The results of an international student test are out, and they're not looking good for Australia. Every three years, 15-year-olds across 72 countries sit the PISA test, which judges their maths, reading and science skills. Results from the latest exam ...

In an increasingly competitive global market more needs to be done to attract and keep international students on our shores, and funding cuts are counterproductive, experts say. Sri Lankan national Natasha Munasinghe had her sights set on gaining what was ...

The US has dominated a recent ranking of millionaire producing universities, and Australia is nowhere in sight. Business analysis website Verdict and GlobalData WealthInsight teamed up to publish the rankings, which looked at which universities around the world produced the ...

Reducing funding to universities will affect student support services, innovation, international education and tourism. Universities Australia, the peak body for Australian universities, has consistently resisted threats to university funding. Most recently, it articulated its concerns about the proposed Higher Education ...

International students contribute $19 billion to the Australian economy every year, but only 34 per cent of workplaces are hiring them. In light of these figures, Melbourne-based startup Outcome.Life has launched a campaign to highlight the strengths of international students ...

Warner Huntington III: You got into Harvard Law? Elle: What? Like it's hard? Elle Woods, the protagonist in the 2001 film Legally Blonde, would have you believe being admitted to the Ivy League - a group of eight, elite US universities - ...

Our international student credentials are stellar, a British organisation has determined. The British Council, a quasi-governmental organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities, ranked Australia equal best overall, alongside Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Malaysia and the UK. In their global education study, ...

Patrick Bateman probably wouldn't get into NYU's MBA program, thanks to a new requirement: the American Psycho character would have difficulty getting a friend or colleague to provide "one specific and compelling example" of his emotional intelligence. NYU's Stern School ...

Everyone has probably heard something akin to the following from a taxi/Uber driver: ‘I worked as an engineer in India and now, here in Australia, the only job I can get is as a driver.’ A newly-released ACER research briefing ...

America may have just hit peak anti-intellectualism. For the first time ever, a majority (58 per cent) of Republicans and Republican-inclined independents indicated they think universities and colleges have a negative impact on society. The survey, by the Pew Research ...