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To fix higher education funding, we also need to fix vocational education

  • Written by Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
To fix higher education funding, we also need to fix vocational educationWe need a tertiary education funding system that will help get students into courses with employment opportunities at the end of them.www.shutterstock.com

Yesterday the shadow education minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced Labor plans to invest an additional A$174 million in the higher education sector if there’s a change of government at the...