April
UTS chief jets to US amid cost-cutting purge
The lure of alumni events in Los Angeles and New York has Andrew Parfitt flying across the Pacific.
$10k and rife with cheating: Judge blasts mandatory lawyers’ course
A survey commissioned by NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell has revealed deep dissatisfaction about the compulsory legal training regime.
One in three kids struggles with maths. This school fixed it in a year
Too many Australian students are leaving school with substandard numeracy skills. But that can change if a few simple changes are made.
Why Aussie kids can’t do basic maths
Australia fails to equip teachers with the resources or training they need. That’s unfair on teachers and their students.
UTS to cut $100m and sack 400 despite surge in foreign students
UTS is facing a staff backlash and questions over its governance as it pushes ahead with a cost-cutting plan triggered by the student cap legislation that never passed the federal parliament.
Dutton rules out superannuation changes, flags big education overhaul
The opposition leader echoed Tony Abbott’s 2013 pledge of not slashing health or education, but indicated the schools would face a major overhaul.
March
Microequities AM buys stake in edtech Global IT Factory
It marks the first time that Global IT, founded a decade ago, has taken external capital.
Foreign investors banned: What else is in it for you
From a ban on foreign investors buying existing houses to pork-barrelling road projects in marginal electorates, here’s a sector breakdown of the budget.
Labor’s education report card is one step forward, two steps back
Efforts to put strict conditions on additional school funding to the states to improve outcomes have already been undercut by creating an alibi for failure.
After months of resistance, Qld signs on to $2.8b schools package
Australia’s schools will benefit from a $30 billion boost to funding over the next decade after Queensland was the final state to sign up to a national plan.
PEP weighs options for $100m-a-year tertiary education business UP
Home-grown buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners’ dealmakers are preparing to grade request-for-proposal submissions from investment bankers for UP Education.
How this engineering student will graduate debt-free from RMIT
Thomas Radon, 18, is one of more than 1000 students on a new model that lets him get paid while he’s studying.
Trump shuts down Education Department flanked by school children
Encircled by students seated at desks, the president signed an executive order to dismantle the department in a bid to leave school policy to the states.
Emma Johnston takes the reins at Melbourne Uni in a time of crisis
Melbourne University just got its first female vice chancellor, Emma Johnston, and her road ahead will not be plain sailing.
Researchers drive leading innovations in science
Meet some of the women whose original thinking has put them at the global forefront in their fields.
Sayers Group the latest beneficiary in Newington co-ed tussle
The Sydney boys school may be winning its battle to admit girls by 2026, but it’s clocked up some expenses doing so.
February
Local students taking A-level fast-track to Oxford
A private school in Sydney is offering British A-levels as an alternative to the HSC.
Vice chancellors back Coalition plan to put domestic students first
Education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson says a Coalition government would impose tougher caps on international students, have zero tolerance for antisemitism.
People are not stupid or bogans ... it’s us, Shorten tells unis
Bill Shorten and Catherine Livingstone have come to similar conclusions as to why universities are out of favour with the community.
RBA warning on foreign student cuts
Government policies to reduce the number of overseas students are working, and the Reserve Bank harbours some concerns.