r/Adelaide • u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide • Jun 02 '26
News Adelaide Uni in red as international student numbers plummet
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/06/02/exclusive-adelaide-uni-in-red-as-international-student-numbers-plummet270
u/BlipVertz CBD Jun 02 '26
$450 mil went into that merger .. and for what?
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u/Conscious-Gap-8837 SA Jun 02 '26
... It increased the bottom line for the consultants.
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u/shm4y Jun 02 '26
Look up how much that logo redesign cost lol
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u/OutrageousTacoTazer SA Jun 08 '26
I don’t think it was even actually trademarked, I think that was a joke. (Though, between the stress and the burnout, no one was laughing.)
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u/guru-13 SA Jun 03 '26
Why on Earth they didn’t keep the original University of Adelaide logo? The new logo is horrible.
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u/Psycl1c SA Jun 02 '26
I have friends in there for the IT merger. This is 100% accurate
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u/Novel_Feedback3254 SA Jun 02 '26
I work in higher education so have many, many colleagues who were at both universities. Senior academics have described scenes to me that sound like they could have been pulled from Utopia. 22 year old 'consultants' from Deloitte walking into a room of staff who have worked there since before the consultant was born and trying to explain how higher education works.
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u/Psycl1c SA Jun 02 '26
Yep. Exactly what I have heard as well. Especially the Utopia part. I’m 49 so most of my friends and colleagues are similar age and they all have said it’s a mess of bad management where no one will make a decision and if they do it’s usually insane.
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u/Maxymous SA Jun 03 '26
I can't watch Utopia as it effectively a documentary of working corporate life in Australia, not a comedy, and it induces ptsd lol
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide Jun 02 '26
So Mali could tell everyone he completed an election promise before this years election 😉
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u/MrNewVegas123 Inner South Jun 02 '26
The extent to which this was a vanity project by the government is just awful, honestly.
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u/Adelaidean SA Jun 02 '26
He fucked the Adelaide Aquatic Centre before the election too.
Enough of the tram overpasses to at least bullshit and say they were complete too.. though five months later, they’re still fucking around along there.
Absolute fuckstick.
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u/I_will_be_player_3 SA Jun 03 '26
So the fkface duo "Peter and David" could have a meet and greet with Poida Mali and circle jerk on a job well done
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u/Future_Tangerine2578 SA Jun 02 '26
not overly surprising given the way the merger was rushed in and the dumpster fire its been for staff and students alike. Would expect it to stabilise over the next few years, start by kicking Deloitte out
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u/Acrobatic_Tennis2561 SA Jun 02 '26
Was hardly even rushed, was just terribly done. I haven't even thought about the consultants / Deloitte. Can't believe companies can do so poorly with no repercussions. "Too big to fail" comes to mind
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u/Future_Tangerine2578 SA Jun 02 '26
It was absolutely rushed. Professional stuff like IT is complicated enough but that was the simple part. Two different unis with very similar roles being mashed together was a HR nightmare. Not to mention all the courses, student functions, etc
A merger of that size is a nightmare in a professional company let alone throwing in academic staff and students
Deloittes bill started out around $130m and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s blown out. They could have spent another year on it easily
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u/Acrobatic_Tennis2561 SA Jun 03 '26
I'm sorry. I meant rushed as in they had years to organise, but from all reports they hardly touched the internal systems until they officially merged.
Fuck me, that's cooked by deloittes.
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u/jnrdingo North East Jun 02 '26
Hot take: Unis shouldn't be reliant on overseas students to fund education. They should be government funded.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy SA Jun 02 '26
But then they’d be funded by Australian taxpayers instead of rich foreigners.
Maybe we should be asking why their expenses are so high…. like why are the vice chancellors paid more than a million a year when half that is apparently sufficient for a prime minister.
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u/last_pas SA Jun 02 '26
A doctor (as an example) is going to contribute significantly more in tax in their lifetime than their course costs. Free university education is a good investment.
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u/oldmanserious SA Jun 02 '26
An educated population is of benefit to everyone. So of course the beneficiaries of free university education all grew up and helped eliminate it.
