Universities face foreign influence probe amid China contract revelations

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Exclusive: Education Minister Dan Tehan said universities needed to make sure they were complying with Australia's laws and protecting academic freedom | fergushunter

, which are joint ventures between a host university and a Chinese government agency.

"I will be meeting with vice chancellors in early August and have placed this issue on the agenda for that meeting." Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said the higher education institutions "strongly uphold their institutional autonomy and control of curriculum and standards".Ms Jackson said the sector had worked constructively with the government on the foreign influence laws.

The scheme is intended to capture the lawful activities of entities that seek to exert influence in Australia on behalf of foreign powers. The universities defended the arrangements, saying the institutes were not involved in the awarding of formal qualifications. UQ is negotiating new language on academic autonomy in a revised version of their agreement after it expired in April.

 

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fergushunter Needs to look at what's going on at the University of Queensland

fergushunter Love how they lecture everyone else about upholding the law when they act like it doesn't apply to them or their donors. LNPcriminalregime

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fergushunter University of Queensland appoints CCP Brisbane Consul-General Xu Jie 徐杰 as visiting professor in language and culture at UQ. As long as universities are taking CCP money, there'll be no academic freedom.

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