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>350 university bureaucrats are paid more than State Premiers. Vice Chancellors are paid $1M salaries, much more the PM. Yet our next generation of scientists struggles on $20 an hour. Our unis should be nation-building institutions, not greedy and exploitative corporations. #auspol
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away
The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unliveable it is’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
>350 university bureaucrats are paid more than State Premiers. Vice Chancellors are paid $1M salaries, much more the PM. Yet our next generation of scientists struggles on $20 an hour. Our unis should be nation-building institutions, not greedy and exploitative corporations. #auspol