The Turnbull government is seeking to seize the political initiative on schools, with a big funding injection and the appointment of David Gonski to chair a ‘Gonski 2.0’ review.
There could be much bigger changes ahead for universities.
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The government is seeking savings of $2.8 billion from higher education over the budget period, in another attempt at a major shake-up of Australia’s university sector.
Malcolm Turnbull and Simon Birmingham with preschool children at a childcare centre.
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The education minister says that under Labor there were child care price spikes of up to 14% over a 12 month period, but under the Coalition those have fallen to “around 6% on average”. Is that right?
Universities will now need to use common language around their admissions processes.
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More students than ever before have the opportunity for higher education but their choices are being undermined by a confusing admissions system in much need of reform.
More than 50 arts training programs across the nation, including circus, may no longer be supported by the federal government.
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The past two years have not been happy ones for the arts sector in Australia. It all began in early 2014 with federal Ministers Brandis and Turnbull telling artists at the Sydney Biennale that they were…
Some 478 courses, including one in hairdressing creative leadership, will not be subsidised from 2017.
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Instead of a needs-based model, we ended up with an inconsistent patchwork of approaches across Australian states and territories that protected the vested interests of non-government schools.
Simon Birmingham said the government would work with the states for a new post-2017 deal ‘tied to evidence-based school improvement initiatives’.
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The Productivity Commission has said that education spending has substantially increased over the last decade but student achievement has shown little or no improvement. Is that true?
Will proposed reforms to VET FEE-HELP tackle abuse by private providers?
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Under the proposed plan for reform, there is still a risk that private providers will continue to shop between the Commonwealth and the states for the best price and conditions.
Science graduates struggle to find jobs straight after graduation.
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