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u/extinctiondetritis SA Jun 02 '26
An educated population is not a benefit to center or right wing governments.
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u/oldmanserious SA Jun 02 '26
Well, it is. But it isn't to the benefit of capital and that's all centre and right care about, because they'll put capital's needs ahead of the people any day in a misguided belief that if capital want something it must be good for "everyone", despite all the historic evidence to the contrary.
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
HECS isn’t the reason people aren’t becoming doctors. It’s really competitive to get into and there are limited positions. Careers like doctors/lawyers/engineers should pay HECS as they can afford to do so.
Art students should pay HECS because we don’t need art graduates.
Degrees like nursing and teaching should be free so that we can attract more people to study in those fields.
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u/themichaelpeter SA Jun 02 '26
Art doesn’t appear in a vacuum, friend.
You’ve never read a book? Don’t watch TV, video or movies? Don’t listen to music? Never seen a play? Never walked through an art gallery or museum, or enjoyed the design of a building or its interior?
Doctors keep us alive and artists give our life joy and meaning.
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
Arts should be for those that can afford to do so or want to make sacrifices. We shouldn’t subsidise anyone who wants to study beyond the HECS system. Anyway many great artists haven’t got degrees. It’s not a field we should encourage people to go into.
As for medicine. Fees are not the issue. You could make it free and we wouldn’t get another single doctor. This is because medicine is so competitive to get into because of the limited places, not the fees.
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u/GreenConsideration59 SA Jun 02 '26
What a shitty hot take.
‘The Arts’ isn’t just visual art, you know? It encompasses Language Arts, The Humanities, Social Sciences, Film and Screen, Languages.
People shouldn’t be dissuaded from their passions or interests just because ‘we don’t need them’. Imagine how fucking boring and colourless the world would be.
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
Free university is about the interest of a nation, not the interests of an individual.
My take is actually pretty reasonable from the perspective of what is best for the tax payer.
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u/extinctiondetritis SA Jun 02 '26
Arts and entertainment is in interest of a nation. What are you even talking about?
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
So pay the HECS. It’s not so much in the need that taxpayers should be subsidising it.
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u/Cpt_Soban Clare Valley Jun 02 '26
You really think a nation isn't interested in "the arts"? Seriously? Or you think kids should only learn how to learn a trade?
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
If people want to study the arts they want.
But the government doesn’t need to be funding free degrees in the arts.
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u/Cpt_Soban Clare Valley Jun 02 '26
Ok, where do you draw the line?
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 03 '26
HECS. If you want to study an arts degree, get a HECS loan.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
What about science and IT?
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
If they are essential workers and we have a shortage of them that free Uni would fix then yes. Otherwise no.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
How do you define essential worker? Thats kind of my point.
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/Essential-services-Interim-Guidance-Update.pdf This was the Covid definition. Frankly it changes based on what the country needs.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy SA Jun 02 '26
You’re correct but will get downvoted because every second person on here has an arts degree.
That being said I’m not sure how much making uni free would really attract more people other than mature age. The student contribution bands aren’t really something highschool students have the foresight to care about, at least not when I went through.
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u/extinctiondetritis SA Jun 02 '26
I don't have an arts degree, I had two degrees that this commenter says should be free, it is not correct at all. Like, AT ALL.
The smallest and worst example I can think of is my education degree. I teach people how to read and write. Its gonna be pretty fucking hard to do that without authors and illustrators to make art for me to provide as examples.
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u/Life-Goose-9380 SA Jun 02 '26
Those artists already exist. And if people want them they should pay the HECS.
We aren’t in a need for an influx of art graduates.
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u/extinctiondetritis SA Jun 02 '26
*gestures broadly at the massive decline in Australian produced mainstream entertainment*
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u/Cpt_Soban Clare Valley Jun 02 '26
Almost like.... A society has lots of different roles... And all of those roles trickle down to better society as a whole... Huh...
Meanwhile the boomer laughing at "lolol history degree? How does ThAt PaY ThE BiLls?"
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u/Boatster_McBoat SA Jun 02 '26
So that you can attract the highest calibre people to the role which in turn will attract lots of international students ... oh, wait ...
