The scheme to incentivise students into other disciplines has failed to stem the ‘massive swell’ of demand for humanities
Owen McGee who is in the first year of an arts degree says students can make their own decisions and ‘we’re not going to allow our lives to be dictated’.Owen McGee who is in the first year of an arts degree says students can make their own decisions and ‘we’re not going to allow our lives to be dictated’.Owen Magee knew how high his student loan would be if he enrolled in an arts degree – he saw the headlines in 2020, when he was still in early adolescence.
“We know what’s best for us – we’re willing to stand up and say ‘this is our future, we’re not going to allow our lives to be dictated’.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Prof Claire Annesley, dean of arts, design and architecture at UNSW, says there has been a “massive swell” of students choosing degrees in her faculty.
The latest graduate outcomes survey reported the largest increase in employment rates in the field of humanities . The figures are nearly identical to 2021. Yet in the same period, first preferences to health, historically the most popular study area, have reduced , as year 12 applicants have turned to arts degrees in higher numbers.
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