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.
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.
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.
Students at two more Sydney universities are complaining about the “politically unfair” pressure on them by senior academic staff to attend the Global Climate Strike in Sydney on Friday.
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.
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.
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