Australian university staff and students will be taught how to recognise foreign interference threats on campus and report them to authorities under newly proposed rules. The changes have been put forward as part of the new foreign interference guidelines for universities. They are intended to strengthen their ability to counter influence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald. As part of Australia’s increasing vigilance against the threat of the CCP, the guidelines say staff and students will “receive training on, and have access to information about how foreign interference can manifest on campus and how to raise concerns in the university or with appropriate authorities.” Those involved in international research collaborations will also be taught how to “recognise, mitigate and handle concerns of foreign interference,” due to security concerns around stolen research. The Epoch Times has not seen the proposed guidelines. The rules were …