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April 12, 2020 00: 09:29
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan will today provide a higher education relief bundle for the tertiary education sector which is “unashamedly” focused on domestic students.
Key points:
- There will be 20,000 positions readily available in short-term nursing, mentor, health, IT and science courses
- Universities will maintain the $18 billion budgeted this year regardless of any fall in enrolments
- Lobby group Universities Australia had desired federal governments to offer hardship payments to worldwide students, however this was rejected
The bundle consists of financing for brand-new short courses for the unemployed, an ensured $18 billion for domestic trainees no matter enrolment numbers and $100 million in regulative relief for education suppliers.
The Federal government said rates will be slashed for six-month, rem