Fresh doubt has been cast on the admission of foreign students into Australian universities, with a new study revealing academic gatekeepers are recklessly abusing a blunt instrument that fails to properly gauge basic English language skills.
Students
Political snippets: A hex on graduates staying at home
The Murdoch Sundays were on the track of student bludgers at the weekend — professional students who keep racking up HECS debts by taking one degree after another without ever getting a proper job to earn enough money to have to start paying back their debt.
How many of the ‘free laptops for students’ have been lost?
The government promised a computer for every child, but there is a direct correlation between expensive things owned by kids and how quickly they are lost. How many free computers made it past the first year?
Leaked email: Teach for free? Melbourne uni councillor calls it quits
PhD candidate in cultural studies Tammi Jonas details her decision to resign from the Melbourne University Council because of the “outrageous, unethical decisions being made by Melbourne University”.
How I live as a homeless uni student
Duke University student Ken Ilgunas found one way of avoiding the crippling student loans facing most US students: secretly live in a van on campus, shower at the gym and cook in the car. Is this the future of the undergrad?
Who will pay for students’ political posters?
The federal government is slashing politicians’ printing allowances, but it might also have a profound effect on student politics, writes Paul Norton. Not such a bad thing really.
Video of the Day: Strip search for drugs was unconstitutional
While America’s Supreme Court has shown itself to be very tough on drugs in school, strip searching a 13-year-old girl has been deemed a step too far. But not before a lengthy legal battle.
Lowbottom High Diaries: Online teacher infiltration
Meanwhile, in a cyber universe far far away (but paradoxically very near you), the kids are compiling their own league table, writes Trevor Diogenes.
