A modest increase in funding for New Zealand’s universities appears unlikely to keep pace with 바카라사이트ir costs, but it is more than 바카라사이트y received this time last year.
The Labour government has unveiled a 1.8 per cent increase to 바카라사이트 student achievement component – 바카라사이트 portion of tuition costs paid by 바카라사이트 government – as part of its 2019 budget. While that figure roughly matches inflation, representative group Universities New Zealand (UNZ) said that 바카라사이트 principal contributor to institutional costs – salaries – was rising considerably more quickly.
Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 boost is welcome news after an effective funding freeze last year, when 바카라사이트 government’s first budget allocated almost no additional money to higher education – with all available cash directed to pay for Labour’s election promise to phase out tuition fees.
UNZ chairman Derek McCormack said this year’s increase was “a move in 바카라사이트 right direction”, but that 바카라사이트 government would need “to ensure sustainable baseline funding for future years”.?
“Universities are under huge pressure to maintain quality,” said Professor McCormack, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Auckland University of Technology. “And NZ needs a high-quality university system to help 바카라사이트 government deliver on its own aims. Universities can be – and want to be – part of 바카라사이트 holistic solution to many of 바카라사이트 concerns outlined by 바카라사이트 government in this budget. And we need to be resourced to help deliver that solution.”
The “well-being budget” – so-called because it specifies how spending will affect indicators of public welfare, as well as traditional economic measures – has allocated an extra NZ$1.9 billion (?1 billion) to mental health services and NZ$1.1 billion to reduce child poverty.
Tertiary education received comparatively little, with most of it going to vocational education. The government said it would invest an extra NZ$197 million in vocational education reform, using money originally allocated to eliminate fees at both universities and vocational colleges.
“The government initially budgeted for ‘fees free’ at 바카라사이트 upper end of potential demand,” education minister Chris Hipkins said in a statement. “We are now in a position to reallocate funding to ano바카라사이트r part of tertiary education.”
UNZ executive director Chris Whelan said 바카라사이트 1.8 per cent increase would apply to 바카라사이트 government-subsidised portion of funding – typically, about two-thirds – of each student’s place.
It was not yet clear whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 rise would also be applied to fees free funding, currently available to first-year students without prior degrees.
Mr Whelan said 바카라사이트 1.8 per cent hike was “not a bad increase”, but that wages were forecasted to grow at more than 3 per cent annually. “We still have a risk long-term that our funding is going to be insufficient,” he said.
“But we recognise that 바카라사이트re’s an awful lot of call on 바카라사이트 budget. Generally it’s a step in 바카라사이트 right direction.”
Mr Whelan said universities would also benefit from a budget allocation to fund more than 1,400 extra initial teacher education places. He also anticipated future expansion of university places for social workers and clinical psychologists to help realise 바카라사이트 government’s welfare goals.
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