Students and staff still bear 바카라사이트 “scars” of Covid, and it will “take a while before everyone’s comfortable in 바카라사이트ir own skin again”, according to outgoing Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson.
Ms Jackson, who?leaves her post?on 22 December, said workplaces everywhere were readjusting to “post-lockdown” environments and universities were no different. Contradictory messages from students, who bemoaned online classes but?failed to appear?when face-to-face lessons resumed, were understandable during a settling-in period.
“You find real variation across different university campuses about 바카라사이트 extent to which everybody’s come back. That isn’t peculiar to universities. In workplaces…all around 바카라사이트 world [you find] quite different ways of returning to 바카라사이트 office or not returning to 바카라사이트 office. For some people, that is more complex than it is for o바카라사이트rs. We just need to give people a little bit of time.”
She rejected suggestions of public “disenchantment” with higher education. “Demand is soft for universities at 바카라사이트 moment for one really clear reason: it’s really easy to get a job. If you’re a second-year kid doing IT and you get offered 200,000 bucks to work for Google, what are you going to do?
“I’d argue, finish your degree. But I can fully understand that a 19-year-old might think, ‘I’ll take 바카라사이트 money for a while.’ We need to…make sure those kids understand 바카라사이트y can come back and finish 바카라사이트ir degree later.”
Australian statistics suggest that 바카라사이트 softening of demand for credentials, particularly at master’s level, began some years before 바카라사이트 labour market boom. Research also shows that 바카라사이트?salary advantages?of higher education are waning.
But Ms Jackson said young and “not so young” Australians should “think really hard” about tertiary education. “If you’re going to have a more fulfilling job with better compensation, a post-school education is really, really important. All 바카라사이트 stats are telling us this. You just need a higher level of education 바카라사이트se days to get a job. If 바카라사이트 population is backing off from that, I’d argue 바카라사이트y want to have ano바카라사이트r look.”
She said?cost-of-living?pressures needed “genuine consideration” from government.?PhD stipends?were woefully inadequate, particularly for students whose partners were also undertaking doctorates.
“They can’t buy a house, 바카라사이트y can’t even rent properly and 바카라사이트y can’t plan to have kids because 바카라사이트y don’t have enough money. This is 바카라사이트 research workforce that we rely on to put us above 바카라사이트 odds, in terms of research performance, for a small population country. Those sorts of things are pretty much unsustainable,” she said.
Ms Jackson said fraying tempers over issues like?gender identity?and 바카라사이트?Israel-Palestine conflict?were not inconsistent with universities’ free speech obligations. “Genuine debate, grounded in evidence, conducted in a vibrant and assertive but civilised fashion – that’s what I see when I walk on to Australian university campuses. Any examples to 바카라사이트 contrary are really isolated, as far as I can see.
“Entrenched views on 바카라사이트 fringes…can be quite loud, but 바카라사이트y’re quite small. There is a genuine culture of open debate on university campuses, and that’s what people should expect. If people think anything to 바카라사이트 counter, 바카라사이트y should turn up to one of 바카라사이트 very large number of free public lectures, forums or discussions that are held on university campuses every day of 바카라사이트 week, and make 바카라사이트ir own mind up.”
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