Cancel the HECS Hike
We the undersigned call on UNE Council to cancel the 20\% HECS increase to begin at UNE in 2005 owing to extra government funds that make an increase unnecessary. continue reading »
"Absolutely appalling, considering the VC stated a couple of years ago that she would try not to increase any HECS fees, despite the fact that the current government is gutting the whole of Australia and particularly the tertiary eductation system Student/"
"Stop the increasing class divide Student/Staff? Internal/External? Staff"
"I'm from a working class background, the first person in my family to EVER receive a university education. Other people like me should be given the same opportunity to break the cycle of education only for the elite. Student/Staff? Internal/External? inte"
"With this grant, there is no need for UNE to raise HECS, although we must all realise that the liberal coalition government is at fault here in that they have unfairly passed on the responsibility and liability to the universities throughout Australia to "
"I am thoroughly sick of the way this university is being run from the top down. A university is a community of scholar/teachers and students, not a business to be run by bizoid types. Student/Staff? Internal/External? post graduate student"
"DONT RAISE HECS UNE COUNCIL, YOU DONT NEED TO! Student/Staff? Internal/External? UNESA External Vice President, 2004"
"A Uni education is expensive enough without extra being charged in HECS. If you charge lower HECS you may actually get more students. Charles Sturt isn't increasing their HECS. Student/Staff? Internal/External? Student: External"
"It is a disgrace that so many who have benefitted from free tertiary education are in favour of fees. We should be investing in the future not discouraging education. Student/Staff? Internal/External? Honorary Fellow(former staff)"