The full-time employment slump for those who have recently graduated from postgraduate degrees may have stabilised, new figures from Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) have shown, but there’s still a stark gender gap in starting salaries. GCA’s Postgraduate Destinations 2015 report ...
More »Study probes how unis can promote mental health
Not tabling multiple assignments to be due on the same day and having a built environment that encourages students to get outdoors are two recommendations of a new study analysing how universities can promote mental wellbeing. "Setting-based interventions to promote ...
More »Quirk hurts CSU drop-out rates in federal stats
A data aberration has caused Charles Sturt University to be misrepresented in the latest federal Education Department statistics. These figures reported that almost half of the university’s international students drop out in their first year. The Education Department’s Selected Higher Education ...
More »VET turmoil is a Shakespearean drama of villains and tragic heroes
Recent history provides the ingredients for a racy tale about a sector with a tragic flaw. There is not much point in dwelling on past events for their own sake. My first qualification was an honours degree in history, and ...
More »IP rights must travel well: protecting copyrights when operating abroad
More and more universities are operating overseas, which puts a premium on navigating the often murky waters of protecting copyrights in foreign lands. Tertiary education is increasingly a global enterprise. International students roam the planet to find the best course, ...
More »Younger generations won’t fret over sharing data: executives
People’s discomfort about the use of data in education will fade as older generations die, data company executives have said. Rick Jackson, chief marketing officer of data visualisation company Qlik, argued that “millennials are all about the data”. He said ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 13: Toddler body image issues, dingo meat ideas hurt USQ ecologist, yet more uni rankings
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review unpack body image issues in the preschool playground, look into the USQ ecologist who was forced to withdraw from a conservation conference ...
More »145 Good Samaritans crowdfund UniMelb student’s fees
A crowdfunding campaign that raised almost $20,000 has saved a Melbourne university student from expulsion and possible deportation. Donations from 145 people have shocked economics student Sanduni Sulochana who is breathing much more easily after making a payment this week ...
More »Profile: journalism grad lands plum beat, forgives Chilli Peppers
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Tom Snowdon recently graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast's journalism course and completed a grad program at ...
More »ARC pumps $31.3 million into gravitational wave research
Following two sightings of Albert Einstein’s fabled gravitational waves this year, the Australian Research Council has allocated $31.3 million for new work in this field. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGRav) will be hosted by Swinburne University of Technology. ...
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