The National Apprentice Employment Network (NAEN) has this week welcomed $60 million worth of funding for a new mentoring and support program for apprentices. Assistant minister for vocational education and skills Karen Andrews, announced the Industry Specialist Mentoring for Australian ...

University offers have been released and the stats are in: health, law and business are the most popular areas of study for 2018. Data released from UAC today shows the latest round of university applicants had a strong preference for ...

Less than three per cent of university staff think federal policies are taking higher education in the right direction, a new survey has found. The latest National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) State of the Uni survey revealed that not only ...

The newest national plan to increase innovation and productivity in Australia will rely heavily on universities to succeed, experts say. Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation was this week published by Innovation and Science Australia (ISA), to highlight the need for ...

From today, a new international agreement will make it easier for Australian higher education qualifications to be recognised in the Asia-Pacific. The Tokyo Convention was signed by Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and New Zealand, and supports the mobility of ...

The Great British Bake Off, or simply 'Bake Off', as it's known to fans, is more than a televised amateur baking competition. It's a cultural phenomenon. From its humble origins in the bucolic English countryside, it has captivated much of ...

The University of South Australia has undertaken a two-way investment opportunity to become the first Australian university to have a technology transfer office in China’s Suzhou Industrial Park. UniSA Ventures opened its doors yesterday, and will act as a platform ...

It's already in play at Deakin, ANU and Charles Darwin University. Now, USYD students will also be taught to obtain an "enthusiastic yes" before engaging in any sexual conduct, lest they commit assault. This is part of Consent Matters: Boundaries, Respect ...

Data storage, preschool education and courier services are forecast to experience the most employment growth of all industries in the next five years, new figures show. The data comes from market research company IBISWorld, which has estimated that growing wages ...

Curtin University has entered into an agreement with Telethon Kids Institute, to improve children's health and medical research in Western Australia. WA's largest university and the state's only child health research institute signed an affiliation agreement last week that will ...