True toll of pro-Palestine protests at leading Victorian uni revealed
The University of Melbourne has revealed the number of reports and complaints it received following incidents of racism and pro-Palestine protests at its campuses last year.
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VCAA board axed as review into school exam scandal released
The board of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority will be dismissed as the Allan government seeks to rebuild public confidence in the scandal-plagued agency.
Religious teacher’s five-year battle to beat ‘nightmare’ student sexting claims
A former Chairo Christian College teacher falsely accused of sexting a schoolgirl is allowed to return to the classroom after a tribunal found allegations levelled against him to be “improbable”.
Six Melbourne Uni staff sacked for sexual misconduct as complaints triple
Complaints over sexual harassment, stalking, unwelcome advances and inappropriate comments and have hit a record high at the University of Melbourne, with dozens of staff and students investigated.
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Victorian universities the second most complained about in country
A tertiary student complaints service has been flooded with hundreds of grievance reports before the first semester of the year commenced, with Victorian unis attracting the second highest number of reports.
‘Verged into anti-Semitism’: Abbott blasts student activists
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has weighed in on the rights of pro-Palestine student protesters on university grounds.
Second round uni offers unveiled — search your course now
Thousands of Victorians have been given another chance to study their dream university course after the release of second round tertiary offers on Friday. Search for your offer here.
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.
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.
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.
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