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Notes on John Hughes’s plagiarism scandalListen
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Students are paying for uni. Teachers are marking for free.
University students don’t read detailed feedback, so what’s the point in paying academics to give it? That’s the position of one of Australia’s most prestigious universities.
University students don’t read detailed feedback, so what’s the point in paying academics to give it?
That’s the position of some of the management at one of Australia’s most prestigious universities.
Now, staff are striking and battlelines are being drawn in one of the biggest industrial disputes in the history of the university sector.
So is there an end in sight to the crisis in universities? What does it mean for students? And can universities reconcile the tension between pursuing cuts and pursuing excellence?
Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton on the battle for the soul of a university.
Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.
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