The VET Student Loans scheme: is it a good model for a student loan scheme?

This paper examines some aspects of the policy and implementation of the new [vocational education and training] VET Student Loans scheme. The VET Student Loans scheme was rushed though the [Australian] Parliament on a wave of public outrage about the rorting of VET FEE-HELP. The old scheme was voted out with little understanding of what the new one might bring in. The scheme's fundamental purpose is to provide a benefit to students. It seeks to make access to vocational education and training (VET) affordable by helping students to pay their tuition fees. In doing so, it contributes to the fi... Show more

Authors: Warburton, Mark

Published: Carlton, Victoria, LH Martin Institute, 2017

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 29 p.

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