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October 10, 2009 by

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Pete and T jump on the mics for another week, starting with a short news round-up including International students submssions to a State Governments inquiring stating a total lack of trust in the police to take action on the rcist attacks against them [The Australian] Next we have a look at a recent trend of […]

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September 12, 2009 by

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Pete and Teishan jump on the mics again, giving a schorching roundup of the latest education news. Including fresh claims of international stutends being rorted by Australian private education providers [The Australian], and calls by the Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA) for the federal and state governments to take seriously the rorting of […]

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August 8, 2009 by

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Pete & Teishan jump on the mics for another week looking at recent attemps at coalition building between student environmentalists and workers in coal effected areas, and have a chat to Addy and Sam from the new Melbourne Uni. Book Co-op. Plus a round-up of the latest education news… -Emergency Services Officers at Morwell’s Hazelwood […]

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August 1, 2009 by

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James and Allegra hit the airwaves with special guest Yoni who channels the spirit of the Situationist International  in his polemic paper ‘On the Poverty of Student Life’. Originally a text by University of Strasbourg students and members of the International, 10,000 copies of the pamphlet were printed by the student union (or a couple […]

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July 11, 2009 by

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Teishan and Pete stoke the airwaves on a cold and rainy saturday with red-hot news and analysis of the recent Students of Sustainability conference; the aniversary of the 1999 student uprising in Iran in relation to the current movement challenging the status quo in Iran, at the forefront of which are Iranian students; the Victorian […]

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May 15, 2009 by

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- Liz and Teishan put on our monocles and inspect the latest Federal Budget’s consequences for higher education, students, and welfare recepients more broadly. While some students will benefit from measures like the increase in the amount their parents can earn before they’re eligible for the payment, others are not so fortunate. It’s now much […]

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May 9, 2009 by

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-Wrap-up of national educational news -Review of Jacques Ranciere’s The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation, the true story of Joseph Jacotot, a radical nineteenth century theorist of pedagogy. Ranicere seeks to introduce a new way of thinking about education, which challenges the notion that teaching necessarily involves a process whereby someone who knows […]

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April 18, 2009 by

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Unsatisfactory academic progress means automatic visa cancellation for international students. Julia and Liz ask: are universities supporting international students, or becoming the front line of border control? Interview with Steve Boucher, Student Rights Officer at RMIT Student Union, about difficulties facing international students at RMIT, and punitive Special Consideration policy. Community announcements! There’s a series […]

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April 13, 2009 by

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Further discussion about the exploitation of international students as the corporate media reports an Immigration Dep. investigations into ‘fake degrees’ from private education providers in Victoria. See our Media Cuttings page for more.   Interview with Rachel from Melbourne Uni about the collectively run Play With Your Food free vegie dinner, and the relationship of autonomous student organising […]

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