‘David v Goliath’: Ex-academic in $175k pay dispute with uni
An academic is in a battle against her former employer, a major Queensland uni, claiming she was underpaid for a decade.
Tertiary
Queen Elizabeth II labelled ‘evil’ in controversial UQ magazine
A ‘left wing’ writer whose opinion piece in UQ’s student magazine described the late Queen Elizabeth II as the ‘banality of evil’ a day after her death says he stands by the article.
‘Driven to quit’: Claims of toxic bullying at QUT
A former Queensland University of Technology social worker claims a toxic culture of bullying drove her to quit.
‘That’s not consultation’: Fury over uni changes that sparked doctor walkout
QUT’s student guild has denied claims it was consulted over changes to campus medical centres that sparked a mass doctor walkout.
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New way to be master of your destiny
Postgraduate study is opening up to Australians without a university degree with wider recognition of the knowledge and experience would-be students bring from the workplace.
Regional students get cash lure to study at uni
Taxpayers would fork out for regional parents to visit their kids at university and country students would get cash payments under a radical plan to halt shocking drop out rates.
New ‘distraction’ helping private school kids de-stress
An elite Brisbane school has found a novel way to provide ‘therapy’ to stressed out students ahead of exams.
Uni students increasingly ditching gap year
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
Tradies’ lifelong earnings higher than many uni grads’
Studying at university may seem like a wise career move but the reality is many graduates are finishing their degrees with a large HECS debt and losing out financially compared with school leavers who embarked on a trade.
How our schools are failing kids
Schools are failing to prepare Australian students for university and the jobs of the future as literacy and numeracy skills face “sharp falls”, the Productivity Commission has found.
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