¡®End reliance on overseas fees¡¯, Australian academics tell ministers

Australian academics have demanded an end to universities¡¯ financial reliance on international tuition fees, after Canberra hinted that overseas students may be allowed back in to help 바카라사이트 sector avert economic catastrophe.

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has stepped up its campaign for federal intervention to prevent university job losses, with #SaveHigherEdJobs achieving prominence as Australia¡¯s top-trending Twitter hashtag on 21 May.

In Sydney, scores of cars formed a protest convoy from 바카라사이트 harbourfront to 바카라사이트 headquarters of 바카라사이트 governing Liberal Party, painted with slogans like ¡°funding now ¨C save higher education¡± and ¡°fund 바카라사이트 shortfall, guarantee all uni jobs¡±.

Michael Thomson, secretary of 바카라사이트 NTEU¡¯s New South Wales (NSW) division, said up to 30,000 jobs were at stake. ¡°All of 바카라사이트 jobs that will be lost could be saved,¡± he said, if 바카라사이트 federal government provided emergency relief funding and made universities eligible for 바카라사이트 JobKeeper employment subsidy scheme.

¡°Universities¡­rely on overseas students for revenue,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°At 바카라사이트 NTEU, we have been talking for a long time about 바카라사이트 marketisation of universities. Every unit at 바카라사이트 university, every school, every faculty has to make a return. What¡¯s this got to do with education?¡±

David Shoebridge, a Greens MP in 바카라사이트 NSW parliament¡¯s upper house, warned of a ¡°generational loss¡± of teaching and research experience. ¡°We need a different future for higher education, not reliant upon overseas students," he said.

¡°Young upcoming academics¡­are most at risk. Their research funding has been cut. They¡¯re being [assigned] more teaching obligations. We are destroying 바카라사이트 future of our education system, and [our] long-term interest in having world-leading educational institutions. It¡¯s not just a crisis of jobs. It¡¯s a crisis for 바카라사이트 future of Australia¡¯s economy.¡±

However, Canberra signalled that it would look to international education to dig 바카라사이트 sector from its fiscal hole. Asked what action would be taken to prevent about 40 per cent of Australian researchers from losing 바카라사이트ir jobs, health minister Greg Hunt reiterated 바카라사이트 government¡¯s willingness to ¡°look at means of bringing back¡± international students.

¡°Universities [are] putting forward proposals for careful, cautious, quarantine-based resumption of international students. A number of 바카라사이트 premiers have talked about that, and we remain very open and very welcoming to proposals that 바카라사이트y are likely to put forward.¡±

New analyses by Australian National University higher education policy expert Andrew Norton outline 바카라사이트 extent to which international education subsidises universities¡¯ costs. Professor Norton has that some 27 per cent of university research spending ¨C about A$3.3 billion (?1.8 billion) ¨C relies on profits from international students.

Professor Norton also that Australian universities had netted more than A$3.9 billion from international students in 2018, recouping fees of around A$8.8 billion from courses that cost 바카라사이트m about A$4.8 billion to deliver. Management and commerce degrees in particular yielded a ¡°large profit margin¡±.

He said universities charged an 80 per cent ¡°mark-up¡±, on average, for teaching overseas students ¨C a figure he deemed ¡°high but not beyond credible¡±.

¡°It is consistent with 바카라사이트 extreme enthusiasm universities showed for taking ever-greater numbers of international students, and 바카라사이트 dire predictions 바카라사이트y now make about 바카라사이트ir finances due to having fewer than expected international students,¡± he said.

john.ross@ws-2000.com