This Month
Brian Schmidt on the double-edged sword of leadership
After eight years at the helm of Australian National University, Brian Schmidt says he’s been hit by everything – except locusts.
- Julie Hare
100,000 foreign ‘students’ won’t come or will go home under reforms
Over the next year, an estimated 100,000 ‘students’ will either not arrive under new migration rules, or will be pushed to return home.
- Julie Hare
‘Non-genuine’ foreign students to be weeded out
The student visa system will be overhauled with the focus on quality students and providers, but numbers won’t be capped.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Vocational training
Three strong reasons why university is not the only option
It’s time to embrace a broader view of post-school choices and recognise apprenticeships as a savvy choice for Australia’s brightest minds.
- Gary Workman
November
Calls to cap international students ‘nonsensical’
Foreign student numbers are at a record high, but capping them would be a simplistic solution to a complex problem that might resolve itself, experts say.
- Julie Hare
Boys head into the trades, while girls want to be doctors
A survey of 18,000 Year 10 students has found that four in every five girls intend to study at university and most see themselves as health professionals, while boys are happy with trades.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- University
The secret plan to control what uni students can study
A major review is considering an external body to oversee all aspects of universities, potentially stripping them of their autonomy and independence.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Vocational training
How red tape is crippling TAFE
We conservatively estimate for every hour a full-time TAFE NSW teacher spends in a classroom, they dedicate an additional hour to administrative work
- Stephen Brady
Wary employers ignore bank of international talent
Overseas students are attracted to Australia thanks to generous visas that allow them to stay and work after graduation. The problem is, employers won’t give them a go.
- Julie Hare
October
- Exclusive
- Pay
The 10 jobs that landed the biggest pay increases last year
Project engineers, customer service workers and market research analysts are among the occupations that secured the largest pay rises in 2022-23.
- Euan Black
Overseas student boom shows signs of slowing
There are very early indications that the seemingly unstoppable growth in international students might be tapering off.
- Julie Hare
‘HR’s biggest trend’ is helping fix the skills crisis
A rising number of companies including Schneider Electric and Unilever are focusing on skills instead of job titles to fill roles.
- Euan Black
Australia’s most in-demand jobs revealed
Actuaries, tax accountants, solicitors and architects are officially in shortage, according to Jobs and Skills Australia’s annual skills priority list.
- Michael Read and Euan Black
Students not the only ones dropping out for better-paid work
Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor says low pay is a factor in apprentices failing to complete their trades training, but not the only reason.
- Andrew Tillett
Market forces in childcare have failed families: ACCC
Childcare in Australia is less affordable than almost all other comparable countries and despite government contributions being almost double the OECD average.
- Julie Hare
September
Is a skills passport a ticket to job mobility?
A national skills passport should include non-formal education to more accurately capture jobseekers’ skills, experts say.
- Euan Black
The nine things the government says it will do about jobs
The Albanese government has identified nine policy areas in its white paper on employment that it will act on immediately.
- Opinion
- University
It’s time to reshape universities for national good
Our tertiary institutions are a national asset, but collaboration with industry is a missed opportunity and should be a focus of the review now under way.
- Innes Willox
I’m a busy lawyer. How can I find time to ‘future-proof’ my career?
High-performing professionals never stop developing their skills. But career coach Edwin Trevor-Roberts says enrolling in a course is not the only way to grow.
- Euan Black
‘Exceptionally difficult’ to find workers if they can’t WFH
The freedom to work from home a few days a week has become a non-negotiable for many white-collar workers despite a recent slowdown in hiring activity.
- Euan Black
