Job threat for Australian university staff as claims international student cuts are being weaponised
by Caitlin Cassidy Higher education reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6NRWA)
Leading experts have described Labor's controversial migration policy as a recipe for chaos' set to hit campuses
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University staff have been threatened with deep job cuts because of the federal government's proposed international student cap, raising concerns the controversial policy is being weaponised as an excuse" to slash jobs.
The draft bill, introduced to parliament last month, would give the education minister powers to set a maximum number of new international student enrolments. Leading policy experts have described it as a recipe for chaos".
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