The latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) report shows an unsurprising decline in employment for higher education graduates over the last 12 months, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, which was released on ...

New engineering dean for USYD The University of Sydney will welcome Professor Willy Zwaenepoel as the new dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies on 15 June 2018. Zwaenepoel is an experienced leader in experimental computer science research, ...

The supply chain and logistics sector is experiencing a digital revolution, and technological advances in automation, transportation and consumer insights are driving significant employment growth and workforce opportunities. Thinking about the nature of this revolution, it’s important for those of ...

Not all PhDs have an experience as unsavoury as that of Karin Bodewits. However, like her, many have difficulty finding a job post-graduation. Researchers may have found a solution to this. Using AI technology, a team from ANU and the CSIRO canvassed around 30,000 job ...

Below average levels of wellbeing among young people are linked to problems in both education and the workforce, a new study has found. Commissioned by Apprenticeship Support Australia, the Skillsroad Youth Census surveyed more than 13,000 Australians between the ages ...

Contrary to popular thought, it's construction, not coding, that's most in-demand by employers. The 2017 Soft Skills in Demand Report, released last week, revealed this surprising fact.  Report issuer JobGetter analysed 168,000 job ads across 54 industries before reaching this ...

This year's Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit, held at USYD, did not solely focus on education. Crucially, careers also got a look-in, as graduate jobs likely remain hard to come by. USYD's vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence AC directly tackled this ...

Newstart data from 2011 has just been released by the ABS, showing that the majority of allowance recipients don't, in fact, have degrees. Of the ones who do, however, the bureau helpfully broke down what they studied. Management and commerce graduates accounted ...

The annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey bears bad news for graduates. Released this week, it shows that while the more educated generally fare better across several social and economic outcomes, such outcomes aren’t as good as ...

  In the act of completion of a PhD, some truths become evident – such as the need to streamline the process. By Louis White Adeline Ong started her PhD at Monash University in 2003 and finished it at RMIT ...