Students are deciding to study at TAFE rather than university for its merits – not as a "fallback". That was one of the findings to come from Monash University's Vocational Institutions, Undergraduate Degrees, Distinction or Inequality interim report. Among the reasons ...
More »Monash Motorsport team helps prepare students for a driverless future
Australia's first student-built driverless race car was featured at this week's International Driverless Vehicle Summit (IDVS4) at Olympic Park in Sydney. Designed and built by the Monash Motorsport team, the M19-D has been three years in the making and made ...
More »RMIT restorative justice service launches after successful pilot program
Last week, RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) launched the restorative justice service Open Circle, bringing a more nuanced, person-centred mechanism to address the unique needs of people impacted by crime. The Victorian-based service will offer conferencing services to victims, ...
More »Indigenous applications and offers up against an overall downward trend
Fewer individuals applied to universities in 2019, and fewer universities made offers according to the latest 2019 application and offers data released this week by Education Minister Dan Tehan. The decrease in applications was 1.3 per cent following a decrease ...
More »‘No employer in Australia can tell women to wear dresses’: so why can’t school girls wear shorts?
Ever tried to play chasey in a skirt? The thing flaps and billows like a clumsy tornado about your knees. If you’re serious about not getting tagged, nine times out of 10, undergarments will be exposed. Pride will be lost. ...
More »QUT, UTS among young unis in the fast lane: Nature Index ranking
Curtin University is Australia’s best young uni in the natural sciences, if a ranking of institutions under 50 years of age is to go by. Nature Index ranked Curtin 23rd in the world, above its closest homegrown competitors Queensland University of Technology (30) and ...
More »Quality teaching the key to deterring contract cheating: a student’s perspective
A few months ago I came across a disturbing leaflet at my university campus that promised completed assignments with a fee of 50 euro per page. It assured to erase the stress of students having to spend time on homework, as ...
More »CR news of the week: Which degrees will guarantee work in the future?
Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Campus Review. Once upon a time, having a degree – yes, any degree – was seen as a guarantee to getting into the workforce and eventually working up the ranks. You can either ...
More »Employment outcomes the same for online VET students
At Australian universities and colleges, online course and subject delivery is rapidly disrupting more traditional face-to-face modes of delivery. One in six students are exclusively enrolled online, and a third take at least one subject without having to set foot ...
More »ANU poll reveals public opinion on university roles, freedom of speech
The Australian public is more likely to trust university researchers than banks, the government and the press. That was one of the findings to come from the 29th ANUpoll. The research team pitted researchers against a group of eleven occupations ...
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