Start-ups are eyeing education as the industry to make money from, and the EduGrowth accelerator has announced the first five companies it will be helping do just that. The start-ups selected are: PrevYou – an online school for tertiary students ...
More »Most international students satisfied with study experience: survey
There are over half a million international students studying in Australia, according to federal Department of Education figures, and most are satisfied with their study experience. The latest International Student Survey, which garnered responses from 47,810 university students, showed that ...
More »Academics and government spar over sugar tax
It sure is a sticky issue: in the wake of two recent reports advocating for the imposition of a sugar tax, Liberal frontbenchers have reaffirmed their opposition to the proposed levy. At a doorstop interview in Tasmania on Tuesday 21 ...
More »Gardner to take the reins as UA chair
Monash University vice-chancellor professor Margaret Gardner is to be the next chair of Universities Australia (UA). Gardner is set to succeed current UA chair professor Barney Glover, who is also vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University. Gardner will take the reins ...
More »Smartphones guide students through university
Most people with smartphones receive push notifications, whether they be for Facebook, news alerts or even messages from dating apps. And according to Brent Stafford, director of the Asia Pacific branch of HERE, a map software developing company, universities could ...
More »Parliament ignorant of details on ‘rushed’ VET loans bill
The devil is always in the details, including those in sweeping reforms like federal education minister Simon Birmingham’s VET Student Loans scheme. A spokesperson for Birmingham has admitted that MPs and senators voted on the VET Student Loans scheme without ...
More »Unis, TAFE NSW start quest for entrepeneurs through SSE
New South Wales’ 11 universities, TAFE NSW and the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) have collaborated in a mission to produce innovative graduates. SSE chief executive Nick Kaye described it as, "a larger common platform, reaching for common goals. I ...
More »Broderick to review JCU’s sexual assault policies
James Cook University has appointed former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick to lead a review of the institution’s sexual assault and harassment policies, after a staff member who raped a student was promoted following the incident. The review will look ...
More »Australia falls in QS’s best student cities ranking
Australian cities have fallen in status as top tertiary study destinations, according to a new ranking released by QS today. The QS Best Student Cities ranking places Melbourne as the best student city in Australia, and fifth worldwide. Sydney is ...
More »VU promises full review for ‘inadvertently’ hosting Q Society meeting
Victoria University has courted controversy by allowing the anti-Islam Q Society to host a function in one of its buildings, prompting an outcry from staff and students. The Q Society made Fairfax Media headlines last week after cartoonist Larry Pickering ...
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