Post #859888
2026-03-30 08:19 UTC
"Australia's universities are paying external consultants and contractors an estimated $1.8 billion a year without disclosing which firms they are hiring and what the money is being spent on."
Call me crazy, but I feel like there are better uses for that money... 4 Corners tonight sounds like mandatory viewing for folks in the higher ed sector.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/university-consultants-fees-uts-kpmg-four-corners/106499192
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@agitatra@berlin.social 2026-03-30 13:50
@michcampbell@fediscience.org Well, I guess since consulting companies love to send totally unexperienced postgrads, the money helps to keep the postgrads of the universities of the street, and a little bit the companies too, of course. So: Win-Win?