Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is opposed to the government’s higher education funding changes, saying it will disadvantage poor students and poor families. Lambie said the new bill “makes university life harder for poor kids and poor parents” and was ...

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan’s $80-million pledge for “performance-based” university funding will have many “unforeseeable”, “perverse” and “unintended” consequences for Australia’s higher education sector, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has warned. NTEU president Alison Barnes said: “The creation of ...

Storm clouds have brewed in the land of the long white cloud. After the much-heralded announcement of 'free', that is, taxpayer-funded university in October last year, in its May budget, the Labour government froze funding. Perhaps following Australia's lead, the ...

Global rankings of Australian universities are already under threat as government cuts cast a long shadow and pressure rises for alternative sources of funding.   By Louis White. Professor Ed Byrne has some bad news for the university sector. The vice-chancellor ...