HIGHER EDUCATION AND STATE – AUSTRALIA

New fees still cut it, says QUT

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Original article by Julie Hare
The Australian – Page: 6 : 5-Dec-14

Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake says the cost of living is just as much a concern for Australian universities students as tuition fees. Professor Coaldrake is in favour of the Federal Government’s proposal to deregulate university fees. QUT estimates that the cost of its 5.5-year double degree in business and law would rise by $A17,300 to a total of $A78,500 if the Government’s reforms proceed

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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

University package goes down

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 5 : 3-Dec-14

Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne has been unsuccessful in his effort to sway sufficient numbers of senators to secure passage through the upper house of his higher education reforms. Compromise offers failed to avoid the defeat of the relevant bills by 33 votes to 31 on 2 December 2014. Of the minor party and independent senators, only Ricky Muir, John Madigan, David Leyonhjelm and Bob Day were in favour, while those against were Nick Xenophon, Jacqui Lambie, Glenn Lazarus and Dio Wang. The Federal Government will now suffer a setback worth $A5bn to its goal of returning the Budget to surplus. The Universities Australia lobbying body also seems to have withdrawn its backing

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, PALMER UNITED PARTY, AUSTRALIAN MOTORING ENTHUSIAST PARTY, DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, NICK XENOPHON GROUP, UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FAMILY FIRST PARTY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

Competition a minefield for unis

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Original article by Jonathan Chew, Brian Parmenter
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 14 : 13-Oct-14

The Australian Government’s planned changes to the universities sector, such as full deregulation of course fees and public funding for private education providers, raise competition policy issues as well. It may be necessary to gauge the factor valuable real estate assets held by prestige institutions can be in the setting of fees under the new model. Competition rules should also apply to education that already cover research, where the cross-subsidising of that activity is the issue. Watchdog agencies could look at possible fee-setting collusion, and mergers between providers

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COUNCIL OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND, VICTORIA. ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ACIL ALLEN CONSULTING PTY LTD

Australia outpaced in world uni rankings

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Original article by Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 2-Oct-14

The Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of the world’s universities for 2014 has been issued, with Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne noting that Asian rivals of local tertiary institutions are gaining more places more quickly. THE editor Phil Baty, however, argues that the Government’s planned full deregulation of course fees may lift only the elite Group of Eight providers. Australian universities occupy eight places in the top 200, with the University of Melbourne rated highest at 33

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TSL EDUCATION LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, THE GROUP OF EIGHT LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

$100k fees for prestige degrees are widely distorted: Sydney Uni

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Original article by Matthew Knott
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 2 : 26-Sep-14

The University of Sydney does not intend to introduce large fees if the higher education funding system is deregulated. Even degrees such as law and business will continue to cost less than $A100,000. The university stated in a submission to a Senate inquiry into the higher education fee system that cuts to government funding necessitate a rise in fees of 24 per cent

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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PALMER UNITED PARTY, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Pyne steps up uni reform bid

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Original article by Mark Kenny
The Age – Page: 9 : 29-Aug-14

Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne is trying to gain support for his higher education reforms. He introduced the bill to Parliament on 28 August 2014. He said that the reforms to structural funding must be enacted now or the system will decline. Pyne called on the crossbench senators to support the legislation

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, PALMER UNITED PARTY, UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Abbott changes ‘a crime, absurd’

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Original article by Peter Martin
The Age – Page: 3 : 3-Jul-14

US-based economist and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz is visiting Australia. He has criticised some of the measures contained in the Federal Government’s May 2014 Budget, such as full deregulation of university course fees and co-payments for visits to general practitioners. Stiglitz also says the industrial relations system in Australia is superior to that in the US, as strong unions are a necessity in ensuring wages are high enough to boost the overall economy

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES. MEDICARE AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NOBEL FOUNDATION