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Old 03-06-2020, 08:15 PM   #3413
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Originally Posted by zilo View Post
Universities have monetised education at the expense of local kids.

They sell most of the useful course places to full paying foreigners.

The result is aussie kids need 99.99 atar to do courses that really require about 70 to satisfactorily complete.

To fix it the govt imports dodgie indian/pakistani doctors.

The universities can go and get stuffed in my opinion...their business model does harm so good riddance.
That is incorrect. Full fee paying international students help subsidise our kids education.

In regard to Universities I want to know why so many of their employees are casual. Casual employment should be a transition period to permanent, not a long term arrangement.
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