NUSA WEBSITE BLOCKED IN CHINA - 21/01/2012

We have reports coming in from students reporting that the NUSA website has been blocked in China. It has also been reported to us that the stop bullying at the University of Newcastle blog has been blocked.

NUSA has been running a campaign, "Save Our Major", to support the students in the Chinese Major who raised concerns that the Major was being axed from the BA Program. During that campaign, the University acted in the following ways:

• restricting freedom of speech by not allowing posters to be displayed
• not responding to students questions and concerns
• giving students conflicting information (too high failure rates and too many people gaining HDs!!!)
• ignoring students concerns
• promising students would not be affected and that they would be informed at forums: forums which many of the students were never informed of
• not addressing requests for information regarding whether those from the Confucius Institute who would teach the Chinese Minor would come from the University of Newcastle (we wrote a letter to the Conficusion Institute about this which was forward to DVC Prof. Kevin McConkey. We have yet to receive a response, though we did prompt one. 

The University was placed under pressure to retain the Major, the Chinese Community Council of Australia Inc amongst the key proponents. NUSA and the students requested the Chinese Major be retained, particulary since Chinese is a priority subject.

More Information:

• Save Our Major - CCCA Release
• Save our Major - Did you know that?
• Save our Major - High Failure Rates?
• Save our Major - How will this affect a student of Chinese?
• Save our Major - Students Statements and Comments
• Save our Major - The Posters the University Doesn't Want You To See
• Save our Major - What It's All About

NUSA last year represented students who were falsely accused of collusion. Ultimately, many of the students wished to protest their treatment by the University and a protest was staged at the City Hub.

Many of the international students involved in this case were Chinese. The Chinese press in Sydney also followed the case.

Read More

• Plagiarism Cases - See for yourself
• Plagiarism Cases - Update
• Collusion - in the press
• Plagiarism Article in the Australian
• Plagiarusm Cases - Update 28/09/2011
• Protest in the Newcastle Herald
• Protest Tomorrow at 11am

Now, we do not know why these two websites have been blocked, but it seems a little strange. Coindence?

If you are able/not able to get either website to work in China - please comment below.

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