A joint venture between UTS and animation and digital production company Animal Logic has nabbed the top stop on two global tables. The UTS Animal Logic Academy (UTS ALA) was ranked first in Mobile – Production Excellence and Immersive Media ...
More »QS ranking: where Australia’s most employable grads study
The Universities of Sydney and Melbourne have both retained their top 10 positions in the latest edition of a ranking of graduate employability. The 2020 QS Graduate Employability Rankings, compiled by higher education thinktank QS Quacquarelli Symonds, put USyd at ...
More »How having an empty stomach affects your decision-making
When making an important decision, it might be a good idea to head to the fridge first. Researchers at the University of Dundee have found that hunger significantly alters people’s decision-making, which can make them impatient and more likely to ...
More »Equitable higher education is everyone’s business: new research
Although many universities are no longer the elitist institutions they may have once been, there is little doubt that for some students – particularly those from disadvantaged or “equity” backgrounds – they still present a rigid “framework” that can detrimentally affect their ...
More »HELP tax on universities: what MPs had to say
Legislation that will see universities taxed for the administration of students’ access to the Higher Education Loan Program has passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The changes were expected to save the government $11.7 million in forward estimates. Speaking ...
More »THE ranking: two more Australian unis join global top 200
Queensland University of Technology and the University of Canberra are the two latest Australian universities to reach the top 200 in a closely-watched ranking of world universities. Times Higher Education today published the 2020 edition of its World University Rankings. ...
More »OECD report puts uni student mix back in the spotlight
A new OECD report shows a snapshot of higher education in Australia but our intake of international students is the finding that’s grabbing headlines. The Education at a Glance 2019 report found that while they made up 14 per cent of those enrolled in ...
More »Strictly speaking | Concretes
Seen in large letters on café signs at Dubai airport, alongside burgers etc… The mind boggles as to what jaw-breaking kind of food this might be – maybe one of Heston Blumenthal’s latest inventions! Neither the Oxford Dictionary online nor ...
More »JCU ordered to pay sacked professor $1.2m
Former James Cook University professor Peter Ridd will line his pockets with $1.2 million from his former employer’s coffers should it decide not to appeal the Federal Court ruling. The marine scientist was dismissed by JCU in May last year. ...
More »Canadian uni to offer online cannabis cultivation course
A Canadian university is capitalising on the country’s decision to legalise cannabis, offering an online course on the plant’s production. The University of Guelph course is targeted towards both commercial and home growers – and, with 60 students already enrolled, ...
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