One of the country’s leading epidemiologists says crucial information is missing when NSW’s daily Covid-19 case numbers are announced that could help paint a clearer picture of how the virus is spreading. Professor Mary-Louise McLaws from the University of NSW said Sydney’s ...
More »ECU and CSU receive nation-leading ratings in the latest Good Universities Guide
Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) were standout performers in the Good Universities Guide 2022, with both institutions recording a string of perfect ratings during a period of significant disruption. ECU achieved a remarkable feat this year, receiving ...
More »Melbourne and Sydney make world’s top 10 student cities list
Melbourne and Sydney have been named among the top 10 student cities to live in worldwide, according to the QS Best Student Cities Ranking. The latest set of rankings sees Melbourne takes out 6th place, down from 3rd last year, ...
More »Group of uni students from Sydney’s eastern suburbs busted gathering at a holiday home more than 280km away
A group of Sydney teenagers have been busted staying at a holiday home on the NSW south coast, where they met during the university holidays. Police visited a rental home at Catalina, near Batemans Bay, on Wednesday and found eight teenagers, aged ...
More »A complete fiction: ACU study finds boys enjoy reading stories
New research from the Australian Catholic University has refuted the common stereotype that schoolboys prefer reading non-fiction, magazines and comics instead of fiction in a finding that is being touted as “significant” and “unexpected”. The study, which included 300 students ...
More »Experts recommend NSW extend lockdown to lessen effects of pandemic
The life-threatening and economic hazards of relaxing Covid-19 restrictions before zero community spread is reached validates the decision by NSW to extend its lockdown, researchers suggest. A team of economists, public health experts and modellers from the Australian National University found the ...
More »The belt and ranking road – opinion
Improving international ranking status has, during the last two decades, become the justification for numerous disruptive ‘strategic’ business and marketing behaviours across our tertiary sector. To add to those 17,300 jobs ‘shed’ due to COVID-19 (Universities Australia, Feb 3rd, 2021) ...
More »Australia’s Chinese students regularly practise “self-censorship” to protect themselves, families: report
Human Rights Watch has released a report that illustrates the pressure Chinese students in Australia feel to self-censor themselves, petrified that if they anger or annoy Beijing, serious consequences to themselves or their families could follow. This pervasive – but ...
More »UTS cracks the top 10 in THE Young University Rankings 2021
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has entered the THE Young University Rankings 2021 top ten for the first time, with a number of other Australian universities recording top-50 spots. UTS’ position has risen six places since last year’s Young ...
More »Three trends to boost student recruitment in Australia: Quacquarelli Symonds report
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has “affected nearly every step of the student’s decision making journey” in its latest report. Given border closures, lockdowns and the ubiquity of online learning at universities, the prospective undergraduate of 2021 ...
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