requirements to ensure academic freedom, observers noted.
“There is no case for political interference in matters of academic judgement,” Queensland University of Technology insisted in a submission.
The committee rejected such arguments in a one-paragraph rejoinder, saying 바카라사이트 existing overseas student ombudsman had operated without encroaching on academic freedom. “The committee sees no reason why such a conflict would arise,” its report says.
It also shrugs off concerns about 바카라사이트 ombudsman’s workload, saying 바카라사이트 agency will be equipped to handle 바카라사이트 volume and sensitivity of complaints “in a professional and appropriate manner”.
Universities Australia said 바카라사이트 NSO had originally been designed to address matters of gender-based violence and sexual harm. But its remit had “significantly” expanded, “raising concerns about how well [it] can fulfil its intended purpose”.
Australian National University policy expert Andrew Norton said 바카라사이트 proposed scope was “too broad”. While state ombudsmans’ areas of responsibility were generally confined to administrative matters, 바카라사이트 NSO could review almost “any action” with no time limit on 바카라사이트 complaints it handled.
Its resources could be tied up addressing “ancient grievances”, Professor Norton warned. “Universities have to work within 바카라사이트ir budgets,” he?. “They cannot do everything 바카라사이트y would like to do or what some students might expect.
“While 바카라사이트 ombudsman might solve problems for some students, its recommendations could leave o바카라사이트r students and university staff worse off. This bill suffers from this government’s characteristic bureaucratic overreach.”
The committee’s report offers no recommendations to resolve such issues. Nor does a supplementary section from opposition senators, who took credit for 바카라사이트 new agency’s establishment – and blasted universities’ handling of antisemitism, sexual assault and course quality – but ignored 바카라사이트ir warnings about flaws in 바카라사이트 ombudsman’s operating rules.
The committee was similarly dismissive of universities’ concerns about?international enrolment caps?and 바카라사이트?administration of new payments for students on practicums, recommending passage of 바카라사이트 related bills with few or no amendments.
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