Charles Sturt University (CSU) Edith Cowan University Western Australia University of Newcastle Charles Darwin University The University of Notre Dame Australia Student Numbers at Australian Universities How many students are there studying at Australian Universities? How many international students are there studying in Australian Universities? These are two of the commonly asked questions about the number of students in Australia especially regarding both local and international student statistics. It is important to note ithat there are many domestic and international students who are not studying in an actual designated university and instead are studying in one of the many colleges or TAFEs in other areas of the higher education sector including vocational education, english, or other diploma or degree level studies. The following table shows the student population at the Australian universities and the higher education sector both in total and in proportional numbers. Click here for a sortable: List of largest universities in Australia by student numbers Click here for a sortable: List of international students in Australian Universities
Dr Chris McGrath - School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management - The University of Queensland, Australia Position Senior Lecturer (Environmental Regulation) Contact Room: 35-423 Phone: 334-67405 Email: chris.mcgrath@uq.edu.au Website: Environmental Law Publishing Qualifications LLB (Hons) (UQ, 1997) BSc (UQ, 1997) LLM (Environmental Law) (QUT, 2000) PhD (QUT, 2007) Professional affiliations Background Research Interests Evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental regulation Climate change and greenhouse gas accounting Vegetation management laws and policies Research Students Associate Supervision Kirsty Chessher-Brown Christopher Robertson Christopher Sanderson Selected publications Website: Environmental Law Publishing McGrath C, "Shenhua mine: the federal government could have chosen farming over coal" (The Conversation, 15 June 2015) McGrath C, “One-stop-shop a messy backward step for Australia” (2014) 31 (3) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 164-191. McGrath C, “Greens-Palmer deal a roadblock for one-stop shop” (The Conversation, 3 October 2014). McGrath C, Does Environmental Law Work?
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Swinburne staff warned of job cuts as universities' COVID-19 woes grow "As a result of COVID-19, Monash has faced its largest annual reductions in revenue in the university’s history, and it is likely that next year will be worse," vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner said. Staff at Monash are being urged to sign up to a union-negotiated framework involving temporary pay cuts of up to 15 per cent to avoid widespread job losses. Swinburne vice-chancellor Professor Linda Kristjanson told staff the university had “initiated consultation on voluntary redundancies” but could not rule out forced redundancies. Related Article “There is a possibility that involuntary redundancies may be required in coming months to meet the changing environment we are now facing, including significantly reduced student numbers and less capital investment,” Professor Kristjanson said in an all-staff email on Tuesday. Swinburne projects a deficit of $51 million this year, followed by further losses totalling $101 million in 2021 and 2022. Sign up to our Coronavirus Update newsletter
Government briefing to allay universities' fears over foreign veto laws adds to uncertainty | Australia news Australian universities could get the green light to strike deals with international counterparts under the Morrison government’s new foreign veto laws, only to have the agreements ripped up years down the track because “foreign policy considerations are not static”. As concerns grow within the higher education sector about the reach of a proposed bill giving Canberra the power to cancel international deals, Guardian Australia has learned that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) attempted to allay those concerns at a briefing for universities last week. University representatives raised fears at the briefing that the new laws could have a “chilling effect” on international research collaboration – given that Australia’s foreign affairs minister could initially allow an agreement to enter into force, only to veto at a later stage. Universities fear such wide discretion could erode international partners’ confidence to enter into negotiations with Australian researchers.
Universities accused of 'sham contracting' as wage scandal in Australia's higher education sector deepens - ABC News The wage theft scandal that has engulfed the tertiary sector this year is now moving to the Federal Court, with the National Tertiary Education Union and four former staff members pursuing private university JMC Academy. Key points: Unions are accusing the Sydney-based university of "sham contracting", a trend they says is increasing in the sector JMC is the latest university to be accused of wage theft after an ABC investigation exposed what some say is higher education's "dirty secret"A newly released union survey found wage theft to be widespread, with 78 per cent of respondents claiming one form of underpayment The Sydney-based university, which specialises in creative fields, is facing back pay and penalty requests for what lawyers say are "serious contraventions" of the Fair Work Act. In one case, the lawsuit seeks unpaid superannuation going back 18 years. NTEU National Assistant Secretary Gabe Gooding likened it to "sham contracting". 'There was no net for me'
Australia's university sector has winners, losers and big losers. But will 2022 turn things around? Leo Tolstoy's famous opening to Anna Karenina reads: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The Russian master was writing in 1877, but in 2021 it's an apt description of Australia's university family — and the pandemic’s uneven impact on it. Some universities have actually increased revenue since the pandemic began, yet the heads of some other families — the vice-chancellors — are deeply unhappy. The reasons why are complex, and it's not just down to the loss of international students. One university had a pandemic response plan in the bottom drawer and prospered (yes, they'd workshopped it before 2020), while others have suffered. Students, too, feel they're missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime rite of passage, persistently questioning why so much of campus life remains remote, even as lockdowns are lifted. In 2020, Australian universities lost 5.1 per cent of 2019 revenue. Some lost much, much more. The winners The small losers The big losers
Which university is safest? This is how every Australian uni performed in a survey about sexual violence and harassment Bond University in Queensland has the highest reported prevalence of sexual assault among students since they started studying, according to a safety survey of Australia's 39 major universities. Of the Bond University students who participated in the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS), 13.2 per cent said they had been sexually assaulted since they started university, which is almost three times the national average (4.5 per cent). Bond University is the smallest university included in the survey, and was one of the few institutions to offer the survey to every student aged 18 and older. Results from the Australian National University (ANU) were almost on par, with 12.3 per cent of students surveyed saying they had been sexually assaulted since they started university. Sexual assault was defined in the survey as unconsensual sexual contact or acts including rape, fondling of sexual body parts, sexual kissing or sexual penetration. Prevalence of sexual assault
Melbourne University to 'dramatically' reduce reliance on casual contracts after underpayment scandal Melbourne University provost Nicola Phillips has apologised for underpayment at the institution and announced the university would overhaul its employment model and "dramatically" reduce its reliance on casual staff in response to the scandal. Key points: A Senate inquiry found half of all universities had been implicated in the underpayment of staffMelbourne University provost Nicola Phillips says the university is sorry and will scale back the use of casual contractsFormer dance teacher Hamish McIntosh says he was underpaid and is trying to recover lost wages "We're dismayed that it's happened … In this case, we have not done the right thing. And we are working really hard to put it right," she told 7.30 in an exclusive interview. The university sector has been plagued by revelations of widespread underpayment over the past two years, with a Senate inquiry reporting half of all universities had been implicated and the Fair Work Ombudsman currently investigating at least a dozen.