Despite being young, highly intelligent and globally-oriented, temporary graduate visa holders are being underutilised in the labour market, a report from the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) has found. The report, written by Jonathan Chew and entitled Economic opportunities ...

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 ...

Victoria University’s new Block Model of education – whereby students study one subject intensively over four weeks, instead of four over 11 or 12 weeks – is having a marked effect on student retention and performance, prompting experts, policymakers and ...

It’s one of US president Donald Trump’s signature moves – an unusually long handshake. And if his intention is to generate feelings of anxiety among recipients, research out of Scotland has confirmed he’s right on the money. But the University ...

Four months after Australian National University revealed to the public that it had been the target of a cyber hack, the institution has released a report detailing its subsequent investigation. ANU vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt said the “state of the ...

A new study that suggests adults should continue their current red meat consumption has been met with condemnation, including from one of its authors. A team of international researchers, led by Bradley Johnston, an associate professor of community health at Dalhousie University in ...

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 ...

The vice-chancellor of Auckland University in New Zealand has declined to take down white supremacist material from campus, citing free speech. As first reported in the university’s student magazine Craccum, Professor Stuart McCutcheon has described the material as “unfortunate”, but ...

Providing customers with a personalised experience is no longer just an option for the marketing department or a ‘nice to have’ that enhances the core product. Instead, it’s become a source of competitive advantage and a critical success factor. For ...

The anxiety-soaked issue of US student loans has been in the spotlight recently. Earlier this year, in a stunning act of altruism, US billionaire Robert Smith eliminated the debt of a 2019 graduating class. In March, Democratic runner Bernie Sanders ...