Yesterday
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Microcredentials address skills shortages – but we must keep it real
Australians must become lifelong learners and upgrade their skills regularly, especially in sectors such as digitisation and artificial intelligence.
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Thirst for knowledge driving growth in MBAs
Diving into a full-length MBA can be daunting, so some business schools are now offering short courses to meet varying demand.
- Megan Breen
Short and sharp: courses that can lead to better jobs
Bite-sized qualifications deliver better jobs and pay for employees and competitiveness for employers.
- Agnes King
How Australia can become a world leader in green hydrogen
A short course is being developed to give electrical engineers the specialist knowledge they need to work in the emerging green hydrogen sector.
- Christopher Niesche
Companies switch on to new ways of staff training
A growing number of employers including law firms are developing short courses known as microcredentials in collaboration with tertiary institutions.
- Alexandra Cain
Online MBAs connect students to a global network
An online MBA’s flexible study schedule makes it an attractive option for busy professionals.
- Alexandra Cain
This Month
Higher education key to bigger pay, Labor MP argues
When it comes to the relationship between education and earning capacity, research suggests more is better.
- Julie Hare
Former Cranbrook teacher sues school alleging unsafe environment
Sydney private school Cranbrook is dealing with a new legal action brought by a former teacher who alleges the environment was unsafe for female staff.
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- Max Mason and Julie Hare
Cranbrook settles with former headmaster, but ABC in line of fire
Nicholas Sampson says he has been “vindicated”, but he still has an axe to grind with the national broadcaster over its “Four Corners” program.
- Julie Hare and Kylar Loussikian
IDP Education dives on fears international students will stay away
The country’s largest listed provider of international education services says the restrictions in Australia, Canada and the UK are “linked to election cycles”.
- Kylar Loussikian
May
Why this teen is bucking the trend and studying ‘the dismal science’
Kate Gibson hopes to work in public policy or health when she finishes her economics degree, but fewer of her peers are signing up – despite the high salaries.
- Julie Hare
Higher Education Summit
The Higher Education Summit critically examines the policy shake-ups, big ideas and bold strategies that aim at equipping the sector to meet the needs of our economy for decades to come.
Female graduates beat males on all fronts – except salary
The gender pay gap is reducing – slowly – over time. But women who graduate at the same time as men can still expect to earn significantly less.
- Julie Hare
The uni employers like most when hiring graduates
Curtin University ranked highest among bosses for the quality of graduates, but a survey found students who studied off campus lacked collaboration skills.
- Julie Hare
Partners upsizes forecasts for Guardian Childcare ahead of auction
Street Talk has the skinny on updated earning figures that Partners Group is betting will get tyre-kickers fighting to be teacher’s pet.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
‘Managing editor’ search keeps the bonfire going at Newington
The extravagant addition would bring the number of media staffers at the school to five.
- Lucas Baird
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- University
Failure to rein in uni bosses led to problems of ‘excess’
Peter Coaldrake has been deeply involved in the university sector for five decades, the past four years as head regulator. And he is troubled by what is going on.
- Julie Hare
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
How this intern turned paper-shuffling into a $3m start-up
Finnlay Morcombe found himself spending hours on a tedious but important task while on an internship. It turned into a fantastic business idea.
- Julie Hare
‘End it now or we’ll call police’: Uni toughens up on protesters
Melbourne University says protesters ‘crossed a line’ when they occupied a building and warned they could be charged by police if they don’t leave immediately.
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- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
