International students think Canada – formerly of maple syrup and Justin Trudeau fame – tops for education. Despite the fact that most – mainly Indians – had chosen to study in Australia, they rated Canada higher on affordability, quality of ...
More »Homes filled with books give some adolescents a leg up: study
A bookish adolescent who ended school at year 9 but grew up in a home with large library is likely to be just as literate as a university graduate whose home lacked books. That’s according to a new study that ...
More »Relationship between international student fees and rankings ‘getting stronger’
Would you pay to study law at the University of Melbourne if it cost only a third more at Harvard? In Australia, this financial gap is set to decrease, if trends continue. Study Move has identified that international student fees ...
More »Sector heads talk barriers to boosting aged care clinical placements
Universities are keen to work with the aged care sector to expand the number of placements on offer to health professional students. To meet this end, Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said there needs to be increased supervision capacity ...
More »Bendable phones closer thanks to part-organic Aussie invention
Imagine a phone that curves against your thigh while it’s in your pocket – Australian researchers believe they have brought that sort of device malleability one step closer. Using a combination of organic and inorganic materials, a team from Australian ...
More »Prepared to go to the barricades: ANU’s Gareth Evans urges uni leaders to fight for free speech
Former Labor heavyweight and now ANU chancellor Gareth Evans has used a speech to fellow university leaders to detail ANU’s much publicised struggles with the Ramsay Foundation and call for universities to be vigilant in remaining open to the principles of ...
More »Free coffee for students comes at a price
Would you give major corporations your personal data in exchange for coffee? While this may not be an attractive proposition to the average adult, for many often money and sleep-deprived students, it is, so much so that Shiru ('knowledge' in ...
More »A look at the typeface that ‘helps students study’
That’s according to the RMIT University researchers who designed it. Released yesterday, it’s believed to be the world’s first typeface specifically designed to help people retain information and remember study notes. Called Sans Forgetica, it’s a back-slanted, gapped font based on ...
More »The third-ever female Nobel Prize-winning physicist doesn’t want your gender pity
Chances are, either you or someone you know has had laser eye surgery. If it weren't for Canadian Nobel Prize in Physics quarter-winner Donna Strickland, that wouldn't have happened. Yet others seem to be more interested in her gender. In an ...
More »Dodgy would-be HE providers knocked back by regulator
We've since moved onto banks, but let's not forget the mess we had to mop up a couple of years ago. People were signed up to higher education courses by door-to-door salespeople or via cold calls. Often from low-income communities and ...
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