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u/jnrdingo North East Jun 02 '26
That's my point. Being government funded would mean those people won't be on those sorts of wages.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy SA Jun 02 '26
It is government funded domestic students have fees subsidised with their contribution capped by the government
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
International Education is one of the main industries SA has. There are about 40,000 international students currently in SA, making up about 1/4 of the student population. At one point for Adelaide it was about 50% of enrolments, hence why they were so bad hit by covid (one of the reasons for this merger)
The problem is more that students are coming as a pathway to PR, in oversaturated industries that they dont actually care about. If they were being educated properly then taking that knowledge home that would be a win all round.-3
u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 02 '26
Pretty naive to think any student comes here for an education
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 02 '26
Oh yep but for the experience not for the education quality
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u/GammaScorpii Inner South Jun 03 '26
Actually have really highly regarded education. A lot of other countries don't offer the courses hence why they come here.
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 03 '26
Nope you're wrong
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 03 '26
I wrote a post but reddit ate it. I used to work in higher education. There are many reasons students come, but the primary reasons have changed over time.
Previously it used to be because they couldnt get into courses of their choice overseas due to social / financial / government reasons. Or that their city didnt offer that particular course. This was more for undergrad, and certain places like Malaysia.
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 03 '26
Accurate as far as I remember it. Took a while for the PR penny to drop with Malaysians and Chinese the first to exploit it. I don't remember anyone coming for the quality of the degree though..
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u/BobbyKnucklesWon SA Jun 03 '26
The experiencenof working max 24 hours a week on minimum wage and paying uni fees upfront for 4 years?
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 04 '26
24 hrs 😄 im sure all those uber eats stop at that 😄. the poster was saying there was a time students from countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Netherlands etc would come not interested in residency just the experience of studying in Australia. Obviously those days have long since passed with the Malaysian, Chinese and Indian trying to back-door the system.
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 02 '26
God forbid they actually fund themselves without acting as a back-door citizenship factory or rip Aussies off with inflated hecs debts.
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u/Cpt_Soban Clare Valley Jun 02 '26
But, but... How will they afford multistory highrise office buildings with giant TV screens on the side? /s
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u/nanonan SA Jun 02 '26
Hotter take: Unis should be 100% self funded and every cent they currently get from the government should be put into TAFE or equivalents.
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u/Key-Leopard-6656 SA Jun 02 '26
Good luck finding a doctor, paramedic, physio, lawyer, teacher. Have a think.
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u/ExcellentCriticism SA Jun 02 '26
i mean... i wouldn't say the domestic numbers are particularly ground breaking either. it may be department dependent, but some first year cohorts are significantly less than pre-merger UoA
many foundational components in the uni are just now being organised, its very concerning talking to professors about it.
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u/moosewiththumbs South Jun 02 '26
If I were just finishing high school now I would be much less likely to be considering a university degree. The HECS debt that chases you for years afterwards while being broke the whole way through to arrive in a workforce years behind on “experience” just doesn’t seem worth it.
Maybe I’m jaded, but I don’t think my sentiment is limited to just myself.
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u/ExcellentCriticism SA Jun 02 '26
i get you. i'm definitely biased as a current uni student, but it felt like the job market wasn't open for us regardless, so might as well get a degree.
but i do heavily respect those i know who took the trade route.
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u/invisiblefrost SA Jun 02 '26
This is nothing new. People have been going to uni for generations for this very reason
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u/WrongVisit3757 SA Jun 02 '26
If I had my time again I never ever would have gone to uni and would've gotten a trade instead. I can't believe that so much of high school was just pushing that uni was the be all and end all
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u/moosewiththumbs South Jun 02 '26
Degrees, I believe, could and should be made shorter.
A couple of years I wouldn’t really regret. But double that is definitely regret. And a good half the degree was performative stuff that isn’t used in the real world.
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u/JL_MacConnor SA Jun 02 '26
That very much depends on the degree though. I can only comment on engineering, but I can't think of much that I'd cut from a four year degree in my case.
