Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson says the nation is in a "budget pickle''. Source: The Australian
THE Gillard Government has been accused of hypocrisy for preaching the virtues of education while cutting and delaying funding for universities and training.
Educators say $1 billion in higher education cuts over four years in the mid-year budget will cost 1450 research jobs, turn foreign students off studying here and produce a lower-quality graduate.
Students taking university scholarship courses will give up $82.3 million meant to fund things like text books as the Government ditches a plan to index their $2050 payments.
Masters students will miss $167 million as an extension of financial support is delayed until 2017.
About 10,000 students who have been overpaid payments like Youth Allowance will be hit with interest charges for the first time if they refuse to give back the money, saving the Government $33.5 million in bad debts over three years.
More than $300 million in savings will be made as trades training in schools is extended but delayed.
School teachers have had $175 million in reward payments put off.And universities will miss $499 million that had been earmarked for research infrastructure under the Sustainable Research Excellence program and have $270 million in performance funding deferred.
The Government said it realised some decisions would be unpopular but pointed to Budget pressures like having to increase Tertiary Student Assistance payments by $381 million.
But Opposition Education spokesman Christopher Pyne said Labor could not talk up education spending while taking it away.
Group of Eight chair Professor Fred Hilmer, who represents Australia's top eight universities, said funding changes would cost 1450 research jobs.
He said universities would have to enrol more students and churn out students of a lower quality to make up the shortfall.
"These short-sighted decisions ... make our universities less attractive to international students and researchers,'' he said.
Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson said Australia was in a "budget pickle'' because it relied too heavily on mining.
The irony was that research into other industries could solve this, she said.
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