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Education outsourced

Australian universities are increasingly using for-profit companies, known as online program managers or OPMs, to run their online courses, raising concerns about quality and value for money

21 March 2023

  • Australian university outsourcing: the third-party companies running your online degrees – video

    Universities have dramatically increased their use of third-party, for-profit companies to deliver courses

13 March 2023

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    ‘Universally hated’: academics speak out on outsourced university courses

    Australian academic staff say online courses run by for-profit providers lead to distressing workloads and poor standards

7 March 2023

  • The University of Sydney quadrangle

    Why Australian universities are outsourcing courses to for-profit providers

  • woman studying at laptop

    Australian university outsourcing: how can I tell if my online course is being run by a third party?

6 March 2023

  • Student working on laptop

    ‘No actual teaching’: alarm bells over online courses outsourced by Australian universities

    Exclusive: degrees marketed as being from major universities are increasingly run by third-party companies with pre-recorded lectures and no tutorials
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