Universities love to boast about the donations they receive, but a recent gift to the Australian National University is something special. It’s an $800,000 painting by Chinese artist Zhang Peili, which was previously thought to have been lost. Flying Machine, ...
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Only one-third of parents save for children’s education
A survey shows that while most parents intend to save money for their children’s education, only one-third follow through – and most believe the federal government should help. The Australian Scholarships Groups (ASG) surveyed 1000 parents. ASG found that while 93 per cent of ...
More »On Trauma Island, USC paramedic students experience the reality of the job
Being run over by an automobile, falling into a fire pit and misadventure while scuba diving on the high seas. These three terrifying scenarios aren't stolen from the pages of iconic Aussie outback horror genre flicks – or even from the ...
More »Culture of uni as king caused VET neglect: Barilaro
New South Wales skills minister John Barilaro has told a conference that declining VET enrolments and the sector's so-called 'middle child' status in education is “the price of, for decades, telling young kids to go to university”. Barilaro, speaking yesterday at ...
More »Higher education admissions too confusing: Birmingham
The effectiveness of the ATAR system for qualifying for university places is again in the spotlight after the release of the 82 submissions to the Higher Education Standards Panel, many of which called for an overhaul of the system. The federal ...
More »ANU, UC join forces to offer vertical double degree in health
The two leading tertiary education institutes in the nation's capital are teaming up to allow students to combine a bachelor of medical science degree from the Australian National University with a master of diagnostic pathology degree from the University of ...
More »Unis should outsource software: TechnologyOne
Universities shouldn’t set up their own software systems, as they’re better off outsourcing them – a software company executive has advised. Matt Arnott, TechnologyOne’s general manager for education, said he’s seen many universities try to set up their own software systems ...
More »Regional unis top city cousins in graduate employment rankings
Rankings measuring student experience, graduate employment outcomes and starting salaries have placed Australia's regional universities on top. The Good Universities Guide 2017, published by the Good Education Group (GEG) and released on Monday, shows that while country and city universities have ...
More »Are entrepreneurs born or made?
Australian youth unemployment is almost the highest it’s been in 10 years. For Generation Alpha, who are now about 5 at the oldest, it's looking more and more like the challenge they'll face as adult workers will be to innovate or fail. ...
More »Victorian TAFEs ditching ‘dead-end’ courses
Training courses in Victoria that don't provide students with meaningful job prospects will be scrapped, as the state government overhauls its TAFE and vocational training system. The reforms will cut the number of government-funded courses from about 1500 to 1000. ...
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