The international students most likely to benefit from the latest skilled migration reforms are also those most likely to prosper in the Australian labour market, according to new research into ‘two-step migration’ in Australia.re nurses (90 per cent compared to ...

The Youth Allowance reform package finally made it through the Senate, but the system is now a “dog’s breakfast”. Every student from the Northern Territory – and none from the ACT – will be able to qualify for Youth Allowance ...

A new UK website gives potential students vital information about drop-out rates and earnings. Disadvantaged students who are ill-informed about higher education are the group most likely to benefit from a new website, bestCourse4me.com. For the first time, data on ...

International commencements have suffered a dramatic reverse, slumping for the first time in years – but we’ll have to wait until May to see how badly. International commencements declined in January in all five educational sectors, in a dramatic turnaround ...

A major investment in medical training places by the federal government is unlikely to solve the shortage of intern places. Last week’s $632 million medical training package announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has done little to assuage fears by ...

Australian research output has seen significant increases over the past decade despite an environment of funding austerity. Australia’s share of research publication output has been growing steadily for the past decade, rising from 2.85 per cent of global output in ...

They might be an untapped seam of learners and earners for a buoyant economy. But the proportion of disengaged young people is back at 90s levels, thanks to the GFC. The global financial crisis undid a decade of painstaking progress ...

Australia isn’t done yet with its “decade of policy experimentation” on student-migration pathways. And other countries would do well to watch and learn. At the very time demographic changes and an economic boom had led to many professions in Australia ...

First-year students are better informed and better prepared for university life. The problem is, they are just not engaging in it. Picture this. It’s 2009. There are two first year students. They are highly organised, extremely busy, happy with their ...

Kwong Lee Dow’s expert panel is on-target with its recommendations about how Victoria should respond to the federal attainment and equity targets. University chiefs and academics in Victoria have welcomed the expert panel’s recommendations to guide the development of the ...