‘No confidence’: UniSQ staff send swift rebuke to Vice Chancellor
While largely symbolic, staff of the University of Southern Queensland passed a motion of no confidence targeting the Vice Chancellor and her executive team in a 25 year first.
Tertiary
Where your child could lose marks on QCE physics exams
As physics students gear up for not one, but two papers, an education expert and former star student have revealed their last minute guide to tackling the external exams.
Jobs to go: Queensland uni cites financial pressure, prepares to lay off staff
The union representing academic and support staff is calling for the university to come clean on job cuts, with an organiser alleging one department may be slashed by as much as 40 per cent.
Last minute guide: How to smash today’s English external exam
Experts, former students and tutors weigh in on how to smash today’s QCAA two-hour English external exam, worth 25 per cent of their overall result.
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Flooding closes university buildings after $18m expansion
Unexpected water damage has closed an institute at a Queensland university only months after the opening of its multimillion-dollar expansion.
‘Tacit support for protesters’: Open letter calls out UQ response
More than 100 people, including former governor Paul de Jersey, have signed an open letter calling out UQ’s response to campus protests.
$160m down the drain: Qld unis lose millions in ATO backflip
Queensland universities are poorer to the tune of about $160 million following the culmination of a two-year stoush with the Australian Taxation Office that ended with a costly backflip on a key decision.
How foreign student cap could impact other industries
Many people will be applauding the federal government’s cap on international student numbers, but Professor Carolyn Evans says we should be careful what we wish for.
$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.
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