Getty Images The government’s decision to scrap the one-year fees-free tertiary scheme in this month’s Budget will be contentious. Some will see it as a sensible saving, others as another blow to students facing high living costs. But the bigger question is not whether the scheme should survive. It’s why making a year of tertiary education free did so little to change how many people studied, or who studied. Our new research finds little evidence a fees-free year widened tertiary access. It poin