This Month
Alarm as girls fall further behind in maths
Ten-year-old Australian girls are having their life choices curtailed as they struggle to master even the most fundamental mathematics.
- Julie Hare
HECS architect wants student debt ignored when assessing home loans
Bruce Chapman, who created the income-contingent loan system for students, has hit out at the political fiddling the system has faced.
- Julie Hare
BGH Capital’s education biz Navitas secures $150m equity injection
The deal also saw Melbourne buyout firm BGH Capital, which struck a buyout deal with Navitas in 2019, tip in just under $50 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November
- Analysis
- International students
They came in their millions, now voters are fed up
Half of all Australians say migration is too high and politicians are hearing that message loud and clear.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
Labor could use legal loophole to cap student numbers
The federal government’s bid to limit the foreign intake failed. But it already has legislation that allows it to do exactly that.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
Higher education own goal needs urgent correction
Faced with knee-jerk decision-making and a uni sector in limbo, why would an overseas student not look elsewhere for an education?
- Pascale Quester
- Exclusive
- International students
Chinese social media users slam foreign student chaos
Students and university leaders are digesting what the blocking of student caps legislation mean for them.
- Julie Hare
Universities shifting from era of globalisation to intervention
These international institutions are being hit by a wave of forces that is changing the shape of higher education.
- Julie Hare
What students want out of their uni courses
In a time-poor and increasingly competitive world, students insist on both flexibility and value for their money.
- Sian Powell
Is there a solution to skill shortages?
When migration is no longer the cure for skill shortages, where does the country turn?
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign student cap plan’s collapse is a sign of the times
Migration is gaining momentum as a policy area voters want the government to deal with. And politicians are tapping into the zeitgeist.
- Julie Hare
Higher Education | Future growth
This video is part of a special report looks at the opportunities for growth in postgraduate studies.
- Updated
Student caps row; Alan Jones arrested; Markets ‘dangerously bullish’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Cranbrook gets its first female head as co-education looms
Anne Johnstone, a former commercial litigation lawyer, trained as an English and history teacher and has been head of Ravenswood School for Girls since 2016.
- Julie Hare
Montessori Academy childcare founders reclaim control
Street Talk wouldn’t be surprised to see bankers add Montessori Academy to their list of IPO prospects as 95 per cent of the business transfers to the founders.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
NZ firm turns $1b unicorn helping kids get into elite unis
The 11-year-old Crimson Education has cracked the billion-dollar valuation after a small fundraising round led by New Zealand venture capitalists.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Opinion
Labor’s mimicking of Biden on uni debt is inequitable and indefensible
Not satisfied with crippling Australia’s higher education system with its self-destructive student caps, the government simply couldn’t resist doubling down.
- Steven Hamilton
October
School’s out: Potentia pounces on ambitious NZ edtech Storypark
Street Talk understands Potentia has emerged victorious in the RBC Capital Markets-led auction, first revealed by this column in July.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Unis fall in global rankings; Florida’s hurricane alert; Why Harris isn’t playing up her gender
In today’s news, Australia’s universities tumble down global rankings, mass evacuations as hurricane heads towards Florida, and why Kamala Harris isn’t playing up her gender.
- Exclusive
- Immigration
Student visa surge puts Labor’s migration crackdown in doubt
The number of international students has hit a record, according to official data, even as overseas enrolments begin to fall amid new government restrictions.
- Julie Hare
