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.
Tertiary
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.
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‘Just madness’: Training providers scramble after funding cuts
Victorian registered training organisations say their services have been “cut off at the knees” after the state government reduced funding to some manufacturing and building training providers.
Pro-Palestine student activists learn fate over protests
Students involved in pro-Palestine encampments at two Melbourne universities have avoided expulsion, despite occupying main thoroughfares and causing Jewish community members to fear for their safety.
‘Will it disappear?’: Preston school program reignites ATAR debate
A program allowing students access to university without the stress of year 12 exams has been hailed as the future of education — so what does it mean for the ATAR system?
The Vic universities offering the best perks for staff
Vice-chancellors at some of the state’s top universities are raking in million-dollar salaries while treating their employees to a string of discounts. See the perks enjoyed by university staff.
Jewish students speak out on why they’re quitting Melbourne Uni
Concerns over “confronting” pro-Palestine protests and a rise in anti-Semitism on campus has prompted several students to leave the uni or delay their course.
Why pro-Palestine uni camps are being dismantled
Deakin has become the first university in Australia to order the dismantling of a pro-Palestine encampment — here’s why the camps are so controversial.
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”.
Students’ uni debts cut by $1200 in cost of living relief
More than three million uni students, apprentices and trainees will share in $3bn of student debt to be wiped out in this month’s federal budget. See how much you’ll save.
Uni chancellors refuse to condemn anti-Semitism on campuses
The nation’s university chancellors have refused to condemn anti-Semitism on Australian campuses as Jewish students say they are “sick of intimidation” and call on the leaders to do more.
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.
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