A lot of overseas students have to pay about $16000- $40000 annually to study in Australia. Many students would love to know where their fees go to and how the money is spent.
Most of the fees goes towards employee wages. Most of the universities employ hundreds of staff some of which are casual. Some of that money goes to the employee benefits. A lot of university staff get benefits, especially full time staff.
The next biggest investment is scholarships and grants. Most universities award grants to the student who achieves their highest. But grants are limited and a lot of students compete for the same thing.
Libraries and IT is another thing that unis have to take care of. They have to purchase and maintain the latest equipment as well as books and subscriptions for students. Maintenance costs money and time. But now there are apps for everything.
The last one is their property services. They need to pay their cleaners and rent. Rent in City of Melbourne and Sydney is very expensive.
In some universities the cleaners don't get paid properly.
They also have to pay their security staff. In some cases some unis are not able to afford this, so they outsource. Some of them also have a courtesy bus to escort people to the student accommodation/train station.
If you do want to suggest a way in which your university can spend it's money better than do take it up with them. Most unis have suggestion days or some sort of online system.
Most of the fees goes towards employee wages. Most of the universities employ hundreds of staff some of which are casual. Some of that money goes to the employee benefits. A lot of university staff get benefits, especially full time staff.
The next biggest investment is scholarships and grants. Most universities award grants to the student who achieves their highest. But grants are limited and a lot of students compete for the same thing.
Libraries and IT is another thing that unis have to take care of. They have to purchase and maintain the latest equipment as well as books and subscriptions for students. Maintenance costs money and time. But now there are apps for everything.
The last one is their property services. They need to pay their cleaners and rent. Rent in City of Melbourne and Sydney is very expensive.
In some universities the cleaners don't get paid properly.
They also have to pay their security staff. In some cases some unis are not able to afford this, so they outsource. Some of them also have a courtesy bus to escort people to the student accommodation/train station.
If you do want to suggest a way in which your university can spend it's money better than do take it up with them. Most unis have suggestion days or some sort of online system.
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