Academics reveal how Public Universities have been Ransacked under Covid

SOME OF THE MANY KEY POINTS!!

–Scomo Govt denied Public Universities the JobKeeper subsidy; a key role in undermining them

-by February 2021 more than 17,000 university staff lost their employment

-Scomo Govt passed the JOB-READY BILL to CUT FUNDING FOR DEGREES; and increased fees for Humanities and The Arts

-Scomo Govt gave JobKeeper payments to PRIVATE SCHOOLS and PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS

–private and Catholic schools propped up; another Howard-era practice cont’d by Abbot, Turnbull and Morrison

-ANU vice chancellor Brian P Schmidt pointed out that this lack of investment has implications for the entire nation going into the future

-with universities forced to prop up the research they undertake via student fees

**- the sector’s reliance on students from overseas is itself a symptom of the government’s failure to support universities

COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE FOR NSW (CAAN): HOUSING INEQUALITY WITH AUSSIES LOCKED OUT!