This Month
How to get children reading again
Smartphones, busy lives and falling adult literacy are all contributing to a decline in young people turning to books for pleasure. Can the trend be reversed?
Students furious at enrolment, results chaos months after uni hack
Those attending a major private university say online problems have left them unable to get the results they need for prospective employers or further study.
What I learnt in 3 months as an MBA student at a top US school
It takes two years and costs $400,000-plus, and on top of the study requires role playing, “crop circles” and speed networking. Students say it’s worth it for a starting salary of nearly $300,000.
June
These students are cramming for exams. They’re in kindergarten
South Korean parents prepare their five-year-olds for eventual college entrance exams as competition for prosperity grows ever fiercer.
These execs studied offshore MBAs. Here’s what they did next
From expanding networks to inflated pay packs, three workers share why they chose to study overseas.
The popular executive course making its way into the schoolroom
An ethics program attended by senior executives, judges and policymakers has been adapted to help students navigate social media.
The new normal?
The Higher Education Summit will look at the big picture – the confluence of global and local factors that are at play in shaping a sector that is struggling to hold on to historical norms and assumptions while being shaken on its very foundations.
How this school is changing girls’ study of economics
A Melbourne private school has driven a remarkable turnaround in the number of students, particularly females, taking up the subject for year 12.
May
I help kids get into Harvard. Here’s what I’m telling them now
Students from our region have never been strangers to headwinds. So to the families wondering whether to step back: Don’t. Step up.
Trump attacks on unis leave international students in limbo
Harvard MBA student Fangzhou Jiang, who did his undergraduate degree at ANU, says international students are riding rolling waves of fear.
Forget Trump and Harvard. Australian universities have an AI problem
Many students now lack the general knowledge, or even specific knowledge, to know when the AI tools are hallucinating.
Newington co-ed fight raises questions about private school charities
When you count so many investment bankers and accounting partners among your old boys, it’s no wonder your trust structures get complicated.
Newington defeats old boy challenge to co-ed plans
Justice Guy Parker put a swift end to a challenge to stop girls attending the Sydney private school.
Trump’s Harvard ban exposes Australia’s foreign student problem
For lecturers striving to provide a meaningful learning experience for all, it presents a real dilemma when some students struggle with basic English.
Universities say they’re preparing students for the future. They’re not
Australia faces a choice: remain stuck in outdated systems or lead the global productivity race through innovation, industry partnerships, and AI adoption.
Mark Scott on what Australia should learn from Trump’s Harvard attack
The University of Sydney vice chancellor says international students in Australia feel “bereft” about the debate regarding their presence in the country.
How graduates are finding an edge in a tightening employment market
New data shows hiring is slowing down, but those who take their destinies into their own hands still have a bright future.
Bill Gates swears by it. What you can do to become a top CEO
Sure it takes skill, drive and passion to get to the pinnacle. But is coaching the secret sauce behind some of Australia’s best-known leaders?
Battle over all-boys private school hinges on just one word
An 1873 trust deed says Sydney’s Newington College was set up to educate ‘youth’. A group of former students says that means boys only.
Inside private school retreats trying to knock entitlement out of kids
A small number of schools have long-term residential programs designed to teach resilience, teamwork and compassion. But do they work?
UTS pays KPMG $4.8m to tell it how to save money
The consulting firm is also on the hook for “a well-structured and compelling narrative” to help sell the job-cutting plan.