National security experts and the Opposition have lashed the University of Sydney’s leadership after the uni made a deal with fringe protesters, despite concerns some members have links to extremism.
Despite vowing to stand their ground in defiance of Sydney University’s orders, protesters have largely abandoned their encampment four days after being given an ultimatum to quit.
Seven of NSW’s 10 universities are failing to meet their own standards for cyber security, an audit has revealed, facing up to 300 incidents in a single year.
New NSW TAFE teachers will start out on salaries over $92,000 under a deal inked between the Minns government and teachers’ union.
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.
Indigenous education experts welcomed the increase, saying vocational education — including both TAFE and private providers — is giving Indigenous children who did not do well at school a second chance.
Tens of thousands of jobs have been slashed across Australia’s universities but highly paid Vice-Chancellors are still taking home enormous pay packets.
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.
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.
Student sleep, activity levels, alcohol and drug use could be monitored through a new phone app an Australian university will deploy. But it has privacy experts concerned.
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.
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