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Relief for universities will ‘unashamedly’ prioritise domestic students

Relief for universities will ‘unashamedly’ prioritise domestic students

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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

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