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Environmental sciences in Australia are hit with severe funding cuts, academics are warning that these cuts of nearly 30% will affect Australia’s ability to cope with drought, bushfires, coral bleaching and global heating. Further, those studying environmental science will receive $9,944 less in funding per student per year under the government’s higher education changes, the equivalent of a 29% funding cut to the subject. This does however mean students will pay less for the degrees. This has faced a variety of backlash. The chief executive of Universities Australia, Catriona Jackson said Australia’s environment science courses were some of the best in the world, and had growing importance, especially amidst our current situation with climate change. Jackson explains how even the current COVID-19 pandemic was related to environmental science, and future research was exploring how we could prevalent future outbreaks, as the pandemic stemmed from human-wildlife interference.
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30% cut in environmental sciences
Environmental sciences in Australia are hit with severe funding cuts, academics are warning that these cuts of nearly 30% will affect Australia’s ability to cope with drought, bushfires, coral bleaching and global heating. Further, those studying environmental science will receive $9,944 less in funding per student per year under the government’s higher education changes, the equivalent of a 29% funding cut to the subject. This does however mean students will pay less for the degrees. This has faced a variety of backlash. The chief executive of Universities Australia, Catriona Jackson said Australia’s environment science courses were some of the best in the world, and had growing importance, especially amidst our current situation with climate change. Jackson explains how even the current COVID-19 pandemic was related to environmental science, and future research was exploring how we could prevalent future outbreaks, as the pandemic stemmed from human-wildlife interference.
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