Glenn Hunt
Universities have backed moves to consider key changes to the HECS-HELP student loan scheme, giving cover to Education Minister Simon Birmingham to increase costs to students in his higher education reform announcement expected in coming months.
The universities’ peak lobby group, Universities Australia, said on Tuesday it supported “investigation of policy changes to ensure the integrity and financial sustainability” of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP).
In its 2017-18 pre-budget…
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