The fund would be established with money from both the federal government and universities, until it was worth A$10 billion.
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The Universities Accord final report proposes Australia adopts a ‘needs-based’ funding model. On top of base funding, there would be extra loadings to support equity students.
Universities should shift toward co-operative governance structures that foster collaborative approaches to teaching and research, which can help tackle the crises we collectively face.
The economic, civic and intellectual ends of a university education do not need to be placed in opposition to one another. A university education at its best will be attentive to all these ends.
The Australian government is aiming to rein in the post-COVID boom in international students in its new migration policy.
New analysis finds if Australian universities were treated like Australian schools, they would gain 11% in funding per year.
Overhanging the whole accord debate is the question of increasing public funding for universities and academic research in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.
From commerce to public policy, cuts to New Zealand’s university humanities departments will have repercussions well beyond the so-called ‘ivory towers’.
With the pandemic-fuelled shift to online learning, many tertiary students now miss out on the social skills critical to real-world success. That could have implications for their degrees.
The crisis in New Zealand universities is directly traceable to years of sustained underfunding and means they now lack vital research and development capacity.
Forcing universities to only serve the needs of the labour market undermines their abilities to educate students and conduct research.
Nigeria’s lecturers’ strike raises fundamental questions about how Nigerian universities are run and funded.
Huge disparities in how much students pay for courses mean graduates of high-fee disciplines will take longer to repay their debts or might never do so. That will ultimately add to government debt.
Reports of big university budget surpluses appear to undermine calls for their federal funding to increase. But a closer look at how the surpluses were achieved reveals why change is needed.
The government’s proposals may affect the most disadvantaged students.
We live in a digital and distributed world. Universities must adapt to that reality to do a better job of meeting today’s educational needs.
While the official figures are lower than earlier estimates of job losses, they also show certain types of employees – casual, non-academic and younger staff – bore the brunt of the staff cuts.
Scott Morrison will continue to tip out large dollops of money when he addresses the National Press Club on Tuesday, with his theme “building national resilience”.
At the last election, Labor and the Coalition offered very different policies on university funding. Not so this time round, but the current flawed funding system could be improved further.
Anthony Albanese on Sunday will unveil its “Future Made in Australia Skills Plan” which will deliver up to 20,000 extra university places and fund 465,000 free TAFE places
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Human Serivces and Social Work, Griffith University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
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Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University
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Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
