University fee deregulation blocked but Pyne pledges to fight on
The Senate has defeated the government’s plan to deregulate university fees 34 votes to 30, with Labor, the Greens and five of the other eight crossbenchers combining against it.
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Fee deregulation is a bad idea, but our universities do need reform
Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s scheme for the deregulation of university fees is dead or delayed. Either way it has been exposed as bad for Australia. This is because it will put universities in…
University fee deregulation could undermine collaborations between unis
Currently universities collaborate with one another and with other sectors in myriad ways, greater competition through deregulation could discourage such collaborations.
Politics podcast: Kim Carr on Labor’s new higher education policy
Shadow Higher Education Minister Kim Carr talks to Michelle Grattan about Labor's new higher education policy.
Six steps the government can take to pass deregulation
The voting down of the higher education bill stems from the government’s failure to sell the reforms. Here is a six step guide to successfully making big changes to higher education.
Labor’s ‘$100,000 degree’ projections are misleading
The government’s proposed changes to higher education are a platform on which Labor can fight the next election. The strategy is simple: don’t try to modify the package, or offer new solutions. Just shoot…
Fee deregulation is not the only answer for universities
Debate begins this week on the higher education bill introduced to parliament last week. If political bartering can result in some sort of compromise, there is potential for the higher education sector…
Fee deregulation: what does it mean for Australian higher education?
The message for universities from this budget is, “Fend for yourself.” Over the three years from 2015, $1.1 billion will be withdrawn from higher education by decreasing the Commonwealth’s contribution…
Higher education gets short shrift in the election campaign, and we are all the poorer for it
Liberal higher education policy is obscure; perhaps deliberately so. But the conclusion is clear. Unless students are required to pay significantly more, universities will face major cuts.
University funding reform blocked? There’s a pretty obvious ‘Plan B’
The Senate has rejected the Coalition’s plans to deregulate university fees, cut university funding by 20% and extend government subsidies to private providers, despite a few modest measures offered at…
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