150 jobs UniSQ to go with plans for surplus by end of 2025
Staff at the University of Southern Queensland have been told at least 150 of their colleagues will be let go as the organisation works to plug a multi-million dollar budget black hole.
Higher Education
‘Ridiculous’: Fury as hundreds of uni students miss out on graduation tickets
One of Queensland’s top universities has been slammed after hundreds of students missed out on graduation ceremony tickets with a livestream offered instead.
Qld universities score big in top tertiary guide
Queensland’s universities have smashed ratings in a respected tertiary guide, earning top placings in a number of key areas.
No learning, skeleton staff in extraordinary final week of school
Queensland parents are being offered the option of keeping their children at home for the final week of the school year which some have labelled a “supervision week”.
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$13m debt: Only two of seven Queensland universities recorded a profit
Annual reports reveal the seven Queensland-based universities collectively posted a $13.63m loss in 2023, but this is a major leap forward compared to a combined $564.7m loss in 2022.
‘Really significant’: The UQ courses that will soon be history
The University of Queensland plans to discontinue some programs next year, prompting grave concerns that certain institutions could become a thing of the past.
‘Mob rule’: UQ condemned over offer to student activists
Queensland’s biggest university has been accused of allowing an activist “mob” to control its policy, after a leaked document revealed a proposal to pro-Palestinian student protesters.
Major leadership changes at Qld university, private school
A long-serving principal unexpectedly announced they will leave the top job at the end of this year, while a Queensland university chancellor has retired, with a successor being appointed.
‘Blood money’: Vandals’ blunt message to uni after protest drama
Mystery vandals have left a confronting message at the entrance to the University of Queensland’s main campus, as tensions remain over ongoing pro-Palestinian encampments.
No seat at the table: Qld unis snubbed on national committee
Queensland universities, and regional university leaders more broadly, have been left off a newly-formed tertiary advisory committee, in what has been described as a “critical oversight”.
Pro-Palestine protesters defy UQ eviction notice
University of Queensland students in a pro-Palestinian camp have rejected the university’s request to discontinue as further restrictions are introduced.
‘We aren’t going anywhere’: Twist as UQ protesters refuse to leave
University of Queensland students in protest camps are refusing to leave claiming they are unaware of a decision to “discontinue” that came from the vice-chancellor following weeks of fiery rallys.
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