Unis bend rules to help students get dream degree
School leavers who missed out on studying their dream degree at uni due to a low ATAR are being urged to take a back door path into uni.
Tertiary
When year 12 graduate results will be revealed
He might have the gift of the gab, but it has taken more than charm for Gold Coast high school graduate Kalani Ripley to be confident of his end-of-year results.
Big bucks after uni: Who’s earning more than a lawyer
These are the lucrative degrees attracting Australian students with starting salaries as much as a law graduate – or more. Search the list here.
Shock salaries reveal women paid less than men in first job
Bosses have been branded “unfair” for paying young women less than men in their first job, with a boys’ club bonus. See how your salary compares.
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New way to be master of your destiny
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.
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.
‘I thought I’d be the oldest in class’
When Annette McCormick had her first day at university she thought she’d be the oldest in her class — that was far from the truth.
The next big thing in Gold Coast education
It is one of a new-generation city at the cutting edge of global education and enterprise. But how will the Gold Coast define the future?
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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