From creating a national 'jobs broker' to raising income support, potential changes could open a world of educational possibilities for rural students.
At a university campus 1,500 kilometres from Jordy's home, first-year psychology students who could have been his classmates are making headway in their degrees.
The Australian Universities Accord's report has found that by 2050, 80 per cent of the nation's working population will need to have a tertiary education to fix a worsening skills shortage — while only 60 per cent of today's workforce has one.Many of the suggested reforms are aimed at making university more accessible to groups deemed disadvantaged, including young people who live outside capital cities.
"I spent a fair amount of time while I was at university cooking cheese toast at Sizzler, rather than in the area that I ended up working in," he"It would be something that would really help young people as they move into jobs," he said. "There's probably not as many opportunities to learn about uni and talk to people that actually have done uni themselves," he said."I think unis should be probably coming down to a rural area and giving talks more … someone who's actually been to Adelaide or metro universities."Ava, who moved from Keith, in the state's south-east, to board at Westminster School in Adelaide, said family obligations could also make it hard for young people to leave regional areas.
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