‘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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FULL LIST: University of Tasmania graduates
The latest group of University of Tasmania graduates have received their degrees and diplomas at ceremonies in Launceston and Burnie. FIND YOUR NAME IN THE LIST >>
Academics unite to fight university’s city move
Former senior University of Tasmania academics have formed a lobby group in opposition to the planned relocation of the Sandy Bay campus to the Hobart CBD.
16 Aussie universities hit by eye-watering $2b loss
“Aggressive cost reductions’’ are revealed in a new report on university finances during the pandemic. See list of hardest-hit universities.
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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.
Uni students increasingly ditching gap year
Students are ditching a full gap year and heading back in droves to start their studies mid-year.
Tradies’ lifelong earnings higher than many uni grads’
Studying at university may seem like a wise career move but the reality is many graduates are finishing their degrees with a large HECS debt and losing out financially compared with school leavers who embarked on a trade.
How our schools are failing kids
Schools are failing to prepare Australian students for university and the jobs of the future as literacy and numeracy skills face “sharp falls”, the Productivity Commission has found.
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