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A piece of research tracking Australian regulation of IE over time has found there has been policy inaction in the space of international student welfare.

CW: This piece discusses sexual assault, harassment and hazing. Calls to abolish the USyd Residential Colleges have been made for years.

Date Time Australian higher education providers transition to new category standards The Morrison Government’s reforms to Australia’s higher education regulatory framework have enabled one provider to be registered as a new university and three others as University Colleges under new category standards. The Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) today announced: NSW-based Avondale University College as Australia’s first new university in almost a decade And three provider...

Date Time Quality and impact of our university research must always be priority – Group of Eight A review into the way in which our university research is assessed by Government underscores the critical importance of both excellence and impact of our national research effort. The final report of the review of Australia’s primary university research assessment exercises Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and Engagement and Impact (EI) has now been released. “Representing Australi...