Tag: university
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Australian Universities Face Crisis over Funding Reforms and Loss of Revenue
Australia’s university sector is facing turmoil due to severe revenue losses and government reform of tertiary funding. The University of Melbourne’s Centre of Higher Education has found that Australia’s public universities have collectively lost approximately $3.8 billion dollars in revenue. The dramatic reduction in international student enrolments and hardship caused by COVID-19 has been attributed…
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Affordable islands you can buy early in your career
One of the biggest complaints among working people is the struggle of balancing work and life to maintain equilibrium. This is especially difficult early in a career, when you’re trying to prove yourself to superiors and colleagues. It can be easy to lose sight of life, or to burn out. Sometimes you can feel like running off and…
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Job prospects for Australian university graduates are declining
According to research conducted by the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University, the job prospects for new university graduates are steadily declining. The research found that between 2008 and 2014, the number of new graduates in full-time employment dropped from 56.4 per cent to 41.7 per cent. Adjunct Professor, Dr Tom Karmel said that when…
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Six Australian universities ranked among best 100 in world
According to the The Times Higher Education university rankings that were released today, six Australian universities have been ranked among the best 100 in the world. The University of Melbourne was once again the country’s highest ranking university, with it jumping eight places since 2015 to equal 33rd. Next was the Australian National University ranked at 47th, the University of Queensland and…
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How the budget will affect university students
University students will be affected dramatically with the 2016 federal budget not being very kind to them all. Not only could attending university become more expensive, but it could become a lot harder to get into desired courses to begin with. The government wants to introduce a base ATAR mark for university admission. Currently, if a student doesn’t…
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How the Budget affects you
Announced Tuesday night, Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull’s budget is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. The budget shows that Australia will continue in deficit over the next four years, yet also asserts that Australia is growing rapidly. If you’re not sure how the budget affects you or your business, here’s a breakdown of the impacts…
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The Gloves That Are Revolutionising the Way We Communicate with the Hearing-Impaired
Two sophomore students at the University of Washington have been granted $10,000 as part of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The two boys named Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor, studying business administration and aeronautics and astronautics engineering, respectively, won the prize with ‘SignAloud’, the gloves that will monitor hand movements in sign language and translate it into verbal…
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From The Classroom To The Boardroom
Today the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) releases its MBA in Entrepreneurship. This marks the start of a new age in business education with the rise of budding entrepreneurs at an all time high but access to venture capital proving to be exceedingly difficult. There has been a gap in the market for university courses…