University of Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones has warned that some of Australia’s top universities are too dependent on China and are “scrambling” to deal with the COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting Chinese students in particular. In an article for The Centre ...
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Peak social work body calls for ‘compassion’ and ‘care’ as COVID-19 discrimination cases rise
The Australian Council of Heads of Social Work has joined a chorus of other organisations and individuals concerned about racism directed towards the Chinese-Australian community amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). After highlighting the steps universities are taking ...
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Australia could lose up a third of Chinese students to foreign universities as health concerns about the coronavirus – now called COVID-19 – continue to intensify in Australia. Australia’s latest move, which will extend the travel ban for another seven days, has ...
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