Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has introduced a bill under which universities face new caps on their domestic student numbers.
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Out of the crises of the 1890s and 1940s Australia created quality, enduring legacies in post-school education. We now have a chance to upgrade these legacies to aid economic and social renewal.
More than 70 of Australia’s Laureate professors have signed a letter to the minister for education, Dan Tehan, outlining the flaws in the proposed university reforms.
From December 2017 (when the government put a cap on demand-driven funding) to 2024 (when the Job-ready graduates package is fully implemented) — the government will save nearly A$1 billion annually.
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.
Research shows predictions for the jobs of the future are unreliable, and the government’s funding changes don’t match what their own data shows about future earnings.
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor, History, Dean of Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor, Linguistics, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland