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If there was doubt higher education was a political battleground for the Abbott government, the events of the last 24 hours have dispelled it. The vote on Tuesday night in the Senate stopped the current…
If Minister Pyne succeeds with plans to uncap fees for Commonwealth supported students, Australian public universities will need to set the price for their major undergraduate degree offerings for the…
This morning the government revealed the details of the higher education reform package it is taking to parliament. As anticipated, the legislation closely mirrors the announcement on budget night. There…
Start the way you intend to finish. It is good advice, and few would accuse Education Minister Christopher Pyne of not indicating what he wants the policy settings for higher education to look like in…
To borrow from Oscar Wilde: “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” And so it may be for many supporters of the changes to higher education…
Good: there is significant public support for universities. Recent research (here and here) in Australia tells us something about public perception of universities. It suggests that over 75 per cent of…
January: Quiet for students, time for research for academics and often terror filled for many sessional staff at universities. It is a month with casual academics searching for the next teaching contract…
As Rousseau nearly said, universities are born free but are everywhere in chains. Education Minister Christopher Pyne promised earlier this week to be the great liberator, signalling that the Abbott government…
After some speculation, this week education minister Christopher Pyne has said the Coalition has no plans to increase university fees. His comments come after much debate over selling the HELP – formerly…