You probably wouldn't follow your careers advisor on Snapchat, but you might friend ENID Network. Sydney University graduates Nina Khoury (commerce and law) and Adriana Stefanatos (commerce) created the network: an all-female careers advice and networking platform for high school ...
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On Twitter, United States vice-president Mike Pence proclaimed he was “proud” to address the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 graduating class. But his pride may have evaporated when an estimated 100 students left as he commenced his speech at the prominent ...
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Five RMIT juris doctor students have made a robust case for improved human rights protections in Australia. The students, Brigette Rose, Frank Aloe, Helen Metzger, Luke Fowler and Veronica Snip worked under the supervision of staff at the Centre for ...
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The University of Canberra hosted its annual Faculty of Arts and Design Graduate Showcase on Friday 18 November 2016. This annual event collates and exhibits the standout work from UC's best architecture, industrial and graphic design, media arts, web design and ...
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The University of Technology Sydney has become the first university to sign SANE Australia’s charter, pledging to improve mental health among staff and students. At the end of October, UTS signed the SANE Australia Mindful Employer Charter. This is a promise to ...
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What’s more stressful, end-of-year university exams or a bear attack? Common sense would suggest the latter, but one educational expert has said some students find exams so nerve-racking that the stress response triggered in a test setting is similar to ...
More »SCA student protesters forced out
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, ...
More »Future graduates will need litany of skills for casual work: research
The university graduates of 2025 will be need to be socially intelligent, subject matter experts, independent learners, highly innovative, creative, and collaborative; they will need portable skillsets, a solid CV with relevant work experience and new media literacy. All this, plus they will need to ...
More »Sydney College of the Arts dean steps down amid protests
Professor Colin Rhodes has stepped down as dean of the embattled Sydney College of the Arts after a decade at its helm. This came as the student occupation of the building entered its fourth week. Students are protesting the University of ...
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 ...
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