A major Melbourne university has quietly removed a threat to prevent students from graduating if they fail to complete a compulsory learning platform on “Indigenous Australian Voices”.
Monash University has removed a warning to students that they could not graduate unless they completed a mandatory module on 'Indigenous Voices' following a report fromThe university launched the mandatory module in July and introduces it to students by acknowledging its campuses are “located on the unceded lands of the people of the Kulin Nations”.
Monash University has removed any reference to students being encumbered in its explainer of the Indigenous Australian Voices module on its website. Picture: NCABut following a report by SkyNews.com.au, Monash has quietly removed any mention to students losing the right to graduate. Victorian shadow education minister David Hodgett told SkyNews.com.au that while he was “perfectly happy” for universities to introduce education on First Nations people, he was against mandating any educational platform.
“They should be presenting this in a positive and respectful way to encourage students to finish the module,” he continued. The University also refused to explain who decides which social issues are turned into mandatory course material.
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