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phil | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 This is sad to see as I studied there and back then it was a pretty vibrant campus. I think the Uni system in Australia has been in decline for a while though and basically is just focused on churning out mediocre degrees for international students.. I think now for a lot of careers people are better off looking at other paths than taking on the huge HECS debt to study at Uni here.
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TheBookworm | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Completely agree. I studied there too. 
The merger was just a cash grab for Uni SA’s land. 
Bet their course fees don’t drop by a third. Meanwhile the board and chancellor’s pay still goes up. 
Exceptionally disappointing.
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stacksatsio | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Matt Barrie in his keynote mentions that 20 years ago we got a lot of US students and they’ve pretty much completely disappeared: nostr:note1rv4ttr9tjzjlkkyyl8nmdd0ycgzkdcxmujsx2trqhz0vvef8pl9q2z9slr

In fact I know 3 kids in the US now on college scholarships - the trend seems to have reversed.

The Unis have been rolling in cash building amazing facilities but the quality of education has fallen off a cliff. Very few courses worth Uni nowadays, none worth the HECS debt imho.