Sydney University’s acting vice-chancellor Stephen Garton says the sector needs a second financial rescue package to prop up research if international students cannot return to Australia this year.
At the time, universities hoped overseas students would return in significant numbers by second semester 2021. But new COVID-19 clusters, dangerous variants of the virus and uncertainty over the vaccine roll-out now threaten to push their arrival to 2022.“We are going to follow the public health advice, and if that advice is no international students this year, this will have a huge impact,” Professor Garton said. “There’s no doubt the biggest impact will be on research.
Professor Garton said the financial hit would be to staffing and equipment. “We are having to downsize our workforce as we speak, so the promising early researchers will not have jobs,” he said.“The clean room in the nanoscience building cost $10 million to fit out, we don’t have that money any more. Researchers will not have the equipment they need. That’s one of the easy areas to balance the books; you just don’t buy the particle accelerator.
Universities in Canada and the UK were also sending staff to China and India to recruit students. “They’re out there marketing left, right and centre, seeing as many people as possible and offering inducements,” Professor Garton said. “We can’t send people to market because of the travel ban.”
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
JordsBaker you still have funds to build new campus in Westmead
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JordsBaker Here's my crazy idea. Move scientific & industrial research into a national body, and have these researchers placed into and rotate through the universities. This commonwealth science and industrial research organisation can take a unified approach to solving problems & teaching.
JordsBaker Cut the preposterous salaries of your top heavy old white boys club. Lobby the government for funding like you used to do. We want unis to be a place to educate our people. Not some money grubbing business focussing on overseas students.
JordsBaker The Australian unis deserve to go bankrupt given this government’s harsh border restrictions which no other country in the world follows.
JordsBaker Lower your over rated ATARs
JordsBaker how about easing up on the smashed avo on toast?
JordsBaker How about giving Australian kids a chance at University!
JordsBaker As an alumni ... shrink to grow Mr VC
JordsBaker Here you go GladysB
JordsBaker Pffft. Universities have been charging way too much for what they provide. From under resources teaching to poor marking of work. They can get bent. They don't even do enough research anymore. Stop profiting off education.
JordsBaker Thought they were selling all research to China are late with their payments give them a ring
JordsBaker Definitely not!
JordsBaker Full of hierarchy making plans and meetings to cut researchers/moving buildings/merging groups to justify their existence.
JordsBaker Reading all these comments I wonder what came first, the government’s attitude to higher ed, or those of the society that we can see here. Funny place Australia, we are unique I’ll give us that.
JordsBaker Another?
JordsBaker How about you prick take a pay cut that would solve alot of the isssues
JordsBaker After seeing the extend485visas hashtag in every Australian politician's replies recently I think it's safe to say these institutions are just welfare recipients in any case because their normal operations are a farm for migrants. They need to be shut down not bailed out.
JordsBaker Surely Murdoch can chip in,he’ll get it all back in brown paper bags, tax cuts and grants anyway.
JordsBaker A multitude of managers have their noses in the trough at Australia’s billion-dollar-big-business-universities. The institutions can ask for research funding AFTER they send to market all the fat piggies who can’t teach or do research, but are paid to tell others how to do it.
JordsBaker Pick some fruit to fill the void 🤷♀️
JordsBaker Sounds like an unsustainable business model.
JordsBaker No more money for Uniswap I ain't working and paying taxes to support them paying themselves huge salaries
JordsBaker They need to become a Murdoch company who is a follower of Hillston & they will get all the money they need. AuspolSoCorrupt happyclappingPM
JordsBaker “If” does he mean “when”
JordsBaker Maybe he could just take a pay cut 😂😂
JordsBaker Why don't universities turn to their profit reserves for the bailout?
JordsBaker Actually, it needs to shrink back to realistic size, cut its expenditure to meet a reduced budget, NOT be rescued with more money. Like other sectors, jobs must go. SARS-Covid2 continues to recalibrate human thinking
JordsBaker Universities don't pay single dollar of Tax when uni like sydu alone made 2 billions from international student in 2019. What they need is a discipline budgeting and stop bottomless spending by top tier when they have economic professors. Get free advice from economic students
JordsBaker And what have YOU done since the last financial aid to recover? Unis are no exception, when times are tough: re-strategies, downsize, restructure, re-invent, rethink. You’ve done 0. Useless chocolate tea pots, churning out 2nd rate graduates & selling degrees.
JordsBaker How about he gets a paid cut first?
JordsBaker These people piss me off. They take huge salary packages while aligning the uni’s business plans with international students to generate money at the loss of local students. Then pat themselves on the back over how much money they generate. All the eggs in one basket doesn’t work
JordsBaker Sack one useless VC and retain 10 or so researchers.
JordsBaker The elite crying for help
JordsBaker LOL!!! says the chancellor of the uni that literally looks like a fucking rothschild chateau mansion!? sandstoneuniversities richkids priviledge
JordsBaker Prop up research or their bank accounts?
JordsBaker Ahhh, NO. Overpaid Uni management who have mismanaged Uni's for years taking Chinese money, installed Confucius institutes and now they want more money ? NO ! ScottMorrisonMP JoshFrydenberg AlanTudgeMP SkyNewsAust SkyNewsRicho RitaPanahi rowandean
JordsBaker Of course we need to prop up researchers,we don’t need to prop up million $$ vice chancellor salaries or top heavy academic salaries.We must fund specifically for research & grants not salary increases..not like jobkeeper gave bonuses to fat cats AlanTudgeMP tanya_plibersek
JordsBaker why international students can’t return if they are tested negative ScottMorrisonMP albo don’t think Australian economy can hold up much longer without any international students, tourism and trades
JordsBaker Its their own fault they cut research n other funding to subjects that were not seen as important n valued profit over repute n business n economics over science n they catered to overseas students but lessened support to local students
JordsBaker Cut your coat according to your cloth. Many of those students are never coming back.
JordsBaker Perhaps he doesn’t need his million dollar pay packet.
JordsBaker I support this Right after all the VCs and Cs take a 50% pay cut 👍 And the universities commit to higher minimum English test scores for all foreign students prior to entry and administered independently in Australia And immigration is no longer tied to paying for a degree
JordsBaker Why is there no online learning for international students or am I missing something? If local schools and unis can why not these? justdoit auspol2021 edtwitter
JordsBaker How about you take a pay cut and develop a business model for the new world. A generation of failing leaders. 👎👎👎
JordsBaker Well they sold as much as they could off. Was hard for students to get books on time ( I experienced it). There were friggin evangelists singing outside the administration building on public footpath almost every other day singing Jesus loves you crap.( experienced that too).
JordsBaker The Morrison government doesn’t support higher education Universities or TAFE Labor will always support Education institutions
JordsBaker No shame
JordsBaker Yeah use our money to prop up your poor model of using overseas students to payroll the school......how about you tossers try educating our kids cheaper so we can pull ahead in the world not fucking China.