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University of South Australia

October 2024

Edith Cowan University  business and law school Executive dean Maryam Omari.

The best school for teaching takes a strategic, caring approach

The winner of the Teaching category has hired talent from around the world and established partnerships with many global institutions.

  • Alexandra Cain

July 2024

David Lloyd, left, and Peter Hoj, joint vice-chancellors of the new Adelaide University.

SA’s new mega university starts recruiting overseas students

The new Adelaide University is due to launch with 70,000 students in early 2026, even as migration reforms bite hard on the education sector.

  • Julie Hare

May 2024

The new merged Adelaide University will be reliant on growing numbers of international students, says David Lloyd

Harsh migration cuts will stifle new mega-uni’s ambitions

Adelaide University got its official tick of approval on Tuesday, but its plan to recruit 13,000 new students over eight years could suffer from migration cuts.

  • Julie Hare
Dr Byron Sharp, the director of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute.

The researchers influencing billions in global marketing

The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald’s, Mars, Nestlé and PepsiCo. Its findings guide global business decisions.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

January 2024

In 2022, 10 Australian vice-chancellors earned bigger remuneration packages than Louise Richardson, the head of the world’s best university Oxford.

Are Australian university bosses worth the big bucks?

Australian vice chancellors earn far more than their peers in the UK, US, Canada and New Zealand. Is this justifiable?

  • Julie Hare
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November 2023

How to juggle work and study

To cope with high living costs, almost 90 per cent of students are taking on part-time jobs. Here’s how to find one.

  • Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
Ben Johnson started his degree apprenticeship in the UK at 16 and is now on secondment with BAE Systems in Adelaide.

How Tom got five-years’ training, good pay and a job while studying

The traditional apprenticeship model has been given a new lease of life after South Australia introduced degree-level, on-the-job training.

  • Julie Hare

September 2023

AFR education editor Julie Hare.

Why one university stands out

University of South Australia leads the ‘upstarts’ on the move.

  • Julie Hare

July 2023

“It has been 15 years in the making, the typical time for translation from bench to bedside, “says professor Brooks.

Aussie team leads ‘life-saving’ prostate cancer breakthrough

Using novel technology, a new test aims to sharpen predictions about the aggressiveness of individual prostate cancers.

  • Jill Margo
Adelaide University chancellor Catherine Branson speaks at the announcement of the merger.

Mega university for South Australia gets tick of approval

The universities of Adelaide and South Australia have formally merged, with teaching at the combined entity to begin in 2026.

  • Julie Hare

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