The federal government is celebrating strong results in the “managed growth” of Australian domestic students enrolled to complete a degree at university in just four years.
New figures released by federal Labor shows the number of Australian students set to commence university next year (excluding medicine and demand driven places) is 354,000.
This compares to 274,000 domestic students who started their university degrees in 2022, representing what Education Minister Jason Clare has described as a policy to open university doors wider.
Marking the passage of legislation through parliament on Tuesday, Clare said the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill would give an additional $3.6