Glyn Davis begins his elongated essay, The Australian Idea of a University, as good storytellers do: with an anecdote. Around 15 years ago, Rutgers University, an American collegiate icon, thought it was safe. There was a relative newcomer on the ...

“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 than 100 Australian academics have made it onto a global list of the most highly cited researchers. Released last week, the 2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers Report identifies authors who have consistently won approval from their peers, and ...

Education experts have responded to last week’s Productivity Commission report, which makes a case for shifting the focus of universities towards improving teaching and student outcomes. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education director Professor Penny Jane Burke said ...

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 ...

Concerning new research shows that 65 per cent of university graduates feel their education did not provide them with the skills necessary for the workforce, with many being turned away from employment. The Australian Job Seeker Report conducted by JobGetter ...

The US has dominated a recent ranking of millionaire producing universities, and Australia is nowhere in sight. Business analysis website Verdict and GlobalData WealthInsight teamed up to publish the rankings, which looked at which universities around the world produced the ...

People looking to commence university studies next year would do well to check out the Good Universities Guide 2018, released yesterday. We've already laid out the main stats. But, to better understand the big data picture, we spoke to Ross White, head of ...

Teachers have continued their trustworthiness winning streak against university lecturers, a recent Roy Morgan Research survey shows. Since the survey was first conducted in 1976, teachers have consistently ranked above university lecturers for ethics and honesty. This gulf now stands at ...

The who, where and why of higher education attrition have been revealed by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the higher education regulator. Its report details the latest dropout rates (from 2014) for first-year students from 130 providers. The ...