For many Australians, their new year’s resolution is a career change, a new survey has shown. Get Qualified Australia (GQA), a recognition of prior learning (RPL) specialist, recently interviewed 1000 Australians about what they want to do with their career. ...
More »Yearly Archives: 2016
ANU continues excellence in uni rankings
The Australian National University is continuing its rankings run. Times Higher Education has rated it the most international university in Australia. THE today unveiled the 2016 list of the 200 most international universities in the world. Australia has 24 listed, making it ...
More »Today’s news in 60 seconds
Indigenous students get a taste of uni life at USYD
The University of Sydney is showing Aboriginal schoolchildren what it has to offer. Federal Education Department data reveals Indigenous enrolments at country universities far outweighs that at city counterparts, despite the fact that over the past two years, the Universities Admission Centre has recorded ...
More »Women can help shrink engineer shortage
Girl power can help solve Australia’s chronic shortage of engineers. Every year, Australia imports 12,000 engineers to fill jobs. One-quarter of these come on temporary work visas. Only 6000 are graduates from Australian universities. This trend has gone on for the ...
More »Today’s news in 60 seconds
Schmidt reveals vision for quality at ANU
Quality over quantity is professor Brian Schmidt’s vision for the Australian National University. The Nobel Laureate and astrophysicist took the reins as vice-chancellor of ANU at the beginning of this year, promising to “take a great university and make it better”. For Schmidt, this ...
More »Privacy fears as governments push for ‘back doors’ into encrypted data
Mandatory 'back doors' into secure, encrypted data could compromise university research worldwide, a cybersecurity expert has warned. US and UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been pushing for all encrypted data to have a back door that government can ...
More »Opinion: Keep up the good work on VET policy in 2016
Students and industry have been well served by competitive VET, and policy should focus on refining these reforms. By Rod Camm Last year was, to say the least, an interesting year for the VET sector. It kicked off with the ...
More »