‘We can no longer justify unpaid labour’: why uni students need to be paid for work placements
A new survey has found the financial burden of work placements on students can be crippling.
A new survey has found the financial burden of work placements on students can be crippling.
Our higher education system has served Australia well over the past 30 years. But it is not fit for the rapid pace of change the world will be see over the coming decades.
Design flaws in the application process can see school leavers miss out on studying their most preferred degree, even if they are eligible to do it.
Making study materials free could potentially allow students to take multiple units from different universities. It would also make higher education much more accessible.
Decades of research shows how the higher education system has failed to give Australians a “fair go”. How can we move from good intentions to long-overdue change?
A multi-rate student contribution system could make average student debt repayment times similar across different courses.
Traditional university research needs a makeover and we’ve worked out a way to do it.
The idea a generalist degree just leads to over-qualified graduates serving coffee Reality Bites-style is not only wrong, it is a misguided understanding of what we need from graduates.
It can be argued universities also have a moral obligation to educate students about how course fees are charged and then repaid when they start working.
Teaching has long been treated as the poor cousin of higher education. The Universities Accord has the opportunity to change this.