Media Release: Regional unis and research funding - Tehan giving with one hand while taking with the other

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is totally perplexed to hear that the much needed additional funding of $134.8m announced this morning by the Minister for Education and Training, Dan Tehan, to assist regional universities is the money to be cut from research block grant funding over the next five years - very much a case of giving with one hand while taking with the other. More...