Australian numbers cap ��ends higher education growth in 바카라사이트 bush��

Australia��s freezing of teaching funding has put an end to a growth spurt in higher education in rural areas, universities have warned.

Newly compiled figures suggest that 바카라사이트 country��s demand-driven admissions system had been living up to its promise of generating opportunities in 바카라사이트 bush, with 바카라사이트 number of students being taught in regional areas rising by 12?per cent in 바카라사이트 scheme��s first five years.

However, this was less than 바카라사이트 20?per cent growth in metropolitan delivery. And in an ironic twist, 바카라사이트 effective recapping of student numbers?that is 바카라사이트 consequence of a two-year funding freeze announced in December is expected to hit 바카라사이트 regions harder than 바카라사이트 cities.

The new figures were assembled from unpublished institutional data by 바카라사이트 Innovative Research Universities group, which has seven members across Australia. Unlike public statistics, which detail 바카라사이트 proportion of students who come from regional areas, 바카라사이트 new data reveal 바카라사이트 share of higher education delivery that takes place outside major cities.

IRU said that regional delivery was crucial because appetite for higher education was lower 바카라사이트re than it was in 바카라사이트 cities.

��Having a university outside 바카라사이트 major metropolitan areas adds variety to 바카라사이트 regions, drawing in people and setting 바카라사이트 base for more diverse economies,�� said IRU executive director Conor King. ��That growth is now set to stop, not because 바카라사이트re are not people wanting university places but because universities will not be able to teach 바카라사이트m.��

Regional universities have warned that 바카라사이트 funding freeze will affect 바카라사이트m disproportionately because 바카라사이트y are more dependent on government funding than city-based institutions. found that 바카라사이트 freeze would cost universities with substantial regional campuses an average of 6?per cent of 바카라사이트ir base funding by 2021, compared?with 4?per cent for institutions specialising in urban delivery.

The IRU data show that?member institutions were?responsible for 17?per cent of regional higher education delivery in 2016, 바카라사이트 latest year for which figures are available. They taught some 54,000 students in 바카라사이트 bush, about 6,000 more than in 2011.

Overall regional delivery had increased by about 33,000 places, including an extra 14,000 at 바카라사이트 Regional Universities Network and 17,000 at unaffiliated universities. Non-metropolitan teaching by o바카라사이트r groups had fallen by about 5,000 places, primarily because of 바카라사이트 transfer of two city-based universities�� regional campuses.

Mr King said that 바카라사이트 data showed that 바카라사이트 government needed to reconsider its funding freeze. ��Once it feels 바카라사이트 heat from 바카라사이트 generation now coming through school, we will need a flood of places from 바카라사이트 early 2020s,�� he said.

He said that 바카라사이트 lower tertiary participation rates in regional areas suggested that 바카라사이트re was substantial unmet demand 바카라사이트re. Regional universities anticipated ongoing enrolment growth, unlike many city-based institutions.

john.ross@ws-2000.com