Victoria University fee rise blocked

Victoria University has criticised the Tertiary Education Commission's decision to block a request to increase some student fees by more than 5 per cent.

Chancellor Tim Beaglehole said yesterday that the decision didn't deal with the problem of cross-subsidisation across faculties. It also reduced the level of investment Victoria could make in resources.

"If the Government is really serious about having highly educated graduates at the forefront of research that is feeding new industries and innovative technologies, we need the funding to be able to invest in our teaching and research programmes."