Julie Hare

Australia

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Education Editor at Australian Financial Review

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Thousands of jobs face the axe as unis slammed again

1 week ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

A quarter of Australian universities are in the throes of huge cost-cutting measures, with thousands of jobs on the chopping block as their finances reel from falling student demand and anti-migration policies. An analysis by The Australian Financial Review reveals that the combined effect of restructuring efforts at nine universities will slice about $650 million from budgets and mean the loss of at least 2200 jobs. Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
Western Sydney Uni to cut 400 jobs to stave off $80m deficit

1 week ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Western Sydney University is set to cut up to 400 jobs to stave off an $80 million deficit in 2026 as a result of declining demand from both domestic and international students and increased competition from its rivals. Vice chancellor Professor George Williams said the university was forced to take drastic action as student study patterns changed, including taking fewer courses partly due to cost-of-living pressures. Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
Maths results can improve through explicit instruction in primary school, Grattan Institute report says

1 week ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Apr 14, 2025 – 8.49am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australia is far too comfortable with “maths mediocrity” as school students lag behind equivalent nations, but a turnaround is possible within a decade if classrooms adopt new thinking about how young brains absorb and retain information, a new report argues.
Unis would lose 80,000 students, $3b under Dutton plan, analysis shows

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Apr 7, 2025 – 6.15pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The 14 universities that enrol above Peter Dutton’s proposed 25 per cent cap on overseas students at public institutions would need to shed 80,000 places at a cost of $2.9 billion to meet his mandate.
‘Difficult decision’: ANU council member resigns

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Apr 7, 2025 – 12.59pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? A staff-elected member of Australian National University’s governing body has resigned, citing concerns about the council’s direction and a lack of accountability after months of turmoil.
Peter Dutton’s cut to overseas students ‘would trash $51b sector’

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare |Andrew Tillett

Apr 6, 2025 – 4.34pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Peter Dutton’s promise to cut the number of overseas students, especially in world-class universities, to free up housing for locals would wreak havoc on the $51 billion export sector while sanctioning poor-quality, non-genuine students in private colleges, business and industry leaders say.
Nous billed university for more than $500k, not the ‘circa $50,000’ it claimed

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Apr 4, 2025 – 6.45pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australian National University vice chancellor Genevieve Bell says she and her executive team had no intention of misleading the Senate after it emerged her chief operating officer said the value of a contract with Nous Group was a tenth of the amount the consulting firm had invoiced to that point.
ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell misled Senate over Nous Group contract, says David Pocock

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Apr 3, 2025 – 2.18pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Independent senator David Pocock has referred beleaguered Australian National University vice chancellor Genevieve Bell for investigation by a federal committee, claiming she deliberately misled him and showed contempt for parliamentary processes over the value of a $1.1 million contract to a consulting company.
Donald Trump agenda forces “freaked out” academics to change US travel plans

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare |Ayesha de Kretser

Apr 2, 2025 – 5.52pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Academics are cancelling plans to travel to the US and scrubbing their social media accounts amid growing reports of foreign students and staff being sent home after interrogation by immigration officials.
ANU council backs Julie Bishop, Genevieve Bell after no confidence vote

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Julie Hare

Mar 30, 2025 – 4.37pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australian National University’s governing body was not told of the paid nature of vice chancellor Genevieve Bell’s ongoing job with multinational chipmaker Intel, contradicting statements made by chancellor Julie Bishop.