Feeling overwhelmed by uni applications? Here’s what year 12 students need to know

Feeling overwhelmed by uni applications? Here’s what year 12 students need to know

Your key questions answered,from when to put in your course preferences to how to change them.

  • byJosefine Ganko

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My exchange in Paris was hardly a fairytale. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat

My exchange in Paris was hardly a fairytale. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat

Here are five things I learnt from the six months I spent studying abroad.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Where to start when you don’t know what career you want
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Careers

Where to start when you don’t know what career you want

Feeling stuck about what occupation to pursue is not reserved to one part of life,but knowing what to do next can be difficult.

  • byCaterina Hrysomallis
Where Australian universities rank among world’s best,and why it’s under threat

Where Australian universities rank among world’s best,and why it’s under threat

One Victorian university has been named among the world’s top 20,but experts warn a limit on international students could hinder our progress.

  • byRobyn Grace
What’s the point of going to uni? It’s a question I’m still asking
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University

What’s the point of going to uni? It’s a question I’m still asking

I had gone to school with people who thought tertiary education was something to be admired. What surprised me,when I actually arrived,was how pointless the whole thing seemed.

  • byFlynn Shan Benson
How the changes to higher education debts will affect you

How the changes to higher education debts will affect you

How will the changes to HECS indexation actually work? And how much do you stand to benefit? Here’s a quick guide.

  • byRachel Clun
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WA students are not watching lectures any more. This uni did something about it

WA students are not watching lectures any more. This uni did something about it

Murdoch University teachers noticed the decline in students attending or watching lectures online and made a change.

  • byHolly Thompson
The government’s HECS change is good,but another tweak is still needed
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HECS

The government’s HECS change is good,but another tweak is still needed

Timing is important – and that’s one of the clear shortfalls in the federal government’s surprise for young people with student loans.

  • byMillie Muroi
Student incomes to receive further government boost as Labor goes after youth vote

Student incomes to receive further government boost as Labor goes after youth vote

Education Minister Jason Clare also warned any intimidation on university campuses was “intolerable”.

  • byAngus Thompson andMatthew Knott
Labor wipes $3b off student loans as cost-of-living relief measure

Labor wipes $3b off student loans as cost-of-living relief measure

Facing blowback over its agenda to help financially insecure Millennials,Labor has revealed a major change to the calculation of student loan indexation.

  • byPaul Sakkal
The Perth suburbs with the highest concentration of international students

The Perth suburbs with the highest concentration of international students

In two local government areas in WA,more than 10 per cent of the rental market is taken up by international students – well above the national average.

  • byHolly Thompson