#HECS

Gavin Coote

GavinCoote

University students who fail half their subjects face losing HECS-HELP access as part of proposed higher ed overhaul My story for @abcnews on the plan to revoke HECS-HELP access for

Natalie Osborne

DrNatOsborne

Just to flesh out the impact of Dan Tehan's terrible proposal to cut students who fail 50% of their courses out of HECS. I've had variations on this conversation many

Shirley Jackson 🌹

asintemple

The latest #HECS reforms are regressive and will negatively affect working class kids. I didn’t just fail classes in undergrad, I was kicked out of two different unis. As a

Gareth Bryant

garethjbryant

University announcement looks like a re-introduction of full fees for arts students. Commonwealth contribution to will fall to 7% ($1,100 per year) and students will pay 93% ($14,500). This skew

JohnQuiggin

JohnQuiggin

Talking of reforms, how much is left of the micro reform era. Having privatised telecomms and (most electricity), government is now building/commissioning broadband network and electricity generation and storage. Competition

Gareth Bryant

garethjbryant

.@JacquiLambie this morning asked whether the government’s claim that its Jobs Ready Graduate package would create 100,000 additional places had been ‘plucked out of their clacker’. This is why the

Carole-Interrupted

Caroleina2

Today GenXers were called out to account for what we have done for the past 30+ years by younger people who see us as not taking responsibility for the mess

Mudit Vyas

muditvyas

Doing a thread on how overseas students were screwed over by Australia's higher education "industry". This is important because Australia's int'l higher ed "supply chain" is largely agent-run. So, future

MJ Leaver

MJ_Leaver

I was the second person in my family to complete university. My Nanna did a degree (teaching, Government paid fees, paid her a stipend, paid for books and guaranteed job

Liz Crash

AsFarce

the main reason it's so hard to get on the Disability Support Pension in Australia is that your condition must be "fully diagnosed, treated, and stabilised". which means if you

Amy Thunig

AmyThunig

One of the biggest concerns for many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, when it comes to higher education, is there’s a gamble involved. A big risk of both time & money,

Asher Wolf

Asher_Wolf

Hello. I’m an arts grad. In 2014 I helped report what was the largest data breach Australia had ever suffered at the time https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/asylum-seekers-identities-revealed-in-immigration-department-data-laps

Josh Milthorpe

JoshMilthorpe

Either through stupidity or spite, the Liberal/National Government's inaction during #COVID-19 will devastate universities. Higher ed drives innovation & growth and will underpin our economic recovery in a changing post-COVID

The Bradfield Party

BradfieldThe

The Bradfield Party Irrigation Scheme is excruciatingly simpleWith just one dam and one channel we will deliver x Sydney harbours to the Murray Darling system and put the Darling into

Dan Golding

dangolding

The federal government will introduce its Uni funding legislation to parliament tomorrow. It needs the votes of One Nation, plus one of @JacquiLambie @Senator_Patrick and @Stirling_G.I've been trying to tract