The private VET scandal shouldn’t turn students off taking school-based apprenticeships, Group Training Australia has said. Jim Barron, GTA chief executive, said these apprenticeships are a great way for school students to get a career kickstart. In these programs, students ...
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Those who live closer to a university are more likely to aspire to attending one, research has found. An Australian Catholic University study analysed data from 12,000 adolescents, surveyed in a federal government Longitudinal Study of Australian Youth, to explore the ...
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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has thrown his full support behind academics’ push to get children out of immigration detention – urging the prime minister to heed their concerns. In written correspondence to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, provided to Campus Review, the ...
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USYD closes alternative pathways for tougher math prerequisites
The University of Sydney is taking a hard line on its new mathematics prerequisites that come into force in 2019. If students want to study STEM-related courses – or business and economics – at the university, they will have to ...
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MGSM ranked top Australian business school
Macquarie University’s Macquarie Graduate School of Management, has been ranked the top Australian business school by the Financial Times for the second year in a row. MGSM moved up 12 places to number 56 globally, and is one of only ...
More »Staff vent in tweets with #realacademicbios
Academics worldwide have kept it real on social media this week – venting the field's underbelly in a Twitter tirade. #realacademicbios has put a new spin on the abridged CVs of the sector's workers. The hashtag is resonating with academics and making ...
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