Almost 500 diplomas including in fitness coaching, fashion styling and art therapy are set to be stripped of access to government subsidies under an overhaul of the vocational loans scheme by the Turnbull government.
Of the more than 800 vocational courses currently eligible for government loans, only 347 are expected to receive support under the redesigned scheme.
The hit list of unapproved courses to be released on Monday also includes diplomas in musical theatre, journalism, jewellery design, mind body medicine, clinical hypnotherapy and Christian counselling.
The Turnbull government last week said it would scrap the scandal-plagued VET FEE-HELP loans program and replace …
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