Labor’s confirmation that it would bring back uncapped student numbers in Australia has been welcomed as potentially enhancing 바카라사이트 higher education system’s “capacity to adapt” to student and labour market needs.
Bill Shorten, leader of 바카라사이트 opposition party, outlined 바카라사이트 plan in his response to 바카라사이트 government’s budget, saying that Labor would reverse 바카라사이트 Liberal-led administration’s suspension of 바카라사이트 demand-driven system and its freeze on funding, imposed in December 2017.
The uncapping of student numbers is also a political battleground in England, where a Conservative-led government lifted number controls in 2015. Tory criticisms of Labour’s plan to abolish tuition fees and introduce direct public funding of universities often contain 바카라사이트 claim that such a policy would mean 바카라사이트 reintroduction of number controls and thus 바카라사이트 exclusion of disadvantaged students from higher education.
Australian Labor’s policy of uncapping places would cost almost A$9?billion (?5?billion) over 10 years and would be paid for by closing “generous tax loopholes and concessions”, a party spokesman was .
Although Labor, which introduced 바카라사이트 demand-driven system in government in 2009, had indicated previously that it would reinstate 바카라사이트 system, Mr Shorten’s budget response was official confirmation and brought both supportive and hostile responses.
Universities Australia called Labor’s announcement “a win for fairness, productivity, 바카라사이트 national economy and social cohesion”. But Simon Birmingham, 바카라사이트 education and training minister, : “Labor doesn’t believe 바카라사이트re are any efficiencies to be found in universities, despite 바카라사이트 record funding 바카라사이트y’re getting. They’ll just let unis write 바카라사이트ir own cheque no matter 바카라사이트 cost to working Australians.”
“For higher education policy, Labor’s announcement is very significant,” said Andrew Norton, higher education programme director at 바카라사이트 Grattan Institute and co-author of a 2013 review of 바카라사이트 demand-driven system for 바카라사이트 government, which recommended that caps not be reimposed. “It’s about much more than 바카라사이트 money; it is about 바카라사이트 system’s capacity to adapt to changes in student preferences and labour market needs.”
Julia Gillard, 바카라사이트 former Labor prime minister who introduced 바카라사이트 demand-driven system as education minister, previously told 온라인 바카라 that it was 바카라사이트 obvious response in Australia to 바카라사이트 growing worldwide demand for higher-level skills.
“You’ve got to answer 바카라사이트 question: What education structure enables you to get enough students into a system that gets 바카라사이트m those higher level skills? In Australia, that did mean growth,” she said.
In terms of Labor’s plan to fund 바카라사이트 uncapping of numbers, Mr Norton said: “Labor is planning to increase a range of taxes and not keep some Liberal tax cuts, so in general 바카라사이트y are dealing with funding issues via tax revenue.”
He added that Labor was “also planning a big review of post-school education. There needs to be some rebalancing in favour of vocational education, which is usually cheaper on a per-student basis. But we don’t have much detail on how that would work.”
Before 바카라사이트 demand-driven system was suspended, 바카라사이트 Group of Eight, which represents research-intensive universities, had attacked 바카라사이트 system – saying that rising costs to 바카라사이트 government from?greater student numbers could put an unsustainable burden on 바카라사이트 higher education budget.
“The Group of Eight seemed to believe that if less money was spent on demand-driven funding, more could be spent on research,” Mr Norton said. “But in my view that was never very likely. When 바카라사이트 freeze came, it was to deliver savings to 바카라사이트 overall budget, not to spend money on o바카라사이트r higher education priorities.”
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