How students who flunk English, maths can still become teachers
A controversial tertiary diploma is fast-tracking dud students into teaching degrees amid concerns of “watering down” standards.
A controversial tertiary diploma is fast-tracking dud students into teaching degrees amid concerns of “watering down” standards.
One source of revenue filled Queensland universities’ coffers for years – one even tripling revenue from the lucrative source in just five years. Then borders slammed shut.
A plunge in international students amid the coronavirus pandemic is being offset by increased interstate enrolments, as students look more seriously at the Sunshine State.
Queensland universities are battling daily cyber attacks – with QUT alone hit 600 times last year – including by a notorious Iranian unit.
School leavers who missed out on studying their dream degree at uni due to a low ATAR are being urged to take a back door path into uni.
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After a tumultuous final year hit hard by COVID-19, the class of 2020 have received their ATAR scores with 30 students achieving the highest possible score of 99.95.
Queensland’s top students have been revealed with just 30 achieving the highest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 99.95 across the state.
It’s touted as superior to the overall-position system it replaces, but how does the Australian tertiary admission rank actually work?
The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact not necessarily on students’ academic performance, but their uni preferences.
A Queensland university is giving away new iPads, linen packs and even fridges to encourage students to live on campus.
A major Queensland university has confirmed 144 positions will be cut in a devastating blow to staff two weeks before Christmas.
They’re blazing a trail for women in traditionally male-dominated fields – and their specialties are as fascinating as their stories.
UQ’s Chancellor has been reappointed for five years despite a turbulent year of free speech controversy and the COVID-19 crisis.
One of the state’s top universities has confirmed 159 jobs will be made redundant amid a $36 million COVID-related restructure.
The Queensland Government is yet to submit a plan for restarting this multibillion-dollar industry, as the deadline looms.
Griffith University has taken a major step towards staking a claim as one of the world’s leading educators in technology and data with a range of new appointments and changes at the top.
These are the lucrative degrees attracting Australian students with starting salaries as much as a law graduate – or more. Search the list here.
Bosses have been branded “unfair” for paying young women less than men in their first job, with a boys’ club bonus. See how your salary compares.
Students at regional universities in Queensland are more likely to land a job than graduates from prestigious institutions. See the list and how they compare.
New data has revealed why anxious young Australians are not flying from the family nest, and are now three times more likely to be living with their parents than be married.
Australia’s universities can’t be trusted to police themselves when it comes to threats to free speech, according to suspended student activist Drew Pavlou.
Tax cuts for 11 million Australians and business are set to sail through the Senate today, bringing cuts of up to $5490 for families and $2745 for singles a step closer, while university fees for arts degrees are all but certain to double.
One of Queensland’s top universities has defended its decision to hold exams on campus after a huge increase in ‘academic misconduct’ after tests were held online last semester because of COVID-19.
Drew Pavlou will run for UQ Union president in a bid to get back on the university senate. But all is not as it seems.
Queensland students will this year sit “external” exams for the first time in almost 50 years. This is how schools are preparing students for the new system.
International students account for more than 80 per cent of some of Queensland’s most popular university courses, figures reveal. FIND OUT WHICH COURSES ARE MOST IMPACTED
The top 20 Queensland university courses have been revealed with two of the state’s rival institutions fighting it out for the most popular degree. SEE THE FULL LIST.
Lax admission standards for teaching degrees in Queensland have been slammed, with an education expert calling the low OP required “really disappointing” and accusing universities of not treating the issue as “seriously as they should”.
Thousands of Queensland school leavers’ dreams have been realised, with university offers released today. But those who have missed out are urged not to fret, with more offer rounds to come. Did you make it in? SEE THE FULL LIST OF OP CUT-OFFS
Thousands of Queensland school leavers will today find out if they will study at university this year, with more than 5000 offers to be issued
Nearly 100 university students were ticked off early to teach Queensland kids and the union is concerned that number could be on the rise.
With 10,000 Queenslanders having received a university place in the first round of offers, analysis has revealed the Top 20 most popular courses. SEE THE FULL LIST
In a sign of a worsening skills crisis in Queensland, the number of young people completing apprenticeships has plunged by more than 20 per cent since Annastacia Palaszczuk came to power, new data reveals
More than 10,000 Queensland school leavers will today find out where they’ll be heading in 2020, as universities release first-round offers.
With 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 still yet to be invented, universities have a new focus on transferable skills and preparing students for rapid change.
Australia’s obsession with university is subsiding, with fewer employers and school leavers seeking out degrees. SEE THE DEGREE-FREE CAREERS AND THEIR PAY
Australian universities are acting to combat the threat of “unprecedented levels” of foreign interference.
Fossil hunters are digging the only degree of its kind in Australasia, studying alongside a university team with expertise spanning the past 400 million years of life on Earth.
Earning while learning is not just for tradies, with many companies across Australia offering free training and qualifications from certificate II to diploma level.
Widespread dissatisfaction with universities has been laid bare in a new survey, with graduates saying they are not being taught the right skills and they should have chosen vocational training instead.
As Queensland students prepare to transition to a new university admission system, education gurus have slammed it as flawed and outdated.
For the third year running this Queensland university leads the nation in median starting salary of graduates.
Thousands of uni students will be looking to enter the labour market once their exams finish at the end of November, but salary won’t be their top priority when choosing a job.
The Federal Government will work to end a decades-long push to get more students into university at the expense of vocational education and trades, amid a gaping shortage of workers in traditional blue collar occupations.
ATAR is too narrow a measure of a graduate’s preparedness for further study or work, says the head of the SA Education Department.
Health-related degrees are more likely to lead to employment than others, amid forecasts 250,300 more healthcare and social assistance jobs will be created between 2018 and 2023.
Almost a quarter of Australians would train in a trades or services role if they could “go back to high school and start again”, while less than a third would opt for uni.
The powers that be have been trying to get people interested in science and maths careers for years — all they really needed was a sexy, single astrophysicist on TV.
Australia’s intake of foreign students is up to seven times larger than other nations, making it one of the highest in the world, a new report has found.
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