Education Minister urges uni students to research options as completion rates dip

The Federal Education and Training Minister has urged students to research where they choose to study if they plan to go to university, as the Turnbull Government today released new data showing university student completion rates have dipped slightly. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said he encouraged the thousands of prospective uni students…

Interview on ABC NewsRadio with Sandy Aloisi

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC NewsRadio with Sandy Aloisi Topics: University course completion rates; Turnbull Government’s measures to support uni students to make the right course choices; Turnbull Ministry composition 18/01/2017 8:16AM Sandy Aloisi: Australia’s tertiary education dropout rate is worsening. Government data released this morning reveals that completion rates are falling, with one third…

Doorstop interview, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: University course completion rates; Turnbull Government’s measures to support uni students to make the right course choices; Higher education student debt; Importance of vocational education; Turnbull Ministry composition; Retirement of the Member for Heysen  18/01/2017 12:00PM Simon Birmingham:     Thanks very much for coming along. Today around Australia,…

Interview on 3AW Breakfast with Ross Stevenson and John Burns

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 3AW Breakfast with Ross Stevenson and John Burns Topics: University course completion rates; Turnbull Government’s measures to support uni students to make the right course choices 18/01/2017 7:48AM Ross Stevenson: You are familiar when it comes to tertiary education, well undergraduate degrees, of the expression ‘pathways’? John Burns: No. Ross Stevenson:…