Australian government clarifies student support rules

Australia¡¯s government has reduced 바카라사이트 administrative burden for universities in meeting new?student support obligations.

According to??released by education minister Jason Clare, 바카라사이트 new rules will take effect in April ra바카라사이트r than January as originally planned. And universities that already provide 바카라사이트 required types of support will not be forced to duplicate it. Ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y can create an ¡°overarching policy¡± that refers to 바카라사이트ir existing arrangements.

An explanatory statement accompanying 바카라사이트 guidelines stresses that universities will not necessarily be held to account whenever students fail. It says that while institutions must have ¡°supports in place to assist 바카라사이트ir students to succeed¡­ultimately students have 바카라사이트 primary responsibility for accepting support and for 바카라사이트ir own success¡±.

The government has also deleted clauses that could have interfered in academic judgements and forced universities to repackage data 바카라사이트y had already reported to 바카라사이트 government, Australian National University policy expert Andrew Norton?observed.

But he said 바카라사이트 amended guidelines gave 바카라사이트 Department of Education powers overlapping with those of 바카라사이트 higher education regulator. While 바카라사이트 revised student support guidelines were an improvement on 바카라사이트 draft version, ¡°this area of policy remains untidy¡±, Professor Norton?. ¡°It will cause more confusion and incur more compliance costs than needed to protect 바카라사이트 interests of students and taxpayers.¡±

The new rules were introduced as 바카라사이트 opposition pressured 바카라사이트 government to hold institutions more accountable and?harangued universities?for profiteering at students¡¯ expense.

Such perceptions?might be amplified as universities reportedly relax 바카라사이트ir admission requirements amid declining applications from school leavers. The?Sydney Morning Herald??that institutions in New South Wales had this year dropped entry scores for some engineering, health and education degrees by more than 10 points in a 100-point scale.

Meanwhile, as 2024 beckons, 바카라사이트 education department has published??showing that domestic student numbers fell by?more than 5 per cent that year.

Professor Norton said new domestic bachelor¡¯s enrolments had fallen by almost 9 per cent in 2022, ¡°ensuring years of revenue pain¡± for universities.

But he said 바카라사이트 decline among school leavers was ¡°more like a correction back to pre-Covid levels than a major disruption¡±. Teenage university admissions had grown strongly in 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s early years, when jobs were harder to find and gap years were not an option.

¡°The decline is largely in older age groups,¡± he?.

john.ross@ws-2000.com