The higher education sector is going through significant changes. Universities are facing financial losses and shifts in their teaching and research funding. The changes are so significant that some in the sector suggest that the purpose of higher education needs ...
More »Go8 dominates US global uni ranking
The Group of Eight (Go8) has made a clean sweep of the top Australian spots in the latest global university ranking. The 2021 Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 1,500 top institutions across 86 countries ...
More »Survey ‘vindicates’ need for TAFE funding increases but head of independent providers disagrees
A nationally representative sample of 1001 Australians aged 18 and over found that 94 per cent of respondents believed federal TAFE funding was important for the post-recession rebuild and recovery. The question put to online respondents was: how important is ...
More »Students’ subject combinations could hurt their performance
University students who choose a 'fruit salad' of subjects could see their performance deteriorate. New analysis by University of Sydney researchers found that low-performing students who select a diverse combination of subjects often see a further dip in their performance, ...
More »Strictly speaking | Furlough
Lexicographers and linguists like to make graphs to show how the usage of words ebbs and flows. It’s a trivial comparison to make, but some of these charts showing recent trends have similarities to the graphics we’ve been seeing of ...
More »Concerns grow that new wage subsidy scheme for apprentices and trainees could be rorted
Some of Australia’s vocational education and training providers are worried that the government’s new scheme to subsidise 100,000 trainees and apprentices is at risk of being rorted. The concerns relate to employers and training organisations potentially using the scheme to ...
More »Are you recording and sharing Zoom videos and screenshots? Beware of the risks
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, people globally have started using video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet for work, study and social meetings. 'Zoom' has become a verb, synonymous with video conferencing. Many Zoom meetings are recorded, ...
More »Work underway on UTS 15-minute COVID test
Australian researchers say their coronavirus test, which can deliver a positive result in under 15 minutes, is set to be manufactured in Western Australia. Scientists at the University of Technology Sydney used novel optical technology to design a highly sensitive ...
More »‘A sad reality’: University graduates enter toughest labour market since the 1990s
Top economists have warned that university graduates this year will face the toughest labour market since the 1990s recession, and it may take years to recover from lower wages. More than 130,000 students are expected to be affected by the ...
More »On the move | October
NEWFOUND FAME Two US experts are joining Flinders University to work on microbial metagenomics – the analysis of DNA sequences of microbes derived directly from environmental samples. Professor Robert Edwards, a computer science and biology expert, and marine biologist Professor ...
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