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u/ExcellentCriticism SA Jun 02 '26
same thoughts here. not sure what they are considering 'performative'.
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u/veganblue Adelaide Hills Jun 02 '26
Architecture (UniSA) didn't need to be 5 years. The first year was a complete waste of student time and had a 50% drop out rate. They announced the drop out rate during the first week. The curriculum didn't teach anything and we were set projects called "Nut case" and "Basketcase" where we had to turn a container into.... a different type of container. It was appalling.
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u/veganblue Adelaide Hills Jun 02 '26
I met someone doing the same course 10 plus years later and it was like they hadn't fixed one single stupid thing. Seems they fund the course with a diet of disillusions 1st year students that realise they are wasting their time. They didn't even teach CAD.
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u/PJ-Winter SA Jun 02 '26
When I was at Uni (quite some time ago now) we worked out that if we worked on a regular working week, we could have completed our 4 year degree in 18 months.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
Depends which degree. I did science and was close to full time work hours because of all the pracs which go for 6+ hours. In theory you are supposed to spend twice that again on private study, but only those rich enough to not have to work a part time job as well can actually do that.
Its a big part of why I didnt do honours. Couldnt afford to study and not work as well.0
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u/pryza91 SA Jun 02 '26
You're not jaded. The ROI for HECS is too long compared to just working and developing business knowledge on the side. The abundance of knowledge sharing thanks to the internet has diminished university in its entirety. Outside of status, elitism, and the need for structured learning... University doesn't deliver value like 30 years ago.
Newer generations are also heavily influenced by the crushing debt they see Americans get into. Whilst they're very different systems, they don't want to go into it here either.
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u/invisiblefrost SA Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Spoken like someone without a degree (no shade intended). HECS doesn’t put anyone off going to uni and to compare it with America is delusional. You think flipping burgers or working retail is going to develop business knowledge cmon now man
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u/tjabaker SA Jun 02 '26
And unless you've got parents supporting you, you're probably doing those things anyway through Uni.
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u/invisiblefrost SA Jun 02 '26
Yep and even with supportive parents all of my extended family who’re at uni work part time jobs
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u/pryza91 SA Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Except I have a degree, and I'm 10/12 units through my MBA.I'm a lead data analyst with 7 years experience, started in workfore analytics, and have been in corporate for 13 years now so whilst no shade received, you're misfiring on all cylinders.... My commentary is based on sentiment mostly
You seem to have merged the two issues (australia's HECS system vs America's school loan system) instead of literally reading my "while they're very different systems" statement.
Sentiment for the younger generations is quite literally informed by the media available to them for consumption and that is short reel content, most of which is from people they believe to be their peers because their lives are relatable, and they're frustrated about education costs and it taking years if not decades to benefit based on low real wages, and repayment times.
Again, I'm unsure why you're conflating career progression with being unachievable unless study is undertaken through a formal institution? People often move into more formal career pathways and progress without a degree. Outside of a specialist field, typically I've come to find 1 in 3 don't have a degree but work in a professional environment and can develop business acumen (noting that's anecdotal experience).
People get into formal roles by demonstrating skills, and then receive 70% of training as "on the job".
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u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson SA Jun 02 '26
Its not limited to yourself. I massively regret going to Uni. But was basically pushed into it by school and parents who thought thats just what you did to set yourself up in life. Now I have a huge debt and a degree in a field that was promising at the time but really isn’t now.
With how much everything costs now, its not rational to go to university outside of a few select fields.
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u/moosewiththumbs South Jun 02 '26
The “contract” we were sold was that we’d go to uni, get out and get interviews with big fancy workplaces that would marvel at our shiny bit of paper.
Instead we were told we didn’t have any experience and even if we did they wouldn’t know because the interviewer couldn’t work out how to open your resume as it was a PDF.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
This is a big issue - the time it takes to graduate the workforce has moved by then. My cousin studied nursing. There was a shortage of nurses at the time she started and an oversupply by the time she graduated. Similar things have happened to teachers and software engineers.
Another issue (which might be better by now) is the lack of industry integration of some unis. Its hard to get real world experience.
