300+ VCE duces revealed: 2024’s top students
The top students of each school in Victoria have been announced. Find out who got the highest ATAR in your school.
Tertiary
University of Melbourne coughs up $72m to cover wage theft
The state’s leading university has been ordered to fork out a staggering $72m after it underpaid more than 25,000 staff members for a decade.
Concerns for student welfare after changes to La Trobe advocacy service
There are serious concerns for La Trobe University students in need of support services, after the tertiary institution withdrew its current student advocacy funding agreement.
‘Living high’: University chiefs earning more than the Premier
The salaries of some of Victoria’s university chiefs are higher than that of Premier Jacinta Allan, as the eye-watering amount the institutions have forked out on consultants is also revealed.
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PM throws struggling students a pre-election bone on HELP debt
Graduates will not have to pay their student loans back until they earn $67,000 as Anthony Albanese nominates study debt as a key election battleground.
Shock number of sexual misconduct claims at Victorian unis
Students and staff at tertiary institutions have reported an alarming number of incidents where they were harassed, stalked and filmed without consent on university grounds.
Animation and gaming academy coming to Melbourne
The GameChanger Academy is set to be the first of its kind in Australia and will help train the next generation of film makers and game creators.
First female vice chancellor appointed at Melbourne University
Prominent researcher Professor Emma Johnston has been appointed as the University of Melbourne’s 21st vice chancellor, and the first woman to step into the role.
If you want to study business in Melbourne, apply to these universities
The countdown is on for year 12 students to pick a study course for next year, and for those considering business school, a new report has ranked the top institutions in Victoria.
University of Melbourne to lose $85m under international student caps
Australia’s top ranking university is pausing recruitment on vacant positions and reducing discretionary spending after the government proposed to cut its international student enrolments by 18 per cent.
Students reveal ‘harrowing’ anti-Semitic experiences at Melbourne unis
Students and staff have described how they’ve been spat at and threatened regularly at Victoria’s top universities since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
‘Will hurt us bad’: What international student caps mean for Victoria
Victorian tertiary students could miss out on overseas study opportunities and encounter cuts to courses as fears mount the state will be “disproportionately” affected by international student caps.
Monash Uni criticised for ‘sloppy’ handling of car crash student’s complaint
The university’s administrators have been told to do better after its dealings with a female engineering student who sought special consideration following two car accidents.
Allied health students demand end to placement poverty
Psychology, speech pathology and physiotherapy students are demanding they be paid for their mandatory placements after their classmates in nursing were promised weekly paychecks.
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