The federal government's university funding changes have been a key driver behind Australia's record inflation rate according to the ABS, prompting union calls to increase academics' wages. New ABS data shows that during this year's March quarter university costs rose ...

The higher education sector in Australia has been through a rapid cycle of change and disruption over the past two years, starting with a shift in the way university places are funded. In this piece we reflect on the impact ...

Demand for arts and humanities courses remains strong in Australia’s two most populous states, despite the fee hikes introduced last year to steer students towards more ‘job-ready’ degrees in nursing, education, science and maths.  Despite fee hikes of more than 113 ...

With Australia just coming out of recession, it is unsurprising that there has been a strong focus from federal and state governments on addressing unemployment levels and ensuring that our university graduates are able to find jobs.  The Australian Government’s ...

The government’s contentious job-ready graduate reforms are likely to disadvantage Indigenous students, a Wiradjuri man said last week. According to recent data, social science degrees (which are considered humanities courses and will attract the fee hikes of 113 per cent ...

The government’s job-ready graduate package for higher education is guaranteed to pass the senate after Centre Alliance senator Stirling Griff agreed to support it. The package’s new course fee structure will see students in disciplines such as law and humanities ...

A senate committee report has recommended the government’s job-ready graduates bill be passed with the contingency that it is reviewed after two years.  The committee’s chair, Liberal senator James McGrath, wrote that the bill will “deliver policy and funding certainty for the sector”.  But Greens senator ...

The Nationals have formally pushed for changes to the government’s proposed university fee overhaul, saying there is a “glaring and potentially detrimental design flaw” in the plan. The Nationals party room on Monday agreed to press for changes to the ...