This smells very similar. While Beazley flagged on-campus education will be dealt with later, the reputation of UAO will depend on the integrity of the Melbournes, Griffiths, Flinders, UTSs, Curtins etc etc. Raising UAO up the pole is a diversion from the main game. The proposal is grounded in seeing education in a limited, short term vocational sense. There is no evidence that narrow vocational courses enhance outcomes - on the contrary.
Education is more than providing cannon fodder for the immediate consumption of the economy.
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