Coalition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson headlined an event for migration agents and private colleges in the weeks before tanking Labor’s high-profile student caps bill.
The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.
University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.
Without top 100 rankings,we lose our reputation as a place of high-quality education. Without that,things quickly snowball for locals wanting an education.
It remains to be seen how much difference a sometimes-reduced rate of indexation is going to make. Certainly,some. But the root of the problem remains.
A request to match TAFE funding and a plan to create 20,000 more places in critical fields of study will be put to the federal government as research and development investment falls to record lows.
A fall in international student numbers is being blamed for the nation’s top-performing universities dropping down a prestigious academic league table.
Experts warn funding cuts have led to the rise of universities operating like corporations instead of public institutions. What spiky ideas can fix the sector?
The idea,raised by the country’s top bureaucrat,is part of a call to rethink how Australia can make the most of the opportunities in tertiary education.
Smaller universities have been urged to innovate as Melbourne and Monash report a combined surplus of almost $950 million.