University fees to be reviewed nationwide in next phase of education overhaul

University fees to be reviewed nationwide in next phase of education overhaul

Labor has announced plans to cut student debt by 20 per cent but a planned government commission could permanently change fee structures.

  • byPaul Sakkal

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Five students were caught cheating. Now it’s gone to court in a landmark case

Five students were caught cheating. Now it’s gone to court in a landmark case

The Federal Court will hear an Australian-first case after five students allegedly used a major company to cheat on their work.

  • byDaniella White
‘Profoundly unfair’:Coalition attacks Labor’s HECS debt cut plan

‘Profoundly unfair’:Coalition attacks Labor’s HECS debt cut plan

Australia will go to the polls with Labor proposing to slash student debts by 20 per cent and the Coalition lashing it as a burden on the rest of the country.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Why Albanese’s HECS gift is a reverse-Robin Hood
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Why Albanese’s HECS gift is a reverse-Robin Hood

If we give a $16 billion tax break to people on higher incomes who went to university,then we’ll have to get that pound of flesh from the people who didn’t.

  • byChris Richardson
The way some Melbourne University students are taught has changed. Here’s why

The way some Melbourne University students are taught has changed. Here’s why

Neurodivergent students and staff at the University of Melbourne previously “struggled in silence”. That’s changing,thanks to these three researchers.

  • byBridie Smith
University of Sydney attacks ‘misleading’ figures as hundreds of sector jobs go

University of Sydney attacks ‘misleading’ figures as hundreds of sector jobs go

The university has accused the government of providing misleading figures about its foreign student cohort.

  • byDaniella White
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Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken
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Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

Student debt has reached about $81 billion. The government receives far more in student repayments than it does from the gas industry through the petroleum resource rent tax.

  • byGeorge Williams
Labor to wipe 20 per cent of HECS debts in $16 billion move

Labor to wipe 20 per cent of HECS debts in $16 billion move

Tradespeople and university graduates will have a fifth of their student loans wiped in a striking Labor pledge to ease the debt burden on younger Australians.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.

  • byJames Massola
The big business of university philanthropy:UNSW lands largest ever donation

The big business of university philanthropy:UNSW lands largest ever donation

Big universities are increasingly relying on philanthropy to fund major projects.

  • byDaniella White
Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars
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Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars

University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.

  • byPaul Sakkal