Students at the University of New South Wales passed three pro-Palestine and anti-war motions at a historic Student General Meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.
Youth & students
The COVID-19 pandemic was an accelerant for money-pinching administrative bureaucrats to experiment with eliminating student-teacher classes. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Independent Peter Chen edged out Rank-and-File Action candidate David Brophy by six votes for president of the National Tertiary Education Union University of Sydney Branch. Valerie Chidiac and Sandra Kallarakkal report.
Monash University management has raised the price of parking, arguing it will encourage staff and students to travel more “sustainably”. Brenna Dempsey argues it will affect those less well off, who have to drive.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed social media ban for young people may be popular, but it’s likely to do more harm than good, argues Isaac Nellist.
Students at Macquarie University are opposing its plan to cut hundreds of jobs and ‘streamline’ arts courses, reports Isaac Nellist.
Labor wants to cap the number of international students studying in Australia, but student groups and the NTEU are pushing back. Angus McGregor reports.
Since August 22, cities across Indonesia have been rocked by student-led protests against a proposed regional electoral law. Peter Boyle spoke to Rudi Hartono, the managing editor of a new progressive publication Merdika.id, who joined the protesters in Jakarta.
Last semester students took aim at university links with weapons companies. This semester they plan to continue the work of cutting ties with companies supporting genocide in Palestine. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Isaac Nellist spoke with Indian student activist Ipil Monica Baski about the protests breaking out across the country in response to the rape and murder of a student doctor in Kolkata.
Thousands marched in the 45th weekend of consecutive protests for Palestine, as the official death toll in Gaza passed 40,000. Isaac Nellist reports.
Mukta Barai is President of the Socialist Students Front, the student wing of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and played a leading role in the recent protests. She spoke with Susan Price and Jacob Andrewartha about the political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges for the democratic movement.
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