Tag: tertiary education

• Your student debt increases by 7.1 per cent today: what is being done politically and how will it affect you?

  

  The 7.1 per cent indexation rate for HECS-HELP is an added stressor for many university students and graduates following recent record inflation and cost-of-living pressures. OTR journalist Robert Hicks asks experts and political parties how this indexation will affect students, and what they are planning to do — or not do.

  ontherecord

  June 1, 2023

  Australian Economy, Education, Federal Politics, Finance, News, Student Life

  Albanese Government, ATO, australian greens, australian taxation office, Budget, Catriona Jackson, Centrelink, consumer price index, cost of living, Federal Budget 2023-24, Federal Politics, Hawke Federal Government, HECS-HELP, indexation, Jason Clare, JobSeeker, Labor, Political, Sarah Henderson, student, Student debt, tertiary education, University, young people, Youth allowance

• Unpaid internships are on the rise. Are they exploitative or just unfair?

  

  In an increasingly competitive job market, the inevitably of completing unpaid internships is on the rise. But is the system creating better job opportunities for young people or simply extorting them for free labour?

  ontherecord

  August 26, 2022

  Education, Student Life

  Education, employment, fair work, Internships, socio-economic status, Student Life, Students, tertiary education, University, unpaid work, Volunteering, work experience

• Aspiring media workers promised new opportunities

  

  Just months since being elected, Labor has made it their mission to keep community television alive in the hope of giving aspiring media professionals a head start with their careers.

  ontherecord

  August 11, 2022

  Arts, Community, UniSA

  broadcasting, Channel 44, community television, film and tv, Labor, Magill, Off the Couch with Ethan, Our Time, SA Sports Show, South Australia, tertiary education, UniSA, work experience