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Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins’ rebuke of economics today is wrong, silly and offensive

Ross Gittins is a legend of Australian journalism. But his column on Monday was a shocker. I guess even legends can be wrong.

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  • Richard Holden
Howell Williams is chief development officer at Keypath.

Universities integral to creating workforce of tomorrow

Postgraduate degrees are critical in helping the economy meet the skills needs for emerging areas, while helping mature age students to upskill and change career paths.

  • Julie Hare

This Month

A staggering 1.2 million Australian school children don’t have a computer at home.

Why Deloitte is giving away 2000 laptops

A staggering one in five students do not have access to a computer at home, but social enterprise WorkVentures hopes to change that.

  • Julie Hare
Sharon Pickering, Ian Narev, Bran Black and Guy Chalkley ahead of the roundtable discussion in Sydney on Friday.

How careers counsellors could help plug the skills gap

Encouraging teenagers to complete high school and giving them access to careers counselling are key to plugging the yawning skills gap.

  • Sally Patten

January

Victoria Phillips – pictured in January last year – is the parent of a Newington College student. She and other parents are protesting against the coeducation shift.

‘We did not expect the intensity’: Newington hits back at co-ed row

Coeducation is seen as the future of school. So why is Newington College in Sydney at the centre of a debate so hot that parents are withdrawing boys?

  • Brook Turner
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‘We became a pinata’: The culture war tearing a school apart

How its decision to go co-ed made Newington College in Sydney the country’s most talked-about school.

  • Brook Turner
Former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore last October.

Ex-Macquarie boss rails against Mosman NIMBY-ism

In a rare interview, Nicholas Moore has highlighted the need for more homes in inner-city suburbs such as the Sydney harbourside suburb of Mosman where he lives.

  • John Kehoe
Hannah Forsyth, is an historian who has written a book on the history of the modern australian university.

Is a university degree still worth it?

The pay premium for graduates is on the decline, while the sector is a mess and academics are asking whether we have reached “peak university”.

  • Julie Hare
Labor Senator Tony Sheldon has described universities as becoming “lawless”.

Uni leaders on notice as MP says they run a ‘lawless sector’

A new parliamentary committee will grill university leadership after a spate of management and governance failures.

  • Julie Hare
A troll doll, one of many Iconic toys through the decades.

The annual, post-Christmas lament: toys are a scam

Want to get a kid something they’ll actually play with? Avoid just about anything they’d pick out for themselves.

  • Ellen McCarthy
Pathify is a SaaS student portal used by universities, colleges and higher education institutions.

Edtech Pathify clinches $180m valuation after ruling off funding round

Bombora-backed Pathify has raised $US25 million through primary funding and a secondary share sale.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Greens primary and secondary education spokeswoman Penny Allman-Payne with leader Adam Bandt.

Greens unveil $10b policy to end public education fees

Families would pay nothing to send their children to state schools and would receive $800 payments for out-of-pocket costs, under a Greens demand to Labor in the event of a hung parliament.

  • Tom McIlroy
Imogen Lucas is about to head to Sydney University to study commerce.

Gen Z know what they want to study, and it’s usually medicine

As school-leavers prepare to head to university, they are particularly keen on becoming doctors. But the good old arts degree is still popular.

  • Julie Hare
Outgoing NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will start a new role as the vice chancellor of Canberra University in February.

Bill Shorten was a last-minute applicant to lead Canberra Uni

Bill Shorten applied for the job as vice chancellor of the University of Canberra just two days before he and five others were interviewed for the role.

  • Julie Hare
Rising education costs are increasingly being picked up by grandparents.

Private or not, Sydney most expensive for schools

The annual Cost of Education Index found the total cost of educating a child in a private school in Sydney rose by 9 per cent in the past year.

  • Julie Hare
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Overseas students still want to come to Australia despite the policy chaos besetting the sector.

Unis expect near-record foreign student numbers despite policy chaos

The Albanese government has been switching higher education guidelines in efforts to reduce the international student intake, with little effect.

  • Julie Hare
Some Sydney private schools will be charging more than $50,000 a year.

Private schools raise fees at three times rate of inflation

For a decade or more, private schools have increased their fees by far more than the CPI. This year is no different, and schools have a range of explanations.

  • Julie Hare

December 2024

The King’s School has taken the mantle of Australia’s most expensive school.

Private school fees to rise at almost triple the rate of inflation

Prestigious schools have been gradually contacting parents over the past few weeks announcing new fee schedules for 2025. 

  • Julie Hare
Australian girls are underperforming in maths which will limit their career options.

Alarm as girls fall further behind in maths

Ten-year-old Australian girls are having their life choices curtailed as they struggle to master even the most fundamental mathematics.

  • Julie Hare
Bruce Chapman says HECS debt should not affect graduates’ ability to buy a house.

HECS architect wants student debt ignored when assessing home loans

Bruce Chapman, who created the income-contingent loan system for students, has hit out at the political fiddling the system has faced.

  • Julie Hare

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