https://www.campusreview.com.au/2021/03/the-student-voice-has-spoken-and-our-response-is-opinion/ The latest in higher education news Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:36:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.campusreview.com.au/2021/03/the-student-voice-has-spoken-and-our-response-is-opinion/#comment-92215 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:36:41 +0000 https://www.campusreview.com.au/?p=105782#comment-92215 ” Listen to the Go8 student on episode 16 of HEDx and her concerns about where her money goes. She sounds unhappy funding research and staff she never sees.” – There is a solution to this. Allow universities to charge whatever fees they like over and above current levels of funding (government + student contributions), but universities have to specify how much of that extra money is used for research. That will allow universities who trade on their research reputation, to generate income to support that reputation. It will allow other universities with more modest research goals to compete on price. Students, such as the one quoted, can make up their minds based on what they want – do they want to subsidize research to attend an elite university, or are they happy paying less to get the degree that will get them the job they want.

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