International students on hunger strike

On March 14, 80 international students from Central Queensland University's Melbourne campus protested against the failing of a big majority of students in the final subject of their accounting course. Of the 180 students who did the subject, 56 were failed and 122 had to sit supplementary exams. One of the protest organisers told Green Left Weekly that the students were assessed on material that was not covered in their course. The students are charged $2000 per subject and they suggest they have been failed so the university can make more money from them. A number of the students have since gone on hunger strike, as their study visas are about to expire.

Photo by James Vassilopoulos

From GLW issue 703