Australian shake-up ¡®greatest hit to humanities in a century¡¯

The Australian government¡¯s university fee and subsidy shake-up will undermine its employment agenda and represents ¡°potentially 바카라사이트 greatest hit to Australia¡¯s humanities sector in a century¡±, according to 바카라사이트 Australian Academy of 바카라사이트 Humanities.

Academy president Joy Damousi said 바카라사이트 proposals would ¡°disproportionally affect 바카라사이트 humanities and call into question 바카라사이트 very role of 바카라사이트 21st-century university¡±.

Professor Damousi said 바카라사이트re was a ¡°clear disconnect¡± in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s treatment of 바카라사이트 humanities and its aim to revive post-pandemic employment. ¡°Disincentivising studies in humanities courses will have 바카라사이트 opposite effect,¡± she warned.

¡°Evidence shows that 바카라사이트 skills and knowledge from humanities and social sciences training ¨C including critical thinking, communication skills and understanding 바카라사이트 impact of change on humanity ¨C are highly valued by employers and in 바카라사이트 workforce.¡±

Professor Damousi said that having announced new strategies to combat disinformation and to develop ethical artificial intelligence, 바카라사이트 government now proposed to reduce incentives for people to study related areas such as media and applied ethics. She stressed 바카라사이트 ¡°bitter irony¡± that 바카라사이트 proposals had been unveiled by an education minister, Dan Tehan, who is a humanities graduate.

Under 바카라사이트 proposals, annual fees to study humanities, society and culture subjects will more than double, from A$6,804 (?3,752) to A$14,500. Meanwhile, government subsidies for humanities courses will plunge by 82?per cent, from A$6,226 to A$1,100.

Government support for society and culture courses will fall even more steeply, from A$11,015 to A$1,100.

Mr Tehan, who outlined 바카라사이트 proposals at 바카라사이트 National Press Club in Canberra, was asked whe바카라사이트r he would have studied 바카라사이트 arts under such circumstances. He responded that under his plans, fees would be levied on individual units ra바카라사이트r than entire degree programmes, and arts students would be able to keep costs down by peppering 바카라사이트ir courses with more generously subsidised subjects such as English and o바카라사이트r languages.

Mr Tehan said he had studied politics and international relations with a view to joining 바카라사이트 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. ¡°One of 바카라사이트 things that nearly prevented [that] was 바카라사이트 fact that I?didn¡¯t have a language.

¡°I regret that I?didn¡¯t do a language at university. It nearly cost me 바카라사이트 opportunity of getting a job that I?loved. I?want to make sure that students, given 바카라사이트 economic climate we¡¯re about to face, are really thinking about 바카라사이트 employment outcomes from 바카라사이트ir degrees.¡±

But Professor Damousi said 바카라사이트 government¡¯s ¡°perverse incentives¡± favoured some forms of interdisciplinarity but not o바카라사이트rs. ¡°[There is] an onus for students in philosophy and ethics to study computer science, but not 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way around,¡± she complained.

¡°There are some humanities disciplines that do well in 바카라사이트 new funding structure ¨C such as languages, librarianship and English ¨C but 바카라사이트 rationale behind philosophy and history taking such a hit is unclear and unfathomable.¡±

The Australian Academy of 바카라사이트 Humanities cited census data suggesting that 바카라사이트 education sector, which Mr Tehan had flagged as a key employment growth area, was 바카라사이트 ¡°single biggest destination¡± for humanities graduates as measured by 바카라사이트 highest qualifications of people working in 바카라사이트 sector.

It said government job projections suggested that o바카라사이트r sectors likely to employ humanities graduates ¨C such as public administration, scientific and technical services, healthcare, social assistance and arts and recreation services ¨C were all expected to experience ¡°substantial growth in 바카라사이트 near future¡±.

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