No seat at the table: Qld unis snubbed on national committee
Queensland universities, and regional university leaders more broadly, have been left off a newly-formed tertiary advisory committee, in what has been described as a “critical oversight”.
Higher Education
Pro-Palestine protesters get green light to disrupt classes to ‘share’ message
Staff at La Trobe University have been told to let encampment protesters disrupt classes to allow them to “share the information they wish to”.
TAFE teachers pull trigger on strike action, extra hours ban
Victorian TAFE teachers will no longer record student attendance or work extra hours as they ramp up industrial action, including — in certain circumstances — walking out of classrooms.
Alarm over TAFE teacher exodus
Low wages, unreasonable workloads and unpaid overtime are driving Victorian TAFE educators out of classrooms, in a trend experts say could exacerbate critical skill shortages.
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Rise in jobs that don’t require a degree
Australia’s obsession with university is subsiding, with fewer employers and school leavers seeking out degrees. SEE THE DEGREE-FREE CAREERS AND THEIR PAY
Palaeontology degree breaks new ground
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.
‘No-brainer’ training path lets you earn and learn
Earning while learning is not just for tradies, with many companies across Australia offering free training and qualifications from certificate II to diploma level.
Surprising use for uni’s robot
A team of Gold Coast uni students are heading to Japan to demonstrate a robot with an unusual purpose. See what it does.
‘This is a huge win for the Gold Coast’
The Federal Government will today reverse a controversial decision in a major coup for the city which will inject millions into the economy.
Coast hospital’s ‘worst in the state’ rating
Doctors and nurses at the Gold Coast’s hospitals can now report each other’s behaviour after it was given a worst in the state rating.
One in four say uni was a mistake
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.
What graduates really want from first job
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.
It’s time to stop thinking uni is for everyone
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 ‘dead within a decade’
ATAR is too narrow a measure of a graduate’s preparedness for further study or work, says the head of the SA Education Department.
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