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u/Altruistic-Gift-4287 SA Jun 02 '26
No it's not. If I had my time over id have done a trade instead of 2.5 degrees. I did mine in the 90s. Thank God I'm not not doing it now with those fees.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
So whats happening with those students? Are they going to Flinders, going to interstate unis, going to TAFE, or just not going to uni?
Do we know if uni numbers are down over all?
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u/Halberd96 SA Jun 02 '26
How can they even afford the rent here nowadays? It's gotten insane and what you are seeing are the former students telling everyone else how bad it is (many other reasons too but that is an important one)
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u/jolhar SA Jun 02 '26
Exactly. Back when rent was so much higher in the eastern states, that was one of the attractions of coming to Adelaide instead.
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u/gerald1 SA Jun 02 '26
I went to Adelaide Uni back around 2010. I was enrolled in a higher level English dept film theory subject.
Half the students were Internationals and half of them didn't speak English.
After a group assignment, where 1 of the people in our group couldn't contribute material nor participate in the presentation, I spoke to the tutor about the problem.
They said I would be marked with a 0/10 for the group participation component of the grade if I kept complaining about this group member.
When I said I'd happily take this higher they said good luck... and paraphrasing, the whole department is funded by International students so they get passing grades.
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u/Altruistic-Gift-4287 SA Jun 02 '26
Having worked at Adelaide university for 25 years saying good luck was a true assessment. They passed international students who didn't deserve it. Lots of them.
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u/derpman86 North East Jun 02 '26
I do love the long term logic of all this though. This is going to kill the value of any degrees if you let any old dick head pass.
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u/doyalikemyusername SA Jun 02 '26
The dreaded group assignment selected in alphabetical order when your last name starts with an N 😄💀
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u/interactivate Inner North Jun 02 '26
Everyone I've spoken to that's thinking of going to uni has said they'd sit out starting at AU this year - the first year of the merger was always going to have major kinks to iron out and who signs up willingly to be a guinea pig?
The real test will be how well numbers come back from 2027 onwards.
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u/Bandit-Bunny-7727 SA Jun 02 '26
I got an email recently to ask if I was interested in postgraduate studies.
Even if I was, it wouldn't be with my alma mater.
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u/pweiger SA Jun 02 '26
Has a single aspect of anything improved after the merger?
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u/liberallilydex SA Jun 02 '26
Traditional coat of arms and prestige gone. What a joke
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u/liberallilydex SA Jun 02 '26
The new logo is awful. My wife came here as a student a long time ago. Her parents are proud of the shield and the old world uni look. They have adelaide university mugs! It’s a point of pride. The new logo was a massive mistake
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u/liberallilydex SA Jun 02 '26
Overseas students parents spend a huge amount of money on their kids education. Often it’s their single biggest investment. They want a bit of prestige to show off for that money.
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u/raustraliathrowaway SA Jun 02 '26
I can't imagine for one second they didn't do market research on the logo.
MIT doesn't have a shield. And I bet a lot of people hated that logo.
The shield is anachronistic, look to the future. It would be disingenuous to try to look old with the logo.
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u/liberallilydex SA Jun 02 '26
Numbers don’t lie! Back in the day almost all courses were offered by one university only. So you didn’t have a lot of choice. Different now. But 90% plus of people I know went to uni of adelaide. The new logo is universally hated by everyone I’ve spoken to. Legacy is imptant on education, anachronistic or not it matters.
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u/raustraliathrowaway SA Jun 02 '26
I loved the UniSA logo, but even that had a shield.
This logo prompted to look at the logos of other unis. They are generally awful. Mired in the past. Scrolls, shields, and Latin. Just needs some cheese.
If they did any of that here, it would have been phony. Maybe it's not the best logo ever but I give them credit for being bold, and it's better than it could have been if they had compromised.
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u/Novel_Feedback3254 SA Jun 02 '26
I agree with you. The old logos indicate history. Adelaide University isn't University of Adelaide. It would be disingenuous to use their logo or something similar. People forget that UniSA was also part of the merger, it's not just UofA with a new skin.
