VET FEE-HELP rorts have tarnished private providers, but data from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training has indicated that students from private VET are more likely to get jobs after graduation than those enrolled in a TAFE. The NCVER’s Total VET ...
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A closer look at 3 foreign recipes for innovation
Listing countries that rank higher than Australia on the Global Innovation Index – it’s a favourite of those pushing the innovation bandwagon. On this list, Australia is placed 19, though there is constant political rhetoric stating that it could, and ...
More »Trump would be a draw to US for some international students
A survey of 6744 international students has found that 13 per cent are more likely to consider the US as a study destination following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Furthermore, 45 per cent are still considering the ...
More »Australia’s tertiary-education cohort tops 2 million
One in five Australians aged 15 to 64, or 3 million people, are enrolled in formal study, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. The same dataset showed that just under three-quarters of this number participated in tertiary education ...
More »Opinion: Unis are doling out degrees but not access to good jobs
While our universities speak of liberalism and the spirit of enquiry, they are using the uncapped, demand-driven enrolment system to churn students through their packed faculties, leaving thousands to graduate onto the dole with high HECS debts. Law graduates are ...
More »Riordan announces TDA departure to complete PhD on TAFEs
A former political journalist who has spent 11 years advocating for TAFEs will now be completing a PhD on his favourite topic. Martin Riordan will step down as chief executive of TAFE Directors Australia by March next year. He told ...
More »Wealthy barrister Myers appointed next UniMelb chancellor
A barrister who donated $10 million to the University of Melbourne has been appointed as its next chancellor. Allan Myers has also been chair of the university’s 'Believe' philanthropic campaign since it commenced in 2013. He chipped in the $10 ...
More »Jacobs says Trump, Brexit accelerates unis’ shift to Asia
Donald Trump’s election to the White House and the UK’s Brexit from the European Union has accelerated Australia’s pivot to Asia, the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales has said. Professor Ian Jacobs said that universities switching their ...
More »Innovation talk ‘hijacked’ by tech start-ups: minister
The innovation debate has been hijacked by the tech start-up space, the federal assistant minister for industry, innovation and science told a conference. Speaking at the University of New South Wales’s Innovation Summit, Craig Laundy said discourse on how to ...
More »Profile: UWA’s Joanna Nicholas has a passion for the pole
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Joanna Nicholas is a pole dancing aficionado embarking on a research project at the University of Western Australia ...
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