‘Overwhelming lack of interest’: Lucas sledges TAFE teacher strike
TAFE teachers converged at Parliament House to rally on Thursday after voting to strike over their new employment agreement.
Tertiary
New Omicron won’t strain our freedom plans: Premier
Steven Marshall says he is confident a new Covid sub-variant detected in SA will not cruel the state’s plan to wind back more virus rules.
Can these extinct South Aussie animals live again?
A scientist who says he has the technology to resurrect the Tassie tiger reckons he could also bring extinct SA animals back from the void.
Bright young South Australians call for focus on health
South Australia’s rising star school students are urging a health system fix, amid a final call-out to be part of the Teen Parliament event.
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ATAR ‘dead within a decade’
ATAR is too narrow a measure of a graduate’s preparedness for further study or work, says the head of the SA Education Department.
What to study for a healthy job outlook
Health-related degrees are more likely to lead to employment than others, amid forecasts 250,300 more healthcare and social assistance jobs will be created between 2018 and 2023.
Adelaide shunts ATAR in uni entry overhaul
Year 12 students from all SA high schools will be able to gain entry to Adelaide University based on their results in specific subjects rather than just their tertiary admission rank.
Why Aussies wish they had traded up
Almost a quarter of Australians would train in a trades or services role if they could “go back to high school and start again”, while less than a third would opt for uni.
Bachelor gets uni students hot for science
The powers that be have been trying to get people interested in science and maths careers for years — all they really needed was a sexy, single astrophysicist on TV.
Australia’s booming overseas student number revealed
Australia’s intake of foreign students is up to seven times larger than other nations, making it one of the highest in the world, a new report has found.
New way to be master of your destiny
Postgraduate study is opening up to Australians without a university degree with wider recognition of the knowledge and experience would-be students bring from the workplace.
Regional students get cash lure to study at uni
Taxpayers would fork out for regional parents to visit their kids at university and country students would get cash payments under a radical plan to halt shocking drop out rates.
Uni students increasingly ditching gap year
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
Tradies’ lifelong earnings higher than many uni grads’
Studying at university may seem like a wise career move but the reality is many graduates are finishing their degrees with a large HECS debt and losing out financially compared with school leavers who embarked on a trade.
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