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Salvatore Babones, an associate professor at Sydney University, has published a report for the Menzies Research Centre assessing the scale of student self-censorship at Australian university campuses.
At every single public university in Australia, at least 1 in 5 domestic undergraduates and 1 in 4 domestic postgraduate students do not feel free to express their views.
The figures come from the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey, the government’s annual survey of current higher education students. It is the first-ever public disclosure of institution-level results for student freedom of expression.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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