State’s top universities revealed in latest world rankings
Queensland’s top universities risen up the latest world rankings as their Australian counterparts slid backwards, a new report has revealed. SEE THE LIST
Tertiary
UQ student reveals cost of suspension fight
University of Queensland anti-CCP activist Drew Pavlou has spoken of the personal toll of his fight against the “billion dollar institution throwing bottomless resources” into his suspension case for “political reasons”.
Australian uni bosses earning seven-figure salaries
Tens of thousands of jobs have been slashed across Australia’s universities but highly paid Vice-Chancellors are still taking home enormous pay packets.
QUT scholarships halved due to COVID-19
One of the state’s most prestigious universities is asking for handouts from the public to continue its scholarship programs, amid claims COVID-19 has affected its bottom line.
When unis will head back to campus
Queensland universities are planning a staggered return to face-to-face teaching as coronavirus restrictions lift around the state. Here’s where our unis stand:
How Qld Year 12s can score free uni next year
With COVID-19 creating a drought of high-fee foreign students, Australian school leavers will find it easier to get into uni using scholarships and enrolment shortcuts. HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Hundreds of job losses at Queensland University
Almost 100 university employees will lose their jobs despite the uni having already having closed campuses and offered of voluntary redundancies and frozen pay
UQ publishes emails to Chinese consulate
The University of Queensland has published copies of internal emails that it had refused to produce during a disciplinary hearing regarding a student’s expulsion.
Why a UQ activist walked out on his disciplinary hearing
A University of Queensland student activist fighting his expulsion has sensationally abandoned his disciplinary hearing, walking out with his prominent Brisbane barrister.
$24m spent at two Brisbane high schools
The coronavirus pandemic has not hindered the progress of $24 million of projects that will bring a host of new facilities to two northside high schools. SEE WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE
Student says he will appeal expulsion in highest courts
A University student activist has says he’s prepared to appeal his possible expulsion in the highest courts as he today faces a disciplinary hearing over allegations of misconduct.
University set to slash hundreds of jobs
Queensland’s largest regional university could be forced to slash a fifth of its staff as the coronavirus pandemic depletes its valuable international student numbers.
Queensland unis that will stay online for second semester
Students at Queensland’s universities won’t be returning to campus for second semester as they opt to keep classes online as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the tertiary sector.
Aussie unis with links to China defy transparency
China’s Confucius Institutes are becoming increasingly controversial in the west with Sweden closing them down. Yet they continue to operate in Australia without being held accountable for their influence.
‘Don’t give up’: Uni chief’s hope for Year 12s
The head of one of Queensland’s largest universities has told devastated Year 12 students not to let coronavirus disruption stand in their way, as the state prepares for home schooling for most students next week.
Full list: Short uni courses as low as $1250
Career experts say the Federal Government’s significantly reduced fees for short courses will help skills shortages among unemployed people and diversify talent pools after graduation. SEE THE LIST
Top uni takes students based on Year 11 results
One of Australia’s most prestigious universities will admit its next crop of undergraduates based on Year 11 results, due to the chaos coronavirus has wreaked on classrooms.
Students’ boost to counter COVID-19 concerns
With education bosses unsure whether schooling will return to normal before term three, a plan is afoot to artificially boost scores to avoid students having to repeat their final year of secondary studies.
Huge pay packets of Uni bosses revealed
University bosses who earn twice as much as the Prime Minister will be forced to slash spending as coronavirus cuts revenue by as much as 20 per cent. But the unis won’t say if that’ll also involve freezing mammoth executive salaries. SEE WHAT EACH VICE CHANCELLOR EARNS.
36,000 apply for Coles’ panic-buy response brigade
More than 36,000 people have applied for the 5000 casual positions Coles needs to fill to keep up with panic buying sparked by the coronavirus crisis. FOLLOW OUR ROLLING UPDATES
Stronger job prospects for rising number of VET grads
The number of Queensland students studying VET courses in high school is set to soar with the qualifications now counting towards ATAR.
Revealed: The latest and most unusual uni courses on offer
Wine, cyber security and aviation are among the new tertiary courses thousands of students will study as they head back to University this week, as institutions diversify to offer more left-of-field options.
Latest male institution to admit women
First it was Brisbane’s Tatt’s Club, now another institution that has been men-only for over a century is opening its doors to the fairer sex.
How ATAR will shake up top OP schools
The switch to ATAR could shake up how the state’s best performing schools rate next year but a top school has revealed how they plan to cling to the top.
Students enjoy best of both worlds with TAFE, uni combo
Uni students are flocking to vocational courses to boost their employment opportunities by ensuring they have practical skills for their chosen career as well as a degree.
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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