Students ‘forced to choose between work or study’
Students in two new masters-level courses are demanding answers after learning they were ineligible for government support despite under severe financial stress. Read the uni’s response.
Tertiary
Political heavyweight hired as UTAS ‘spin doctor’
The University of Tasmania has recruited Sue Hickey as a “spin doctor” to spruik their move to the inner city. WHAT HER ROLE WILL ENTAIL >>
Law Society: ‘The University has listened to the concerns’
After outrage from legal practitioners over potential changes to the University of Tasmania’s law program, a fresh announcement has given new hope for the future. SEE ANNOUNCEMENT >>
‘Save UTAS Campus’ petition rakes in signatures
Since its launch on Tuesday morning, a petition against the University of Tasmania’s campus relocation has drawn a sea of signatures.
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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.
Revealed: Which sector is tops for teacher ratios
Government or independent? We reveal which education sector has the best student to teacher ratios in Tasmania.
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.
UTAS win for bomb sniffer unit
A University of Tasmania team has won a Eureka Prize for the development of the world’s first trace detection device that can identify inorganic explosives in under a minute.
UTAS moves to stop Tassie brain drain
They are young, bright and ambitious … but a large number of young Tasmanians is migrating from the state to pursue higher education dreams elsewhere. UTAS is looking for answers.
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