Sydney University can no longer evade questions about its special relationship with blacklisted Chinese universities

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

 "Currently applications are only acceptable from students applying from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology – Weihai, and Beijing Jiao Tong University for students enrolling into either the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) or Bachelor of Engineering (Software)."

Sydney University Faculty of Engineering Credit Agreement Scholarship

This  June 2020 tweet from  China analyst Geoff Wade has  added significance given Alex Joske's revelation that the Communist Party Of China is using various conduits to fund its recruits in Australian universities, with the intention of acquiring Australian research and technology:

The University has also  hired one Louise Pritchard as a policy lawyer. Pritchard was the Executive Officer at the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board who oversaw the renewal of Zhu Minshen's license to issue law degrees in Australia. That privilege has previously been confined to Australia's universities. 

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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Michael Spence's USYD offers scholarships exclusively to students from blacklisted Chinese universities : UYSD should be renamed Sydney Nanyang University

by Ganesh Sahathevan


Readers will recall Minister For Education Dan Tehan's "blunt instruments", and his Foreign Interference Taskforce.  The tweet below by Geoff Wade suggests that all is not well at the  Taskforce.

Meanwhile, this writer who is USYD alumnus, suggests that Michael Spence's University Of Sydney be renamed Sydney Nanyang University .

Geoff Wade

@geoff_p_wade

Australia: University of Sydney Faculty of Engineering restricts scholarship applicants to students of PRC's Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology-Weihai (both on US Entities List), & Beijing Jiao Tong University h/t

@GSahathevan

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