‘It is difficult to suppose any other industry tolerating such policy instability,’ Universities Australia chair Barney Glover will tell National Press Club Australian universities are begging for “policy certainty”, saying no other Australian industry would tolerate the indecision and total absence of policy suffered by the higher education sector.
Prof Barney Glover, and the Universities Australia chair and vice-chancellor of the University of western Sydney,will direct his criticism at both major parties in a speech on Wednesday, although the Coalition government has not announced a policy to replace its controversial and now-shelved higher education reforms whereas the Labor opposition has announced a funding policy ahead of this year’s election.
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Source: theguardian.com