Collaborating with Aussie schools through artificial intelligence (AI) is high on the Belgian Economic Mission's agenda. Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium arrived in Australia with 350 delegates, some of whom are teachers and educational technology (Ed Tech) experts ...
More »Gold Coast welcomes new vaccine research hub
The Gold Coast campus of Griffith University opened its new biomedical research and development centre earlier this month, which will research and develop vaccines for illnesses including chlamydia, acne and some cancers. The $280m Translational Science Hub (TNS) is a ...
More »NTEU strikes continue, now in Queensland
Staff at the University of Southern Queensland will strike for the first time in 20 years this Wednesday after negotiations with university management about fair redundancy measures fell through. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members want to see the university ...
More »What’s really going on with early offers
Universities and tertiary admissions centres are allowing year 12 students across Australia to apply for – and accept – course offers to university before they sit their final exams, complete year 12, and receive their ATAR. Critics of early university ...
More »Investment into tertiary study in NSW state budget
The Minns government's first NSW state budget released September 19 includes investment into higher education for essential workforces and an increase in funding for vocational education and training (VET.) Increasing public sector employment is a priority for the 2023-24 spending, ...
More »Union to strike at Melbourne universities
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members working at the University of Melbourne (UniMelb) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) will strike next week in a continuing battle with university management. UniMelb union members across campus will stop ...
More »“Teachers change lives’: free study in Vic
The Victorian government announced on 12 September it will make studying to become a secondary school teacher free in Victoria in 2024 and 2025, hoping to quickly inject teachers into the workforce and at the same time support students through ...
More »Fair Work Ombudsman to take UNSW to court
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) will face legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) for allegedly failing to pay casual staff and keep accurate payslip records in March 2018. The investigation commenced in 2020 after the university's ...
More »Uni and VET courses key to employment: Labour market report breakdown
The latest quarterly Labour Market Update was released last Tuesday by Jobs and Skills Australia. In the year to May 2023, it found that 91 per cent of total employment growth was in occupations that require post-school qualifications. It reports ...
More »WA ministers question ‘unconditional’ uni offers
WA Minister for Education Tony Buti has made it clear to universities that he does not appreciate their lack of transparency in handing out unconditional early entry offers to secondary students. The minister expressed his concern in parliament on August ...
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