By Sarah Kimmorley. Youth unemployment is at a 12-year high of 13.1%.
This is more than twice that of the national unemployment rate at 6.0%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The numbers follow the Government’s latest proposed overhaul on the work-for-the-dole program, which from July 1 2015 will force jobseekers to look for 40 jobs a month and perform up to 25 hours of community service to receive welfare packages. More...

By Andrew Trounson. RATINGS agency Standard & Poor’s has warned that universities have limited scope to cut costs quickly without threatening quality and they will have to raise student fees to recover the cost of the federal government’s plans to cut per student funding by 20 per cent. More...

By Ida Lim. As Malaysia seeks to lift its rankings in global benchmarks on education standards, Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin expressed his ministry’s willingness to adapt plans to meet the changing demands in the country and the world.
Muhyiddin, who is also the deputy prime minister, said his ministry is always open to feedback from all Malaysians. See more...

By Daniel Sanderson. Aberdeen University, which specialises in offering courses in the offshore and energy industries, is commissioning research into the possibility of setting up a satellite campus more than 5,000 miles from the north east of Scotland, in a free economic zone in the south of the Asian country. More...

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21 August, 6-8pm - Melbourne (drinks and canapes from 5:30PM)

Speakers: Robin Shreeve, Paul Wellings and John Wood to discuss. Chaired by Hamish Coates.

VENUE: Woodward Conference Centre, 10th Floor, Melbourne Law School, Pelham St
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
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Has Australia the imagination and will to create and maintain international pre-eminence in higher education? Key issues must be tackled across the next few years if an excellent higher education system is to be designed and built.

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The Parliamentary Committee on the Ministry of Education also recommended increasing the vigil on the institutions ‘to combat irregularities and corruption’ there.
The recommendations were made on Tuesday at a meeting of the committee held at Parliament building on the University of Science and Technology (USTC), a private-sector institution. More...