‘Eye opener’: NT schoolgirls’ trip to SA for STEM academy
A three-day STEM academy for regional and rural schoolgirls has welcomed Territory students into its ranks for the first time. Here’s what they’ll be doing.
Higher Education
Why two-year wait for CDU student housing is ‘not at all’ an oversight
CDU’s city campus is fast-approaching completion and nearby student accommodation could be another two years away, but one politician says the misalignment was not an oversight.
‘Here forever’: Bush schools reveal answer to teacher shortages
Remote teachers and First Nations experts have outlined the path forward to create a sustainable supply of educators in the Territory’s most remote schools.
Student accommodation slated for Darwin CBD
A new accommodation building expected to house 350 students is planned in Darwin CBD, while the government lobby against caps on international students.
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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.
What to study for a healthy job outlook
Health-related degrees are more likely to lead to employment than others, amid forecasts 250,300 more healthcare and social assistance jobs will be created between 2018 and 2023.
Why Aussies wish they had traded up
Almost a quarter of Australians would train in a trades or services role if they could “go back to high school and start again”, while less than a third would opt for uni.
Bachelor gets uni students hot for science
The powers that be have been trying to get people interested in science and maths careers for years — all they really needed was a sexy, single astrophysicist on TV.
Australia’s booming overseas student number revealed
Australia’s intake of foreign students is up to seven times larger than other nations, making it one of the highest in the world, a new report has found.
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.
Uni students increasingly ditching gap year
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
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