Ben Smee - The Guardian - Monday 25 May 2020 The chancellor of one of Australia’s top universities has said it will be in “a world of pain financially” if border closures continue into 2021 and foreign students are unable to travel next year. Peter Varghese, the...
Ben Smee - The Guardian - Sunday 24 May 2020 On Thursday morning Drew Pavlou, a 20-year-old activist from Brisbane, sent an “urgent” email to the vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, Peter Høj. Attached was a two-second video of Pavlou, a student representative on the UQ senate,...
Rachel Pannett - The Wall Street Journal - Wednesday 20 May 2020 SYDNEY—An Australian university is threatening to expel and take legal action against a student known for his criticism of Beijing, in a case that has renewed tensions over Chinese influence in higher education. Drew Pavlou,...
Fergus Hunter - Sydney Morning Herald - Thursday 14 May 2020 University of Queensland chancellor Peter Varghese has hit back at criticism from Liberal senator James Paterson about the institution's over-reliance on revenue from Chinese students. Senator Paterson used a speech in Parliament to criticise UQ for...
Fergus Hunter - Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 13 May 2020 Liberal senator James Paterson has taken aim at universities' reliance on international students, using a speech in Parliament to reveal confidential details about the University of Queensland vice-chancellor's pay incentives to deepen ties with China. In...
Ellen Whinnett - The Daily Telegraph - Saturday 09 May 2020 Exclusive: Australian universities are defying political pressure and refusing to list their China-backed Confucius Institutes on the national register of foreign influence. None of the 13 local institutes are on the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme register, despite...
Senator Paterson joins host Andrew Bolt and fellow panellist Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching on The Bolt Report. Discussing academic freedom and free speech on campus, the Top Gun sequel and China's growing influence, and debates of the superannuation rise to 12%....