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Australia’s higher education sector is bracing for an “ugly” 2022 after budget cuts to universities and Tafe funding that critics warn will result in job losses, poorer course quality and less research in medicine and technology. Tuesday’s federal budget reduced funding for universities by nearly 10% over the next three years, while Tafe funding will be slashed by 24%. That’s despite universities stressing before the budget that the bushfire and...
Meanwhile, total funding for vocational education will drop 10.8% next year, and another 24.2% between 2021-22 and 2024-25. The federal Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, a former academic and environmental engineer, said the budget was abandoning Tafe and universities. âHow can we expect to rebuild with this government hellbent on decimating teaching and research?â she told Guardian Australia. Faruqi also said the government was moving funds away from public Tafe and âpiling more moneyâ into for-profit private vocational education. âThe government has just committed anot...