The last decade has been turbulent for the VET sector. Funding arrangements and the regulatory environment have changed constantly, with little time to assess and refine the latest innovation or find out whether it was of benefit to citizens, business ...
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USC Orientation: scenes from a Sippy Downs O Week
The sun was shining, sleeves were optional and the sausages were sizzling at Sippy Downs this week as around 4,500 new students converged on the University of the Sunshine Coast for a toasty orientation to higher education. “Orientation has been designed ...
More »Government encourages cyber-security uni courses
Universities will receive a share in $1.9 million in funding if the federal government considers them well placed to train cyber-security specialists. Federal education minister Simon Birmingham and Dan Tehan, minister assisting the prime minister for cyber security, have today ...
More »Start-ups selected for EduGrowth accelerator
Start-ups are eyeing education as the industry to make money from, and the EduGrowth accelerator has announced the first five companies it will be helping do just that. The start-ups selected are: PrevYou – an online school for tertiary students ...
More »Curtin utilising Malaysian campus to internationalise student experience
A cohort of nearly 100 architecture and design students and academics from Curtin recently visited the Perth university's Malaysian campus, at Sarawak in Borneo, as part of a wider plan to internationalise courses through international study tours, internships, collaborations and ...
More »Most international students satisfied with study experience: survey
There are over half a million international students studying in Australia, according to federal Department of Education figures, and most are satisfied with their study experience. The latest International Student Survey, which garnered responses from 47,810 university students, showed that ...
More »Academics and government spar over sugar tax
It sure is a sticky issue: in the wake of two recent reports advocating for the imposition of a sugar tax, Liberal frontbenchers have reaffirmed their opposition to the proposed levy. At a doorstop interview in Tasmania on Tuesday 21 ...
More »Gardner to take the reins as UA chair
Monash University vice-chancellor professor Margaret Gardner is to be the next chair of Universities Australia (UA). Gardner is set to succeed current UA chair professor Barney Glover, who is also vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University. Gardner will take the reins ...
More »Gimme shelter: Oxford activists demonstrate for city’s homeless
Activists have claimed a University of Oxford building and turned it into a homeless shelter, just before it was to be redeveloped into student accommodation. At the feet of the “city of dreaming spires”, as poet Matthew Arnold once dubbed ...
More »Permanent evolution required in this age of changing futures
Today’s students must be prepared for a continuously changing future in which adaptability and creativity will be highly prized. May I invite you to consider for a brief moment how your life’s journey has unfolded and taken you to the ...
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