Placement poverty helps struggling university students

Placement poverty helps struggling university students

The Commonwealth Prac Payment supporting students on unpaid placements is set to aid university students living under the poverty line. The payment plan, which will be launched on July 1, will provide some students up to $331.65 each week to support them on placement...
What university taught me: Soon-to-be grad

What university taught me: Soon-to-be grad

I was always perplexed by ‘forever students’ — those who continued to study well into their 20s and 30s. Clinging to the safety of lecture halls and shielding themselves from the ‘real’ world behind bookshelves. Happy to suckle from the teat of welfare as their...