A low target: enrolling poor uni students remains a challenge

According to the Federal Government, Australian public universities need to be more inclusive, particularly when it comes to enrolling poorer students. Contact A Financial Planner The first, and most effective, would be to provide a quota for disadvantaged students but universities could see this as compromising entry standards.

But the performance of universities using this method suggests that either poor students do not qualify for the schemes, or if they do, then the compensation provided is still insufficient. Since 2010, low-SES student enrolments have attracted a loading the government pays the university to support students. universities might just find it cheaper to nurture disadvantaged students themselves.

“An exhibition that explores how Aboriginal Australia has informed contemporary art will open in the Charles Darwin University Art Gallery next week. In preparation for the exhibition, entitled ?roads cross: contemporary directions in Australian art?, a work 250cm x 400cm in dimension by Melbourne-based artist Lauren Berkowitz will be painstakingly recreated on site by CDU and Flinders University exhibition staff. The exhibition has been curated jointly by CDU?s Art Collection and Art Gallery Curator Anita Angel, Director of Flinders University Art Museum and City Gallery Fiona Salmon and independent curator Vivonne Thwaites.”

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