Australia’s universities should provide partial fee compensation for students because they didn’t deliver the study experience, as they promised during the pandemic, according to Australia’s shadow minister for education.
Shadow Minister for Education Alan Tudge, who is the federal member for Victoria’s seat of Aston, said on Wednesday that universities need to make an “extra effort” to really focus on the student experience.
“If you paid for a Mercedes Benz and, a couple of months later, you came to pick up your car, and you’ve got a three-year-old Corolla, you’d be pretty unhappy,” Tudge told Sky News. “That’s what’s occurring in some instances with some university students.” …