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In the left corner, 39 VCs;in the right corner, the Opposition

01 Mar 10 | Print this story | Send this story to a friend

The government has applied the thumbscrews to the Opposition over the stalled student income support reforms, after Australia's 39 vice-chancellors signed a letter to every senator urging them to pass the bill. Education minister Julia Gillard's office issued a media release listing the 39 vice-chancellors as "for the government's proposed changes to Youth Allowance" - and a lone shadow education minister Christopher Pyne as "against". "Who would you believe has the best interests of students at heart - vice-chancellors or Christopher Pyne?" Gillard asked. But Pyne quoted from a letter to...

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Vince Callaghan

Monday, 1 March 2010

What the Opposition don't seem to understand is that the "gap" year further disadvantages regional and rural students. Recent research has shown that students who defer (regional student more than twice the numbers that metro} are at least 30% less likely to take up their deferred offer!!