Undergraduates who studied at Charles Sturt University are more likely to be employed full-time three years after graduation than those from other universities – and they’re probably earning more too. That’s according to the 2018 Graduate Outcomes Survey – Longitudinal ...
More »Australian unis scale academic performance ranking
The University of Sydney has again been named Australia’s top performing university in a research-only ranking. It jumped from 26 last year to 23 in the 2018–19 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), just behind Peking University. The University of ...
More »Birmingham’s ARC vetoes: the sector reacts
The university sector has taken umbrage with the decision by former Education Minister Simon Birmingham to block 11 applications for Australian Research Council (ARC) funding. ARC confirmed in Senate Estimates that the project applications, all from the humanities and social sciences ...
More »Merger off the table: Unis of SA and Adelaide pull the plug
The Universities of Adelaide and South Australia will not merge, their chancellors announced yesterday. In a statement, they said they have concluded their discussions about a potential merger ahead of the planned December decision date. The day prior, the Councils ...
More »Sculpting away stigma: a look inside the mind of someone with PTSD
Sydneysiders and tourists perusing the sculptures that have cropped up along the shores of the eastern suburbs will get a glimpse into the experience of living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A team from UNSW took to Tamarama to set ...
More »Workers of tomorrow: the industries looking for new blood
What jobs will be on offer to students graduating high school this year? That’s the question IBISWorld hoped to help answer through a new release on the industries set to add the most new jobs to the Australian economy. The ...
More »Luther King joins Gandhi and Mandela at UNSW
What do the White House and UNSW have in common? The presence of a certain social justice hero, Dr Martin Luther King Jr., in bust form. A bronze recreation of the late Reverend and Nobel Peace Prize Winner now graces ...
More »Education, law and more: first set of THE rankings by subject released
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the first set of subject rankings for 2019. Stanford University, the University of Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the World University Rankings 2019 by subject for business and economics, education, law and social ...
More »NSW unveils strategy to get every student into HSC maths
It’s the question just about every maths teacher will hear multiple times a year – ‘Will we even use this in real life?’ – but a new course might help nip it in the bud. The NSW Government has announced ...
More »University, union partner to tackle mental health nurse shortage
The university and nursing sectors have teamed up to boost the number of mental health nurses in South Australia. Flinders University and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) joined forces to tackle statistics showing the state is set ...
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