Posted to Waverley Leader (16/4/2013) on 16/4/2013 at 5:25 PM)
Commenting on "Closure of Swinburne's Lilydale campus means students will face longer commutes"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/closure-of-swinburnes-lilydale-campus-means-students-face-longer-commutes/story-fngnvlxu-1226620779603
With large land mass and therefore low population density, this is always a problem. Spare a thought for those coming from the regional areas to Melbourne to attend higher education. There is never enough money to go round to fund every education level.
The demographers were predicting a rapid population growth few years ago until a brake is put on in the latest census. The almost instant collapse of the international students coming to Australia to study distorted the statistical outcome, including the demand of TAFE, real estate and employment. Unfortunately, this is another disastrous consequence caused by the government policy-on-the-run. UK and Canada benefited immensely in economic terms from our international education door closure.
The government has no clue in what is going on in the education sector, and education sector has no clue in course rationalisation. The new funding model proposed by the Gillard government is half-baked; taking money from Universities to fund primary schooling is absurd and will result in massive shake out in the higher education sectors. There will be more closure of university campuses than just Swinburne Lilydale.
Commenting on "Closure of Swinburne's Lilydale campus means students will face longer commutes"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/closure-of-swinburnes-lilydale-campus-means-students-face-longer-commutes/story-fngnvlxu-1226620779603
With large land mass and therefore low population density, this is always a problem. Spare a thought for those coming from the regional areas to Melbourne to attend higher education. There is never enough money to go round to fund every education level.
The demographers were predicting a rapid population growth few years ago until a brake is put on in the latest census. The almost instant collapse of the international students coming to Australia to study distorted the statistical outcome, including the demand of TAFE, real estate and employment. Unfortunately, this is another disastrous consequence caused by the government policy-on-the-run. UK and Canada benefited immensely in economic terms from our international education door closure.
The government has no clue in what is going on in the education sector, and education sector has no clue in course rationalisation. The new funding model proposed by the Gillard government is half-baked; taking money from Universities to fund primary schooling is absurd and will result in massive shake out in the higher education sectors. There will be more closure of university campuses than just Swinburne Lilydale.
