Illegal fees on the riseSYDNEY — A decision by Macquarie University to levy a $50 "information technology charge" on all students has focused attention on the issue of illegal ancillary fees. Macquarie University's decision comes
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The national conference of the National Union of Students (NUS), held December 8-12, showed clearly the distance NUS still has to travel before it can really claim to be "the national voice of students" that effectively
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MELBOURNE — Attended by more than 100 people from across Australia, a national education conference, organised jointly by the Student Unionism Network and the National Union of Students, was held here on November 29-30. In addition
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SYDNEY — On November 15, the National Union of Students NSW branch conference passed a motion limiting the role of the activist Cross-Campus Education Network (CCEN). This is a significant shift away from the state branch's
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A plan for campaigning against the privatisation of higher education and against racism, and support for International Women's Day are some of the proposals that the socialist youth organisation Resistance will be taking to this
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New enrolments by full fee-paying overseas students are set to drop following the crisis in the economies of south-east Asia. So concerned are universities about the currency crisis that IDP Education Australia, which serves as the
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Students rally against fees and cutsA week of action called by the National Union of Students against cuts to tertiary education and student fees featured rallies and actions across Australia last week. From Sydney, Mel Bull
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SYDNEY — The Fight Racism conference, scheduled for September 27 and 28 and sponsored by the NSW branch of the National Union of Students, is shaping up to be an important forum for discussion and debate on combating racism. The
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There has been considerable debate about how best to combat the ideas of One Nation on campuses. Some have argued that student organisations should declare campuses "Hanson free" and "ban" One Nation from meeting. Others
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During the past week, rallies and protests on campuses throughout the country were organised to protest against the federal government's higher education policy, in particular its funding cuts to universities, fees for
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Socialists and free speechOne of the main controversies in the growing movement against Pauline Hanson's racism surrounds the issue of whether or not the movement should call for restrictions on her legal right to free
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During the next two months, elections to many university student unions will be held around the country, elections that the activist student left will be heavily involved in. There has been little discussion about what the