University funding
Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts
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.
- by James Massola
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Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars
University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Australian students could be the real victims of international caps
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.
- by Waleed Aly
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Until Labor arrests the ballooning cost of uni, students are still being short-changed
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.
- by Rachel Withers
More funding, places in universities’ plan to restore sector to glory days
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.
- by Angus Thompson
Top Australian universities slide down world rankings
A fall in international student numbers is being blamed for the nation’s top-performing universities dropping down a prestigious academic league table.
- by Christopher Harris
‘Wealthy families, private schools’: Have universities forgotten who their students really are?
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?
- by Sherryn Groch, Lucy Carroll and Nicole Precel
Universities could teach in foreign languages as enrolments surge
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.
- by Paul Sakkal
COVID entrenches dominance of Melbourne’s big two unis
Smaller universities have been urged to innovate as Melbourne and Monash report a combined surplus of almost $950 million.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Unis will keep hurting even when overseas students return, report finds
A report into the country’s universities has found they will struggle if international students have been scared off during pandemic border closures.
- by Stuart Layt
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Why the government is unwilling to support universities
A class I took in my first year of university speaks volumes about the frosty relationship between academics and right-wing politicians.
- by Katy Barnett
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