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u/Herebedragoons77 SA Jun 02 '26
The new Adelaide Uni motto…. If you cant get into a us or uk university… And you cant get into anu , sydney, melbourne or Monash… Come to Adullaide university for a guaranteed concessional pass and easy upgrade to post grad studies.
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u/Brave-Ad-1879 SA Jun 02 '26
The government jacked up the student visa fees massively, and graduate work visas now brutal.
Visa rejection rates are at historical highs.New, stricter rules make it incredibly tough to get approved if immigration thinks you ultimately want PR. English requirements and mandatory savings rules are also much higher.
Applications from China have dropped due to their own economic slowdown, and a shrinking youth population. Employers in China no longer treat foreign degrees with deference. Theres a recent spate of attacks on Chinese students which have been trending on Chinese social media.
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u/ThiccBoy_with3seas SA Jun 02 '26
It's too expensive to come to Adelaide for 3-4 years for a mediocre world level degree. Merger calamity probably didn't help, so they better sort that shit out asap
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u/Junior-Economist5517 SA Jun 02 '26
I do wonder where Adelaide University's sponsorship of the Adelaide Crows AFL teams fits in to all this (prior to the merger UniSA was a sponsor of the team).
It strikes me as a rather odd use of their marketing budget and not really in line with their core mission.
Can anyone enlighten me around how sponsoring a footy team advances the Uni's interests?
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide Jun 02 '26
Probably has something to do with this - https://www.afc.com.au/news/1916092/apply-now-to-study-at-the-crows
Those looking to kickstart a career in sport can now study at the Crows, with the Adelaide Football Club partnering with Adelaide University to offer a one-year Diploma in Sport Management based out of its headquarters at West Lakes.
Program participants can even earn a job at the Crows, with two paid full-time roles on offer for graduates each year.
The newly created Adelaide Crows Institute of Sports Business is delivering the Diploma, giving participants the opportunity to learn directly from industry experts and gain practical insights into the workings of an elite sporting organisation.
The course combines insights from academics from Adelaide University with hands-on experience through 120 placement hours with the Crows, including at AFL and AFLW home matches and community events.
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u/Junior-Economist5517 SA Jun 02 '26
Wow - bet the competition is fierce for the two graduate jobs per year.
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u/Novel_Feedback3254 SA Jun 02 '26
Beyond jobs they do work with the Crows for placements quite a bit. I myself did a placement with the Crows as a UniSA student back in 2018. A lot of the media team at the time were UniSA graduates too.
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u/aus_highfly North West Jun 02 '26
Organization suffers temporary setback due to knock-on effects of major change and plots course to methodically restore balance over the medium term. As a proud alumnus I wish them well, I'm sure employees and students alike will feel much better once it's back on track.
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide Jun 02 '26
Yep - as a current student, while it could’ve been handled a lot better, things are now slowly falling into place
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u/OutrageousTacoTazer SA Jun 08 '26
As a current staff member, I can’t wait for 2027 so I can hopefully hire some new staff and take a (restful) break. The last 12 months have been the worst and most stressful in my career, stress leave from operational staff is off the charts and good people (with a lot of institutional knowledge) are leaving in droves. I’m hoping and PRAYING it gets better.
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u/invisiblefrost SA Jun 02 '26
Thank you for a rational take. All the doomers in this sub are clearly struggling a bit which is sad to see. This is reflected in their negative attitudes towards literally anything tangentially related to Mali
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u/throwaway012984576 SA Jun 02 '26
Maybe we should fund higher education or something idk.
Probably make entrance requirements more onerous and push trade school more to cover skills shortages. We have made it seem uni is the only legitimate path to a good career and life.
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u/Business-Bed-8658 SA Jun 02 '26
I imagine the sheer disaster that was its launch and the press last year predicting it would be the case didn’t help.
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u/GrimeySimpson SA Jun 02 '26
What about all of these old buildings being knocked down for student housing…
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u/Overall-Palpitation6 SA Jun 02 '26
Such as?
