For almost a decade now, Australia has been providing the opportunity for many international students to work full-time in our economy after graduation. Commonly referred to as the post-study work right visa (PSWR), it has proven to be a useful ...
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POLLIES PAIR Joining the University of South Australia as business school industry professors are Christopher Pyne, the former federal minister for defence, and Jay Weatherill (pictured), the state’s former premier. Professor Marie Wilson, pro-vice-chancellor of business and law, said Pyne ...
More »Bishop announced as next ANU chancellor
Julie Bishop will become the first female chancellor of Australian National University, it has been announced. The former foreign minister will take over from Gareth Evans – also an ex-parliamentarian – who has been chancellor since 2010. Bishop has taken ...
More »Australia’s best student cities can’t shake price tag, feedback stink: QS ranking
Melbourne is still Australia’s best student city, if a global higher education consultancy ranking is to go by. Quacquarelli Symonds put Melbourne behind only London and Tokyo on the latest instalment of its list of best student cities. Amid public ...
More »Growth hacks for student recruitment
Tech startups and international student recruitment may seem like they’re worlds apart, but from growth hacking to disruptive marketing, the fast-moving world of tech lends itself to the competitive space of student recruitment. Here are three strategies that can reap ...
More »Video series puts faces to the lives changed by university research
A child who once struggled with literacy now reads to her younger brother. Music lifts the spirits of a woman living with dementia. The daughter of a woman who survived cervical cancer knows she will never inheret the disease. These ...
More »Cyborg psychologist, trendwatcher among 100 jobs of the future
A student might be offered little more than a raised brow when asking their careers adviser about the skills they need to become a nostalgist or cyborg psychologist but those are some of the jobs Australian researchers say might exist ...
More »Birds of a feather: Swinburne’s newest recruits
A Swinburne University student adviser has been swamped with offers to help look after four chickens he adopted for one of the student residences. Civil engineering and business student Trent Williams set up the ‘Res Pets’ initiative to help foster ...
More »The LANTITE: holding our degrees hostage
Imagine you are at least halfway through your degree (93 per cent for me) and your university decides to spring on you that you now have to complete another hurdle before you are allowed to graduate. Not work. Graduate. Well ...
More »Secrets of our ancestors’ breastfeeding habits unlocked
Our two-million-year-old ancestors continually breastfed infants from birth until they were about one year old, an analysis of teeth has revealed. Led by Southern Cross University and Monash University, the international team behind the study looked at teeth from Australopithecus ...
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