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Tag: Universities

Urgent overhaul of digital skills training needed: DSO

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federally funded Digital Skills Organisation has called for an overhaul of digital training in Australia to meet the country’s growing talent gap in a new discussion paper. Digital...

Universities told to ‘harden’ against foreign interference threat

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian universities need to do more to combat foreign interference, the Parliament’s bi-partisan national security committee warned Friday, recommending tighter guidelines for universities’ research, campus activities, appointments and funding....

Govt’s $2b uni research funding stretched over 11 years

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The $2 billion the federal government will inject to align university research commercialisation with its hand-picked manufacturing priorities will be stretched across the next 11 years. A day after...

Universities and the challenge of online learning

Posted on   |  by Dr Darrell Evans
The results of university student experience ratings including those recently released in Australia (Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching) have shown a large drop in the learning experience students...

Tech boost for our ‘job-ready graduates’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Technology and engineering university courses will be significantly cheaper under a government plan to funnel students into “job-relevant” degrees in sectors where employment growth is expected. Education Minister Dan...

Universities get a $750m NSW lifeline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The tertiary education sector in NSW has been thrown a lifeline with the state government to guarantee up to $750 million in commercial loans to help universities recover from...

Push for budget innovation revamp

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The tech sector has called for a major revamp of the government’s innovation policy agenda so Australia can “reap substantial economic benefits”, with hopes riding on the upcoming budget....

Flatline for uni tech enrolments

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia’s universities open their doors to a new crop of around 84,800 undergraduates from this week; demand for IT courses is proving “steady but not spectacular.” There has been...