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Associate Professor Jenna Woods, Dean, School of Indigenous Knowledges at Murdoch University and Kyanna Hansen, Second Year Law student at Murdoch University.

This WA student dreaded going to school. Now, she’s studying to be a lawyer

Kyanna Hansen barely attended school between years 9 and 11. Now she’s on her way to becoming a human rights lawyer thanks to the helping hand of a university entry program.

Students attending university feel short-changed as their debt continues to grow.
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Young people feel short-changed, and student debt is a key reason why

Rising student debt, fuelled by the misguided Job-ready Graduates package, is compounding young Australians’ sense of a cost-of-living crisis, and the feeling they are being short-changed.

  • by Michael Dockery
There are many professions where a university degree will always be a necessity, but they’re becoming less essential in the eyes of hirers.
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Are uni degrees really that important any more?

I’ve spent a lot of my life looking at resumés. Often, the candidate’s qualifications are the last things I look at.

  • by Tim Duggan
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