Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday said the upcoming May 14 budget will consider university student financial issues such as unpaid placements and disproportionately increasing HECS-HELP debts. HECS repayments are predicted to be indexed by 4.2 to 4.8 per cent this ...

Union students and workers rallied in Sydney CBD last Friday to demand an end to unpaid placements that exclude low-SES students from some courses and cause 'placement poverty' for many. The Australian Services Union and Students Against Placement Poverty put ...

More than 20 leading Australian businesses have agreed to partner with the University of Sydney to help provide students with real world experience. Vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence said students studying everything from arts, community development and law to public service, ...