The freeze on university funding not only limits opportunities for students, it puts limitations on the communities unis serve, the economy, and business interested in forming collaborations.
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The fact that a university has a surplus doesn’t mean it has a profit to be either reinvested or returned to shareholders. Grants, for example, should be spent on the projects they’re intended for.
South Africa’s universities have been told to set their own fee increases for 2017. That’s good news for institutions, but it hasn’t been well-received by many students.
Academia is being asked to do less for more, and universities are at financial breaking point. This has implications for all South Africans.
One option could be to cut per-student funding and instead raise the student contribution from an average of about 40% to 50%, by raising HECS caps.
Over the next ten years, 40% of jobs are predicted to disappear. Universities will be essential to helping people reskill, upskill and reinvent their jobs.
While the government finally ruled out full fee deregulation in its 2016 budget, it is still contemplating uncapping fees for some degree courses. Here’s what else is being discussed.
Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year’s election.
Much has already been written about the pressure on the Australian university system due to the federal government’s planned deregulation of fees, course funding cuts and significant research funding cuts…
At one level, it is heartening that there is so much attention placed on regional universities in all the heat of debate surrounding the deregulation of higher education. We have ministerial assurances…
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University
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Honorary Fellow, Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, Victoria University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University
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Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University
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Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), Carleton University
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Vice Chancellor, Victoria University
