Education news in Australia

An overview of news, trends and research in the Education industry in Australia:

Set to face funding issues, Australian universities are in need of new strategies Universities across Australia are facing growing financial pressures.
03 October 2024
Lippincott delivers inaugural brand design for the new Adelaide University Lippincott – the brand and innovation subsidiary of Oliver Wyman Group – has celebrated a massive local coup in delivering the inaugural branding for Adelaide University.
14 August 2024
Kyndryl helps Macquarie University shift IT to AWS cloud infrastructure Macquarie University has concluded the next step of its digital transformation journey with the migration of its IT infrastructure to a hybrid cloud environment.
30 April 2024
Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech coming to campuses in Australia The Canberra Institute of Technology is implementing a ‘cashierless’ system in its Bruce campus cafe, raising the question; who exactly is Bruce? Canberra Institute of Technology students with the la
31 January 2024
KPMG and Deloitte hook-up with universities for skills programs Australia’s top consultancies have been partnering with the country’s leading universities to address chronic skills shortages, with Deloitte and La Trobe and KPMG and Charles Darwin University the l
18 December 2023
Fujitsu launches new AI research lab with Macquarie University Continuing their existing relationship, Fujitsu has co-launched a new artificial intelligence research lab at Macquarie University, with the early aim of developing revolutionary training technology
30 November 2023
Deloitte selected as consulting partner for university mega-merger Deloitte has been selected to support the largest ever university merger in history.
17 October 2023
Vantage Performance develops turnaround module for students The University of Queensland has teamed up with turnaround consultancy Vantage Performance to add a Turnaround Management module to one of its bachelor programmes.
25 September 2023
Swinburne partners with NCS and Avanade on digital learning Swinburne University has signed up two leading technology firms – NCS and Avanade – to support the delivery of content designed to prepare graduates for the evolving digital business landscape.
18 September 2023
DXC Technology expands digital equality initiative to Asia Pacific After a successful launch in Australia, DXC Technology has extended its Digital Futures social impact program to the Asia Pacific region, beginning with 18 schools in the Philippines.
19 April 2023
Women in STEM – it’s time to try positive discrimination Despite the introduction of countless women-focused STEM initiatives and encouraging growth in the number of women studying STEM degrees, decades of investment have made little difference at the work
04 April 2023
Anchora assists Western Sydney University in driving up enrolments Marketing technology consultancy, Anchora, has recently completed a campaign execution with Western Sydney University (Western) focused on delivering an enhanced digital experience for students comme
09 February 2023
Can human-centered design thinking get consent education right? Shannon Viall is a Business Designer at ThinkPlace, a strategic design consultancy.
29 September 2022
Sydney Quantum Academy adds HCL Technologies to partner network Sydney Quantum Academy has agreed a partnership with HCL Technologies, in a move that aims to help accelerate the development of the quantum technology ecosystem in Australia.
30 August 2022
Cisco teams with Flinders for Adelaide tech innovation hub Flinders University has launched a new technology innovation centre in Adelaide in partnership with US technology firm Cisco.
04 April 2022
How Elabor8 helped University of Melbourne adopt an agile mindset Among a roll-call of leading Australian organisations, consulting firm Elabor8 has over the years assisted several universities with leveraging agile methodologies, including the University of Melbou
14 February 2022
New EY app encourages teenage girls to consider STEM career Following successful pilots in India and the United States, professional services firm EY is set to release a new app in Australia designed to encourage interest among teenage girls in the world of S
02 February 2022
UTS partners with NTT on cutting-edge smart city solutions The University of Technology Sydney has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Japanese technology conglomerate NTT to develop smart city solutions for the state of New South Wales.
20 January 2022
Deloitte establishes academy in partnership with Adelaide University Australia’s third oldest university – the University of Adelaide – has partnered with professional services firm Deloitte to establish a new academy focused on education in future growth industries.
29 December 2021
KPMG and University of Newcastle create new technology hub The University of Newcastle and KPMG will forge a partnership to support graduate employment pathways.
17 November 2021
University of South Australia partners with Accenture for digital skills As Adelaide begins to emerge as a significant tech hub, Accenture and the University of South Australia have joined forces to establish a business and digital innovation academy.
06 September 2021
EY predicts an end to the traditional uni campus in Australia In a new report on Australia’s higher education sector from EY, a number of converging factors have led the professional services firm to predict a coming end to the traditional university campus.
26 August 2021
Deakin University partners with Infosys on skills and innovation Victoria’s Deakin University has joined with global technology provider Infosys in a new research, innovation and skills development partnership to be based out of Geelong.
20 May 2021
Universities hire McGrathNicol to assess foreign interference risk A set of Australian universities have tapped McGrathNicol to help assess the potential risk of foreign interference in their research programmes – with a focus on threats from China.
29 April 2021
Education consultancy Crimson defends wage subsidies Heavily-backed New Zealand education consultancy Crimson Education has defended drawing upwards of half a million dollars in subsidies from the country’s coronavirus job-saving scheme.
22 February 2021
Te Pūkenga brings in EY for operating model design Te Pūkenga, formerly the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST), has contracted professional services company EY and EY Tahi to co-design its “operating model”.
15 February 2021
Regional Universities Network contribute $2.4 billion to economy In a new report, Nous Group has measured the economic impact of Australia’s Regional University Network (RUN) to find that it contributes well over $2 billion in real GDP terms to the economy.
03 November 2020
McKinsey's Generation Australia launches tech training program Moving with the times, McKinsey & Company’s Generation Australia is looking to help meet an unprecedented spike in the demand for IT development skills in Australia, through a new web developer train
28 May 2020
Australian universities heading towards $9 billion shortfall The coronavirus pandemic will have a major impact on the finance coffers of Australian universities.
20 April 2020
Small universities struggling to keep pace with larger institutions Smaller universities in Australia are set for tough times, in light of an imminent spending crunch for the education sector as a whole.
14 April 2020
TAFE NSW spends millions on McKinsey, BCG and Deloitte TAFE NSW, a vocational education and training provider for professionals in New South Wales, has in the space of 14 months spent over $6 million on external consultants, sparking criticism at a time
05 January 2020
Better university student performance adds billions to economy Tackling major challenges currently facing the Australian education system could add $3.
10 October 2019

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