The cost of staying on after an Australian degree has doubled
Australia’s post-study work visa fee doubled on 1 March, applying to the subclass 485 route that lets international graduates live and work there after study. It matters to UK students considering an Australian masters or a year abroad with a work component, and it is the fourth destination this year to make post-study work more expensive or harder to obtain.
Students’ union elections, and the questions worth asking candidates
Coverage of a wellbeing officer election puts the same question to every candidate, which is a better guide than a manifesto: what specifically they would do, and with what budget. Union officers control real money and sit on university committees where decisions about rent, assessment and support are made. Students’ union explained covers what the roles actually do.
Skydiving for Alzheimer’s Society
Bristol students describe why they are jumping out of an aeroplane for the Alzheimer’s Society, which is the kind of fundraising that sounds like a stunt and is usually a first encounter with a cause someone has a reason to care about. Most universities’ RAG groups organise these centrally, including the insurance. Volunteering and RAG covers getting involved.