Adventurer Bear Grylls, of Man vs. Wild fame, was first praised, then scorned for his 'tough guy' persona. All the while, most people hadn't heard of Megan Hine. The fair-skinned, doe-eyed fellow Brit was once described by Grylls as "stronger than 99 per ...
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A growth in infrastructure projects is driving enrolment growth in trade qualifications, with an increase of at least 10 per cent across carpentry, plumbing and electrical trades. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and minister for skills Adam Marshall unveiled ...
More »Exploitation of international students must stop: CAPA
As universities celebrate the economic and cultural wealth associated with record numbers of international students, others have used the news to call for an end to systemic workplace exploitation. Following yesterday's release of new record figures, The Council of Australian ...
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New figures show that 2017 was indeed the year of the international student, with a record number of people seeking out Australia as their place of study. In a statement today, minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the ...
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The University of Sydney yesterday welcomed support from the NSW government for its proposal to create a Sydney Quantum Academy. University of Sydney vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence said the initiative would be in partnership with Macquarie University, the University of NSW and ...
More »Guide helps advance women in leadership
A new best-practice recruitment guide released by the Universities Australia Executive Women's Group will help advance women in university leadership positions. Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson extended her congratulations to the group, and said the guide would go a ...
More »Skills versus knowledge: Column
The recent university funding debate belies a deeper issue affecting the sector: What is the point of a university degree? For government, it’s treated as a gateway to employment; for some academics, the goal is to identify and develop the ...
More »Student smartphone obsession? There’s an app for even that
If you were promised free coffee or movie tickets in exchange for phone downtime, would you take the bait? A Danish company knows at least university students will. Its free app, Hold, is already used by 120,000 students in Denmark, Norway and ...
More »“Technologically advanced” school to train future teachers
A state-of-the-art facility for the teachers of the future has opened its doors at the University of South Australia's Magill campus. The $4 million Samsung SMARTSchool was built to be a "technologically advanced" teacher-training facility with a focus on innovation, problem ...
More »Birmingham’s response: #UAConf18
The following is an extract from education minister Simon Birmingham's address at the 2018 Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, attended by Campus Review. The elephant in the room First and foremost, I figured today, ladies and gentlemen, we might as ...
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