Nurses may be able to double their income by taking on further study, with workforce shortages predicted for the near future. The conclusion was made in a new report – The Future of Work: Occupational and Education Trends in Nursing in ...
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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 »Opinion: Post-grad study the key to high-paying marketing jobs of the future
Increasing demand for digital marketing skills and the growing importance of the marketing function within businesses will boost employment opportunities in the coming five years, with professionals who hold relevant postgraduate qualifications best placed to take advantage of an expected ...
More »The uneconomic case for fine arts departments
Think of a famous sculpture. Are you picturing Michelangelo’s David or Rodin's The Thinker? Or perhaps you’re more of a modernist, and you’re imagining Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog or Maman by Louise Bourgeois. For art students, however, Alex Martinis Roe’s To Become ...
More »Employment prospects high for health grads
Medicine and health graduates are the most likely to find employment, a new report has found, while those who study creative arts, psychology, humanities or communications are at the bottom of the employment ladder. The figures come from the 2017 Graduate ...
More »Large ‘hidden job market’ for PhD graduates unearthed
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 ...
More »What 24,000 older teens are most concerned about
“As a uni student who just moved out of home, being able to pay rent as well as survive without a job or parental help was my biggest stress ... the availability of jobs to uni students, especially new ones ...
More »Most employable grads ranked, again, if that even matters
China may be academically rising, but its the US that produces the most employable university graduates. That is, according to the seventh annual Times Higher Education (THE) Global University Employability Ranking. Caltech was employers' top university pick for the second consecutive year, followed ...
More »Uni and tech titan team up
It's all 'appening at RMIT. Apple has joined with the Melbourne-based university to deliver beginner courses in app development. It is titled iOS App Development with Swift; swift being an Apple coding language. An online program will commence on 20 November, while ...
More »Deakin and UniMelb have some STEM suggestions
If Harry Styles says it, it must be true. "How can you say young girls don't get it? They're our future," he told Rolling Stone magazine earlier this year. The Invergowrie Foundation - a charitable trust aimed at advancing girls' ...
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