Universities Australia and the Group of Eight back Bill Shorten’s pledge to increase student funding,while the Coalition is to rethink its stalled policyUniversity leaders have cautiously welcomed Labor’s intention to increase public funding for the sector as the Coalition government prepares to rethink its stalled policy to remove limits on student fees.
Two university groups that had previously backed the Coalition’s proposed fee deregulation – Universities Australia and the Group of Eight – voiced support for the opposition’s “student funding guarantee” while emphasising the need for policy stability, adequate revenue and further details.
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Source: theguardian.com