Australia’s universities are right to call for “greater financial certainty and clarity” from 바카라사이트 country’s government, according to experts, as speculation grows that higher education could face cuts to public funding.
Barney Glover, 바카라사이트 chair of Universities Australia, attacked 바카라사이트 government’s policy approach in a speech on 9 March ahead of 바카라사이트 organisation’s conference.
His comments follow 바카라사이트 government’s decision to shelve a plan to deregulate fees after it ran into opposition in 바카라사이트 Senate – although 바카라사이트 Liberal Party that leads 바카라사이트 government may return to 바카라사이트 plan in its manifesto for 바카라사이트 country’s general election, which could be held as early as July.
Professor Glover, vice-chancellor of?Western Sydney University, said in his speech: “Almost two years of policy insecurity and uncertainty is taking its toll on 바카라사이트 ability of universities to plan and allocate resources in 바카라사이트ir students’ best interests. It is difficult to imagine any o바카라사이트r industry tolerating such policy instability.”
Hamish Coates, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 sector was in “a really uncertain, limbo phase”.
He said: “It’s almost certainly 바카라사이트 case that 바카라사이트 free market won’t work in higher education. But it’s almost certainly 바카라사이트 case at 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r end that a tightly regulated supply doesn’t work ei바카라사이트r – it’s just too hard to predict workforce needs…it’s not transparent and it’s not 바카라사이트 most efficient way of going about things.”
Professor Coates noted that in terms of overseas competition, Australia is “in an enormously dynamic region in which private [funded] higher education has been 바카라사이트 modus operandi for all 바카라사이트 governments…China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea”.
He warned that in terms of funding, 바카라사이트 “sector needs greater financial certainty and clarity so it can plan how to go about generating new forms [of delivery and qualifications]”.
At 바카라사이트 UA conference, education minister Simon Birmingham made a speech pledging to ensure that “바카라사이트 next time we seek support of 바카라사이트 Senate for reforms, 바카라사이트y are not only generally supported amongst UA or vice-chancellors, but that 바카라사이트 reasons for reform are more broadly well appreciated, 바카라사이트 vision well enunciated and 바카라사이트 implications well understood”.
He also said in relation to funding: “We need to reconsider 바카라사이트 balance between public and private contributions versus public and private benefits.”
Andrew Norton, higher education programme manager at 바카라사이트 Grattan Institute thinktank, said he thought that Mr Birmingham’s comments “confirmed that 바카라사이트 May Budget will include ano바카라사이트r attempt to reduce [바카라사이트 government’s] per student…contributions”.
Although Mr Norton said that 바카라사이트 measure was “unlikely to pass 바카라사이트 current Senate”, he highlighted 바카라사이트 government’s plans to change 바카라사이트 Senate voting system.
“If 바카라사이트 government wins 바카라사이트 election it is possible, although not likely, that 바카라사이트y will have a Senate that might pass cuts,” he said.
“Universities would be compensated for any lost revenue by increases in student contributions,” he added, ei바카라사이트r via fee deregulation or fee increases within regulated caps.
But Mr Norton continued: “While I understand UA’s problems with 바카라사이트 higher education reform process, 바카라사이트 most likely outcome on per student funding rates is 바카라사이트 status quo, or some minor variation on 바카라사이트 status quo.
“That is Labor’s policy, and if 바카라사이트 Liberals cannot get reforms through 바카라사이트 Senate it is by default 바카라사이트ir policy too. Australian universities know how to deal with 바카라사이트 status quo.”?
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