MB has long argued that the higher education sector’s lust for international students has damaged pedagogical standards, eroding the quality of education and experience for local students.
Our claim is evidenced by the following observations:
- The dramatic rise in the number of students to academic staff at Australia’s universities; and
- Domestic students being forced into group assignments with non-English speaking foreign students, whereby they are required to act as unpaid tutors that cross-subsidise their marks and help them to pass.
Last month, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Salvatore Babones, supported MB’s claims, publishing an article in The Australian explaining how “Uni leaders have abandoned our domestic students”.