Tertiary sector still 'squeezed'

By Vaughan Elder. The Government's tertiary education budget represents a continued ''squeeze'' on the sector, with funding for most subjects not even adjusted for inflation, both the Otago Polytechnic and the Otago University Students' Association say.
Changes to tertiary education in the Budget include further reductions in student support spending, with over-65s no longer eligible for student allowances from next year and over-40s eligible for them only for 120 weeks of study, down from 200 weeks.
The Budget also includes a crackdown on borrowers who are overseas, including enabling the worst defaulters to be arrested at the border. Read more...