Any university student will tell you that the experience comes with both highs and lows, with the pressures of academic study often causing significant levels of anxiety and stress. Well, a new study has found that a simple change in ...
More »Digital personal branding: four tips that can lead students to professional success
In today’s technologically advanced society, many students have built a digital personal brand prior to applying to university using popular social media platforms. Growing up with unlimited access to technology has allowed our newest generation to not only benefit from self-directed ...
More »Visa fast-track for top talent ‘a win for everyone’
The government will fast-track visas for 5000 industry leaders every year as part of a global headhunting program. Immigration Minister David Coleman announced details of the Global Talent Independent program this week. Coleman said the goal of the program was to identify ...
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FOR THE KIDS The former pro-vice-chancellor (health) and current research professor at Griffith’s School of Medicine has been appointed chair of the Children’s Health Research Alliance. Professor Allan Cripps has been well recognised for his contributions to science and research, ...
More »The unique challenges facing Tasmania’s sole university
The University of Tasmania was founded to serve an entire state and its people, and we remain the only university specifically for our society. Against that backdrop, place takes on particular importance. It was the theme of being ‘place-based and ...
More »Should Australians need a licence to parent?
Parental licensing has long been mulled over by academic philosophers and political scientists, but a social work researcher says the idea is fraught with problems. James Cook University’s Dr Frank Ainsworth reviewed international studies on parental licensing – the idea ...
More »Helping universities compete for the best young minds
University funding is complex. More often than not, universities face funding policies that reflect historical arrangements and national politics rather than forward-looking strategies and principles. According to the Grattan Institute1, international students are now the biggest source of revenue for ...
More »Australia’s top ranked unis slide down CWUR list
Australia has missed out on a top 50 spot in a ranking of the globe’s universities. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, put the University of Melbourne, Oceania’s best performer, at number 64. ...
More »Queensland to cover apprenticeship costs for in-demand jobs
Young Queensland apprentices in nearly 140 high-demand jobs will have their training costs paid by the state government under a $32 million job creation program. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urged businesses to take on more apprentices and trainees, with a promise ...
More »Strictly speaking | Gammon
Britain’s agonising over Brexit has spawned a lot of new vocabulary. One of the most evocative of these words is gammon, used to describe “white men of a certain age who become pink in the face when working themselves into ...
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