Racism in Higher Education Sector of Australia

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HIGHER-EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA

Introduction
 In recent times, the racism in Australia has
increased substantially especially in the higher
education sector.
 Many international students have been
assaulted, victimised, and murdered due to
racism which adversely affects the global image
of Australia.
 Media articles have highlighted the issues
relating to the security of foreign students
studying in Australia and the issues face by
them due to racism.

Introduction
 The government has introduced various
regulations and initiatives in order to address
the issues of racism such as Anti-Racism
strategy.
 There are various actions which can be taken by
the government and education institutes to
improve the current policies to address the
issue of racism.
 In order to understand this issue, various
newspaper articles and case studies will be
evaluated to understand the issue and
recommendation will be given to address the
issue.

Racism in Higher Education
Sector of Australia
 As per the Department of Education, a combination
of 542,054 international students enrolled in the
universities, and private colleges in Australia and
this number has grown by 12 percent than
compared to previous year (Robinson, 2018).
 Although Australia is a popular place for the higher
education of international students, however, this
number can be decreased due to growing racism in
Australia.
 In early 2010, a student from India was murdered in
Australia due to racism which resulted in causing
anguish in Indian media platforms along with
bilateral negotiations between the governments of
both nations.

Racism in Higher Education
Sector of Australia
 The incident highlighted the threat of racism
which intentional students face in Australia which
studying.
 The Indian students are the second largest
number of international students after Chinese,
and these cases result in reducing the number of
students who visit Australia for higher education.
 The reduction in the number of international
students adversely affects the economy of the
country since the educational sectors have a
significant impact on the economy of Australia
since it worth over $20.3 billion (University
Australia, 2016).

Racism in Higher Education
Sector of Australia
 Australia promotes diversity in the society,
therefore, people of different ethnicity, race,
caste, and culture lives in the country.
 In the education sector, the culture is diverse as
well because a large number of students join
Australian university and education institutes to
get higher education.
 As per O’Sullivan (2018(), around 20 percent of
Australians have experienced racism in their
lives in the past 12 months based on the colour,
race, caste or religion.