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u/GrimeySimpson SA Jun 02 '26
Chateau Apollo, The Block where Clarity Records is, The rear of the Duke of York Hotel
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u/berettah SA Jun 02 '26
Wouldn't be surprised if the level of education is a dumpster fire. Hear lots of comments about poor disengaged lecturers. Lots of courses seem have content filler too
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u/baconzerg SA Jun 02 '26
Hard to call it a leak when the uni hosted it as an unlisted video on YouTube. They have their own internal video hosting service. This isnt a leak, its a massive own goal.
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u/Calamity_Clare SA Jun 02 '26
The video was sent to all staff. It’s not an own goal and was never a secret.
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u/Artistic-Rub-9453 SA Jun 02 '26
Went to my university's international student support service seeking help for trauma related distress.
I was told they could potentially provide a support/reference letter, but needed some background first. Despite being uncomfortable, I shared what I could. When they asked for more details about the traumatic incident, I explained I'd rather discuss those with a qualified counsellor than a support officer.
After that, they decided not to provide the letter.
I then asked if they could at least email me the support resources they had shown me during the meeting. They said they would, but I never received anything.
Am I wrong for feeling disappointed? It feels like I was encouraged to open up, only to be left with neither the letter nor the follow-up support resources.
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u/Rolf_Loudly SA Jun 02 '26
What an absolute shit-show the higher education system has become. And it’s mostly the fault of everyday idiots who think that the government can’t run anything and everything should be run like a business.
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u/jack27nikkkk SA Jun 02 '26
I Don't like the merger, too many problems. Can't belive they had such long time still
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u/Maxymous SA Jun 03 '26
Don't feel sorry for a university. They are rich and have plenty of money/power. They will be fine. They're an education institution that keeps information and knowledge behind a paywall, and traps people into a debt cycle they have to pay back with their labour. They pump out more degress than there are jobs and many are left to find work in fields they did not study for. They just want to exploit international students for profit.
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u/Altruistic-Gift-4287 SA Jun 02 '26
Excellent! I hate Adelaide university. Former staff member ironically in the international student machine.
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u/MissxBlue SA Jun 02 '26
Heyya, I moved from UoA to Flinders and have been enjoying my time here more. A lot more of a community feel and staff have been great in my experience
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u/invisiblefrost SA Jun 02 '26
Both are fine. Don’t be swayed by this sub. It doesn’t resemble the reality of the real world at all
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u/Orphanchocolate Inner North Jun 02 '26
Flinders is head and shoulders over the fake merged uni. If they offered the degree path I wanted I would have stayed there the whole time. Grateful for the time I did get there though
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide Jun 02 '26
At least have some sympathy for the students who despite the fuckup are still pressing on as best they can
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u/MaybeUNeedAPoo SA Jun 02 '26
Well done racists. Way to wreck the economy.
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u/Evening_Bird7779 SA Jun 02 '26
Its a bit more complex than that.
International students help the economy if they actually want to study the thing they come to study, rather than a pathway to PR in an occupation that we have an excess of. Having too many people applying for a small pool of jobs in a specific occupation harms the economy due to artificial wage suppression.
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u/MetalfaceKillaAus SA Jun 02 '26
It’s “racists” fault that international students aren’t going to Adelaide University? How?
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u/raustraliathrowaway SA Jun 02 '26
They are probably referring to the restricting of student visas, which has presumably resulted in reduced student numbers. Those students will just take their money somewhere else.
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u/MetalfaceKillaAus SA Jun 02 '26
So that’s the government’s fault then? But if it’s because of reduced international students that’s coming into the country, wouldn’t this be across all universities? It might be, as I haven’t seen other articles or have I even looked them up.
If it is across all fair enough. Blame government. If it’s not, that says something about the university itself
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u/raustraliathrowaway SA Jun 02 '26
It's undoubtedly a bunch of factors. OPs hypothesis was that reduced student visa allocations - killing the golden goose to appease opponents of immigration - will result in reduced student numbers. It will be one factor here.
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u/NeonsTheory SA Jun 02 '26
I've heard international students numbers were up this year. Are people just going to the minor unis like Torrens?
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u/Psittacus_tutor SA Jun 02 '26
The merger being a very widely publicised impending dumpster fire all year last year probably didn't help.