The personal details of 7500 graduates at Western Sydney University have been hacked. A leading cyber security expert says similar breaches by malicious foreign actors are “only going to get worse” – and unis need to do more to defend themselves.
Universities in Melbourne and Canberra are cracking down on pro-Palestine encampments but the 90-strong contingent at the University of Sydney will be left alone, the uni has confirmed.
Sydney University Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott has hit back amid plans to alleviate housing pressure by capping international student enrolments, arguing the Albanese government is missing the “real problem”.
So-called “solidarity camps” have now spread beyond the sandstone walls of The University of Sydney, with pro-Palestine student activists establishing a satellite campsite in Wollongong, and high school students joining a CBD protest on Thursday.
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.
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.
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
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.
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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