Last weeks interim report by the Labor governments Universities Accord review was politically packaged, and presented by the media, as a call for greater student participation and equity. But its central thrust is a fundamental restructuring of universities to satisfy the requirements of the corporate elite and preparations for war.
Courses must be designed with the skills needs of industry in mind, the report insists. This would include employers being involved in setting curricula and making university degrees almost obsolete, to be replaced by microcredentials courses tailored exclusively for busines…
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