Maths and science courses hit in uni cuts

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 23, 2017

Australia's future engineers, scientists and tech experts will be hardest hit by the federal government's planned changes to university funding.

CANBERRA, Aug 23 - Universities Australia has a new analysis of where proposed cuts will fall and says science, technology, engineering ...

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