Experts predict today’s graduates will have several different careers throughout their working life. The government’s university changes seem ignorant of this.
Travel bans, a recession and the government’s university reform package will leave an estimated $4.7 billion gap in research funding that needs filling to maintain our current output.
The implications of the government’s announcement are about more than incentivising the career trajectories of students. They are a direct assault on the premise of universities.
The education minister has outlined reforms to higher education funding aimed at producing ‘job ready graduates’. But his announcements don’t seem completely in line with the data.
Pupils sit the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination at a slum school in Nairobi.
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In order to regain public confidence, universities must take steps to show citizens that investments in higher education are well-spent, an education professor and university professor argue.
OECD data can be a cherry-picker’s picnic in local higher education funding debates.
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Labor has promised to review the tertiary education sector if elected next year. There are some major issues, and some examples from abroad they should consider.
Australian universities perform well despite being squeezed of public funds.
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For universities in Australia to get the most out of philanthropic donations, they need to develop persuasive cases for giving, and work with staff, communities and donors towards shared goals.
Funding dominated the schooling space in 2017, with both sides of politics debating whose funding package benefited which schools the most, and little attention paid to how the money is best spent.
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Funding debates dominated most education policy talks in 2017, but discussions look to be extending past the dollar value in 2018 with a number of high profile reports due for release.
The fight for free university education in South Africa is entering its fourth year.
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The cuts to higher education funding are more about making savings than improving higher education, and would be extremely hard to change in the future.
The uneven approach between VET and higher education in particular reflects an ongoing failure to conceive of the two as part of a single tertiary education system.
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New analysis of education expenditure shows spending on the vocational education and training sector has declined while other sectors have experienced growth.