The Australian Education Union (AEU) has accused the Morrison Government of sending TAFE into “oblivion” after underspending almost $1 billion in the last five years flagged for apprenticeship, skills and training initiatives. The funding shortfall appeared in a federal Department ...
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A Murdoch University staff member who would prefer not to be named for legal reasons says the ABC TV 4 Corners program on international students could have a negative impact on other Australian universities’ ability to recruit from growing student markets like ...
More »RMIT event showcases potentially world-changing engineering technology
Without engineering, nothing improves in the world. Through creativity, collaboration and determination, engineers design solutions to problems and even anticipate the problems of the future. That's why annual events such as RMIT's EnGenius are so important: they showcase what humanity can ...
More »Podcast: Dr Sara James – The ATAR issue and factors that influence course decisions
Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students' degree and course choices. As James' work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...
More »Australian universities at the heart of ‘unprecedented’ foreign interference
“Lucrative” research partnerships between Australian universities and China are not only endangering academic autonomy but are also presenting a threat to our national security, according to a policy analyst interviewed on ABC TV’s 4 Corners program. “It’s clearly not in ...
More »Tertiary education union accuses Murdoch Uni of ‘shooting the messenger’
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has “condemned” Murdoch University for suing a whistle-blower who spoke out during the controversial ABC Four Corners ‘Cash Cows’ program on international students at Australian universities Associate Professor Gerd Schroeder-Turk, a senior maths and statistics ...
More »Podcast: News just in | Murdoch launches counterclaim against whistleblower
The Four Corners 'Cash Cows' program, which aired in May, caused a scandal throughout Australia's higher education sector. The program focused on how universities were treating international students as proverbial "cash cows" and waiving or simplifying English language requirements to maximise ...
More »UC best for postgrad employment after three years
The University of Canberra has narrowly beaten Flinders University to top the list in postgraduate employment rates after three years, scoring 98.4 per cent – a mere 0.2 percentage points higher than its rival. Flinders University students can also look ...
More »New nationwide apprenticeships index to tackle skills shortages and unemployment
Apprenticeship seekers will now be able to check vacancies both nationally and by jurisdiction after Global Apprenticeship Network Australia (GAN) recently launched its Apprenticeship Vacancy Index (AVI). The index, which will be updated throughout the year, will show overall job ...
More »Regional universities top key ranking: Good Universities Guide 2020
The Good Universities Guide 2020 has named Charles Sturt University the top-ranked Australian university in graduate employment, with 86 per cent of graduates securing full-time work within four months of completing their courses. The guide also found that Charles Sturt ...
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