Keywords: International Students
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 23 October 2009
4 Comments
Safran's stunts — such as hoodwinking a Palestinian sperm bank into donating Palestinian sperm to the Israelis, and vice versa — are cringe-making. But they are in the context of a cogent and
pithy argument that has serious intent.
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EDUCATION
- Ben Coleridge
- 30 September 2009
7 Comments
After midnight, a group of international students, on a break from their night jobs as waiters, gather in a concrete stairwell and share their stories. Victorian premier John Brumby could learn a thing or two in that shabby stairwell.
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AUSTRALIA
- Hanifa Deen
- 17 September 2009
6 Comments
Visits by our senior politicians offering glib reassurances
will not halt the turndown in Indian enrolments in our tertiary institutions. We need to revisit the days when we treated international
students as people rather than statistics in an export industry.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 11 September 2009
1 Comment
On Wednesday, the Senate made two decisions which take immigration reform forward. The reforms
were approved with the support of the Greens and Independents, and one
Liberal Senator. Reading the Hansard gives some insight into the
current debate.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Helen Brake
- 03 September 2009
8 Comments
For international students, the eagerness to accept new faces is intensified by a desire to make Australian friends, improve communication skills, and embrace all the opportunities available to them.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Avril Hannah-Jones
- 07 August 2009
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The Australian Student Christian Movement was ahead of the mainstream church in its rejection of fundamentalism, its activism, support for ecumenism, and encouragement of lay and female leadership. Since the 1960s it has been a movement in exile.
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MEDIA
Put-downs of post-colonial India are often seen as a continuation of the colonial mentality. The Indian media's portrayal of Australia as racist following the attacks on Indian students does more harm than good.
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 15 July 2009
12 Comments
Studies correlate teacher morale with student achievement, so ranking schools according to student performance may be counterproductive if it hurts teacher morale. Finland has the best education system in the world without resorting to league tables.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roanna Gonsalves
- 23 June 2009
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Vincent and I were both international students
from Bombay. He had lived here for a year while I had only arrived
three months ago. We worked in the same Indian restaurant. The night of his attack, Vincent sounded upbeat on the train.
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INFORMATION
- Andrew McGowan
- 16 June 2009
When our universities enrol international students based on balance-sheet
needs rather than strategies of international partnership
and engagement, a whole branch of education policy is revealed as
bankrupt.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kylie Baxter
- 12 June 2009
7 Comments
The Reserve Bank now places education behind only coal and iron ore as Australia's most important export. It is difficult to understand how the targeting of
international students is not viewed with greater urgency.
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AUSTRALIA
When discussing racism, the response is as important as the
accusation. The slow response
from police and political leaders to the recent spate of
Indian-bashings demonstrates what can occur when racism is tackled
passively.
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