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Reasons Why New Student Loan Rules Ain't Right 10
Friday, 28 July 2006, 3:23 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
Reason Number Ten: Taking Responsibility The plan for implementing the new loans and allowances eligibility rules is quite simply a sloppy, rushed and ill considered policy bungle. Tragically, the price for this bungle will not be paid by those responsible, ... More >>
Why New Student Loan Rules Aint' Right: Reason 9
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 3:21 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
Reason Number Nine: Alignment, Alignment, Alignment Under the new system TEC subsidies will be “aligned”with student loans and allowances. And “alignment” has been repeatedly touted by Government as the driving rationale and fundamental principle ... More >>
Reasons Why Student Loan Rules Ain't Right No 7
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 2:13 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
Reason Number Seven: Hammers and Nuts We already know from papers uncovered by the media that the Government’s advisors warned the new loans and allowances might be viewed as “a large hammer to crack a small nut”. More >>
No.7 Student Loan Eligibility Rules Ain't Right
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 1:14 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
Ten Reasons Why Implementation of the New Student Loan Eligibility Rules Just Ain't Right (Reason Number 7) More >>
Student Loan Eligibility Rules Just Ain’t Right
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 9:59 am | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
Student Loan Eligibility Rules Just Ain’t Right Reason Number Five: 200 – 300 Tutors At least 200 – 300 tutors will be out of a job if implementation of the new student loans and allowances eligibility rules is not delayed – based on the ... More >>
Why Student Loan Eligibility Ain’t Right (3)
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 2:11 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
As has been made clear by the Government, the rationale for implementing the new loans and allowance rules is to align eligibility with TEC funding. The Minister for Tertiary Education: “One comes back to the first principle – it seems very ... More >>
10 Reasons Why Student Loan Rules Ain’t Right
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 1:45 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
MEDIA RELEASE – PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group 18 July 2006 Ten Reasons Why Implementation of the New Student Loan Eligibility Rules Just Ain’t Right (Reason Number 2) Reason Two – Savings and Logic It is purported that implementation of ... More >>
Reasons New Student Loan Rules Ain't Right: Timing
Monday, 17 July 2006, 4:39 pm | PTE Budget Policy Awareness Group
The new student loan eligibility rules were announced on Budget Day in May 2006. They take effect from January 2007. The new rules require that only students enrolled in TEC funded courses can receive student loans and allowances. The last TEC funding ... More >>
