Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday June 21 2020, @11:53PM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Australia's conservative government announced plans Friday to double university fees for humanities students, in a bid to push people into more useful, "job-relevant" courses like maths and science.

Under the proposal—which critics panned as an "ideological assault"—the cost of degrees like history or cultural studies will rise up to 113 percent to around US$29,000, while other courses such as nursing and information technology will become cheaper.

Education Minister Dan Tehan—an arts graduate with two advanced degrees in international relations—said the government wanted to corral young people towards "jobs of the future" to boost the country's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

"If you are wanting to do philosophy, which will be great for your critical thinking, also think about doing IT," Tehan said.

The plan would help pay for an additional 39,000 university places by 2023 and for cost cuts for courses like science, agriculture, maths and languages.

[...] "I'm an arts graduate and so is the minister for education so I'm not sure you can draw the conclusion that we're completely unemployable," said opposition lawmaker Tanya Plibersek.


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @12:52AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 22 2020, @12:52AM (#1010856)

    Your IPA money laundering cult decimated the IT sector by inventing an imaginary skills crisis whereby it was cheaper to hire foreign employees from labour hire firms on dodgy 457 residency visa scams than train graduates.

    Now you want us to study IT where 4/5 applicants for a programming job are internationals rather than home grown talent?

    That ship sailed a decade ago.

    Starting Score:    0  points
    Moderation   +3  
       Insightful=3, Total=3
    Extra 'Insightful' Modifier   0  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday June 22 2020, @01:29AM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday June 22 2020, @01:29AM (#1010864) Journal

    Now you want us to study IT where 4/5 applicants for a programming job are internationals rather than home grown talent?

    They don't care what you do. They just want to win another election.

    --
    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday June 22 2020, @08:35AM (2 children)

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 22 2020, @08:35AM (#1011024)

    I tend to use IPA for cleaning circuit boards, but I suppose you could use it to launder money too.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday June 22 2020, @08:09PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday June 22 2020, @08:09PM (#1011223) Journal

      I tend to use IPA for cleaning circuit boards

      Beats drinking the shit...

      --
      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:56AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:56AM (#1012251) Journal

      that's alcohol abuse. use PBR instead.

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.