International higher education students are almost a third less likely than their domestic counterparts to find work when they graduate, with employers shunning them in the tightened labour market. According to the most recent Australian Graduate Survey, which attracted around ...
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Griffith, UniSA rank high in alternative MBA list Two Australian business schools – Griffith at 27 and the University of South Australia at 78 – are included in the world top 100 in the biennial 2009-10 ‘Beyond grey pinstripes’ alternative ...
More »Senators’ solution to youth allowance rorts: the don’t-go-home police
The federal government should scrap its contentious proposal to tighten workforce participation criteria for Youth Allowance eligibility, according to the Senate committee which reviewed the government’s Student Income Support Reform Bill. Instead, the committee says, the government should monitor students ...
More »UniSA’s holistic approach comes up trumps: AUQA
By failing to fully fund the Bradley tertiary education reforms, the government is missing out on an investment return of 15 to 20 per cent. The tertiary education reforms recommended by the Bradley review offer an “unmissable bargain” which Australia ...
More »La Trobe signs enterprise agreement
Further industrial action is anticipated during November as the National Tertiary Education Union tries to capitalise on a number of agreements that have been reached in recent weeks. Last week, La Trobe University announced it had reached agreement including a ...
More »A beginner’s guide to philanthropy: ask, lead and hard work
There are a few truths that are universally understood in the world of philanthropy and last week Professor Eric Thomas shared his version of them with an intimate gathering of 40 invitees at a breakfast at RMIT. “The first rule ...
More »Tasmanian teachers strike, as ACT looks to copy its reforms
ACT education minister Andrew Barr has said he will consider splitting the territory’s senior colleges into academic and vocational streams - similar to that in Tasmania. News of the plan came as a bitter dispute in Tasmania threatens to disrupt ...
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China’s graduate glut grows An report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in September said earnings of graduates were now at par and even lower than those of migrant labourers, reports Asia Times. Over 6 million graduates entered ...
More »“Knee-jerk” regulations could scuttle international enrolments
With passage of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill now a formality, stakeholders warn that Australia risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater in a knee-jerk reaction to recent bad press over its international education industry. The ...
More »Worsening VET results prompt call for rethink
VET outcomes deteriorated significantly through the middle half of this decade, throwing doubt on the sector’s capacity to help meet higher education equity and completion targets. Dr Leesa Wheelahan, senior lecturer in adult and vocational education at Griffith University, told ...
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