Over the weekend, the Albanese government announced radical changes to student loans, which would kick in after the next federal election. Three million Australians with student debt could see their balances cut by 20 per cent. The remaining debt would ...

Cash-strapped Australian graduates will not have to pay back their student debt until they earn at least $67,000 as the Albanese government flags HELP reform as a key election agenda. At a rally alongside South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas this ...

Like most of the UK, universities were surprised by the timing of July’s general election. They had no time to influence the incoming Labour government’s policy commitments. Labour’s manifesto acknowledged the financial problems suffered by England’s universities, which are caused ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Education at a Glance 2024 report shows how tertiary education in Australia is tracking, and how government spending sits in relation to other countries. The report, released annually, provides a snapshot of ...

Placement poverty experienced by students studying clinical allied health sciences is being ignored, Australia's council of allied health deans has said in its response to paid work placements being implemented for teaching, nursing, social work and midwifery students. Announced in May, eligible students are able ...

Speculation about reversing the infamous job-ready graduates (JRG) scheme has increased after the Albanese government changed the way university loans are indexed, but did not offer respite to those students paying up to 117 per cent more than some of ...

Every year on June 1, student debt in Australia is indexed to inflation. In 2023, high inflation pushed the indexation rate to 7.1%, the highest since 1990. This year, if there is no policy change, student debt balances will be ...

The federal government on Saturday announced it will change the way HECS-HELP and apprenticeship support loans are indexed, backdated to June 1, 2023. The changes, under Universities Accord recommendations, will wipe last year's record 7.1 per cent indexation, along with ...

Tertiary education institutions can now apply for government assistance to access 50 new micro-credential courses for their students from mid-2024 in a new $10m up-skilling scheme. Micro-credentials are stand alone or complementary qualifications that can be completed in a short ...

The University of Melbourne has committed to a radical shift in the profile of its student body, aiming to lift the proportion of undergraduates from key disadvantaged groups from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2030. Provost Nicola ...