Students are among the fastest-growing demographics flocking to LinkedIn, and the social network has unveiled the top 10 skills their potential employers are seeking. LinkedIn pieced together this list by analysing all the recruitment activity on the site from January to September this year. The employment networking ...

DeakinDigital has rolled out a voice certification system, similar to those used in banks and in government, as part of an effort to stop cheats. The online tertiary educator is using ArmorVox voice verification software from security technology company Auraya ...

A report from financial services company AMP has found financial stress among workers in the education sector is on par with the national average of 25 per cent – though the university casual workforce is more susceptible. AMP commissioned market ...

The inaugural Women in Research Citation Awards were presented this week at the Australian National University, honouring the top dozen early- to mid-career Australian women researchers. The list was compiled by Clarivate Analytics, formerly the intellectual property and science branch of ...

The longest student protest occupation in the history of the University of Sydney ended earlier this week, as police and security evicted student protestors occupying the Sydney College of the Arts building at Rozelle. It marked the end of the occupation, ...

What led to Times Higher Education becoming the university rankings giant it is today? “It was probably put together simply because if you are in journalism, putting lists in a newspaper is a great idea,” answered Duncan Ross, data and analytics ...

Australian teenagers with poor reading skills are no worse off than those with medium reading proficiency when it comes to future employment, a new study from the University of Melbourne suggests. The research, from UniMelb economists, found poor readers at ...

At least half a million young Australians won't get the chance to develop their skills and get a better job if the government pushes ahead with a planned vocational loans overhaul, the sector warns. It's also cautioning there could be ...

Adam Brimo is the chief executive of OpenLearning, an online start-up in which students can enrol for free and pay only for certification. OpenLearning recently signed a partnership with TAFE NSW's Hunter Institute to launch a new VET platform called ...

A cane toad pioneer, an innovator who developed a $100 million software program that detects stock market fraud, a researcher looking to re-engineer peptides and protein into cures for diseases, and a conservationist working to help governments to find the ...