A new report has warned that Australian education institutions are ill-prepared for the cyber-security threats of the digital age. Commissioned by cyber security group Cisco, the report provides clues as to why successful cyber attacks are happening more often and ...
More »Australia’s higher education sector now ‘safer’ for students: TEQSA report
The inaugural report into the risk factor of Australia’s higher education sector has just been released, with the overwhelming majority of providers posing a low to moderate risk to students. The Tertiary Educations and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) grouped providers ...
More »Global investor backs Australian university research
Australian university research has been given a much-needed shot in the arm, with IP Group making its first investment of $4.5 million. The global Group, which commercialises university research, has signed agreements with Australia’s Group of Eight Universities – as ...
More »Australia’s day after: have universities lost sight of their core mission?
How are we preparing graduates for these times and the next? How are we preparing our polity, our economy, our society for these times and the next? Some time ago now, in a discussion about why China is investing heavily in ...
More »Bosses lament lack of suitable job applicants
Graduate recruitment by Australian firms dropped by 3.4 percentage points in 2011, with employers estimating that the figures are likely to be the same next year, the latest Graduate Outlook survey shows. But in some good news for the international ...
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