More push-back against demand-driven Uni system

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Last month, Australia’s group of eight elite universities called on the Government to rein-in the demand-driven university system, claiming that it has been an expensive failure:

Group of Eight chair Michael Spence said the uncapping of university places in 2012 had blown out the budget by billions of dollars while leaving important university research underfunded.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.