Tag: fee deregulation

  • UNSW appoints next Vice-Chancellor, Ian Jacobs

    UNSW appoints next Vice-Chancellor, Ian Jacobs

    UNSW has appointed its next Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs from the University of Manchester. Professor Jacobs, the current Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Medical/Human Sciences at Manchester University, was appointed to the position on Monday afternoon by a unanimous vote of UNSW Council, after a selection process headed by UNSW Chancellor, David…

  • Increased fees on the horizon as students hijack Q&A

    Increased fees on the horizon as students hijack Q&A

    Students from university campuses across Sydney temporarily shut down live broadcasting of ABC’s Q&A last night, while protesting Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s proposal to deregulate university fees, among a raft of recommendations aimed at creating a US-style college system in Australia. Benjamin Hammond, member of the NSW Education Action Network of students, said the protest…

  • UNSW pushes to increase fees in popular courses

    UNSW pushes to increase fees in popular courses

    UNSW has joined the Group of Eight (Go8) universities coalition in calling for the government to allow universities to exclusively charge full fees in popular undergraduate courses, as part of an initial move towards wider fee deregulation. In a submission to the Abbott government’s review of the demand driven funding system for public universities, led…