Forget influencers, Gen Z want to be nurses, teachers and doctors
Struggling industries could be seeing a boost very soon as Queensland school leavers take up degrees in droves.
Tertiary
High achievers: Meet the Gympie grads who aced ATAR exams
St Patrick’s College in Gympie has achieved remarkable results in this year’s ATAR exams with two students standing out as being “top of the class” for 2024. Here’s what they scored and their plans for the future.
What to do if you don’t get the ATAR you wanted
The wait is over for Queensland’s most recent graduates with ATAR scores revealed on Friday. But what if your score wasn’t what you expected?
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.
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‘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”.
Job losses revealed as uni grapples with back-to-back deficits
After back-to-back deficits, a regional Queensland university has started laying off workers. Dozens of support staff have already been let go, and academics and teachers could be next in the firing line.
‘Cycle of change’: Key issue university blames for budget black hole
Insiders at a meeting open to staff at a regional Queensland university have revealed the key federal government change that its executive claims has forced large cuts to spending.
PM throws struggling students a pre-election bone on HELP debt
Graduates will not have to pay their student loans back until they earn $67,000 as Anthony Albanese nominates study debt as a key election battleground.
University Vice Chancellor’s sudden retirement days after no-confidence vote
After almost a decade in the top job, one of Queensland’s largest universities has had a major leadership change after facing scrutiny from the union.
How to ace the QCE biology exam
More than 13,000 Year 12 students will sit their QCE biology exam papers next week. Here, a former student who received 100 per cent in last year’s paper shares her tips and tricks.
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