Universities have underpaid their staff by at least $159m since 2009, with most of the wage loss occurring during the past 10 years, according the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). In a new “wage theft” report released on Tuesday the ...
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The University of Melbourne (UniMelb) launched a nanosatellite into space last Saturday, in partnership with the Italian Space Agency, which is carrying an X-ray detector that will search for gamma rays among the stars. The Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal ...
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CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: A university is more than its rank - Episode 98 In an era where university rankings dominate higher education discussions and marketing messages, more critics and leaders are questioning the validity of their influence and power. ...
More »UTS, ACU recognised for community engagement
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Catholic University (ACU) are the first Australian recipients of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an award that prizes institutional-level commitment to community. The historically American award was trialled in Australia in ...
More »Unions NSW stands up for international students
Unions NSW has recommended each state and territory reconsider work and travel restrictions on international students to ease cost of living pressures as fears about the possible overseas student tax looms. The union said overseas students are being disproportionately affected ...
More »WSU to open its doors in Indonesia
Western Sydney University (WSU) will open the doors to it's first overseas campus in September next year, focusing on delivering degrees 'for employers' in the STEM and business fields. The Surabaya campus is in Pakuwon Tower, located in central Surabaya, and is ...
More »A tax on international student fees is now a near certainty
Australia’s international education industry is preparing itself for the inevitable – a tax on international students that could raise as much as $1bn annually to help pay for the expansion of the university system that is a key priority of ...
More »Social work students struggle with 1,000 hours unpaid placement
Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi held a Senate roundtable earlier this month to call for an end to unpaid student work placements, which one study found can contribute to increased dropout rates and student poverty. A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ...
More »HEDx Podcast: Zero wasted potential in a war for talent
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Zero wasted potential in a war for talent - Episode 97 The ongoing battle of skills shortages and the war for talent has created an environment requiring greater workforce intelligence. It is an environment where workforce ...
More »‘Making sense of the land by looking at the sky:’ Indigenous students at NASA
Six Indigenous students from Monash University's National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) are completing a 10-week internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. Any First Nation student completing a science, technology, engineering or maths degree (STEM) in an Australian ...
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