Nearly 20% fewer lower socio-economic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job ready scheme
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A recent report indicates that the Morrison-era Job Ready Graduates (JRG) scheme is negatively impacting higher education accessibility for lower socioeconomic students in Australia. Since the scheme's introduction in 2021, new university enrolments from this demographic have decreased by 10% between 2020 and 2024. Independent senator David Pocock has criticized the JRG scheme, arguing that it creates a segregated higher education system due to its restructuring of university fees. The JRG scheme increased the cost of arts degrees while reducing fees for science and mathematics programs. Experts suggest the scheme has had a "devastating impact" on the very students higher education should serve.
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