6 May 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Commission of Audit's recommendations in relation to higher education have received a guarded response from Universities Australia (UA), given a lack of detail and/or reasoning behind them. UA says that, without a full picture of the proposed reforms, it is not possible to understand all the implications of the reform trajectory. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................... Universities Australia (UA) agrees with the Government that higher education and research drives economic and social prosperity. Public funding of higher education and research is an investment in Australia’s … [Read more...]
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