Yesterday
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.
February
Domestic violence rife among students
A new report shows domestic violence is widespread among women in their late teens and early twenties.
Four things to know before starting your own business
From how to work with AI to addressing failure, these four founders discovered something that ultimately changed the course of their business.
Thank you, Catherine Livingstone, for telling the truth about Oz unis
The UTS chancellor should also call for a commission to set up an Australian university ranking system focused on local student satisfaction and employment outcomes.
How not to waste Gonski school funding
Additional federal money may unfortunately extend and expand inefficient and ineffective practices rather than lift the quality of teaching.
The graduate employment boom is losing steam
Graduates can still find employer programs straight out of university, but it’s becoming tougher as the employment market retreats from boom time to just good times.
This vice chancellor stood on his head for students, literally
New boss of Western Sydney University, George Williams, is using his legal mind, and the odd stunt, to advocate for the battered tertiary education sector.
Antisemitism at uni starts with identity politics in the humanities
The sad fact is that a culture of hatred does not arise without an ideology.
Inside the fight to keep girls out of boys’ schools
This week on The Fin podcast, AFR Magazine contributor Brook Turner on why Sydney has become the epicentre of this battle and whether there is still a place in Australia for single-sex schools.
No, minister – the reading wars are not over
Jason Clare has embraced evidence-based reading instruction, but the Australian school curriculum is holding our education system back.
My employer refused to pay for my MBA – so I quit
When Anthony Justice asked BP to pay for his one-year, full-time MBA in France, the company refused. A year later, it promoted him and upped his salary.
$80,000 debt is only part of cost crisis hitting students hard
Jasmine O’Brien is in the second of a five-year degree, holds down two jobs and worries about what her student debt will be when she finally graduates.
How students are doubling up to get ahead in the jobs race
Vice chancellor Sharon Pickering says half the undergraduates at Monash University are doing double degrees to improve their job prospects, despite the extra time and cost involved.
‘We need contracts to build skills’ for AUKUS
Australia’s defence build-up promises job opportunities unlike any in the country’s history. But delays in awarding contracts remain a choke point.
Scheme aims to overcome the cycle of placement poverty
Means-tested financial help for students undertaking ‘pracs’ for certain degrees has been welcomed, but some say it should be extended to all required placements.
Online training helps resolve health talent crisis
Universities are making it as easy as possible for people in the country to study even very advanced tertiary healthcare courses online.
Online learning leads to better Indigenous health outcomes
Tiana Thomas is an example of how a greater focus on online learning by universities is helping people living in and servicing regional and remote communities.
How online learning helps level the playing field
Students who are ‘wired differently’ such as with ADHD can be left at a disadvantage with traditional learning methods.
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.
AirTrunk’s Khuda donates record $100m to boost women in STEM
AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda has donated an historic $100 million to the University of Sydney to fund a 20-year effort to get more girls into tech careers.
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.
January
Postgrads enter climate workforce looking for a clean start
Demand for workers with climate skills is already increasing, as more job postings specifically cover adapting to the green transition.
‘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?