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On Campus
Union survey shows only 9 per cent of JCU staff trust management
More than 90 per cent of James Cook University (JCU) staff have reported a lack of trust in the university…
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News
It’s worth it for ‘marginal’ students to go to uni says Productivity Commision
The Productivity Commission says earning a degree has worthwhile benefits for “marginal” students who only just make it into university,…
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Opinion
A focus on learning innovation for old and new: opinion
The Universities Accord is open for consultation at an intriguing and dynamic time for the sector. It is inviting big…
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Research Funding
Govt directs $400 million to medical research
University researchers will investigate the effects vaping on teenagers and launch a 'world first' trial to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy…
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News
Flinders Uni unveils new nuclear degrees ahead of AUKUS deal
Flinders University has announced a global academic collaboration to offer new nuclear degrees and research opportunities amid the signing of…
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Industry & Research
Monash partners with Fiji on world-first climate research centre
Monash University researchers will collaborate with Fiji National University (FNU) as part of a research venture to address the effects…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: Pursuing high impact learning innovation in a legacy brand – episode 67
Professor Caron Beaton-Wells the Dean (internal) at Melbourne Business School joins the HEDx podcast to share lessons of how one…
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Faculty Focus
Murdoch appoints first female Chancellor in 50 years
One of Perth's top public universities has appointed a female chancellor for the first time in its nearly 50-year history.…
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International Education
CDU signs higher ed deal with Bangladesh
Researchers from CDU could have more international research opportunities after the university secured a deal with Bangladesh this week. On…
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Industry & Research
Universities ramp up efforts in nuclear training
Australian universities have begun a pivot towards nuclear industry courses in what will be a decades-long effort to supply the…
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International Education
Deakin University to build world-first campus in India
Victoria's Deakin University has announced it will be the first foreign university to establish a teaching campus in India, with…
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On Campus
‘We want it to be over’: Sydney Uni staff strike again
Staff from Sydney University have gone on strike over casualisation, work conditions and wages for the seventh time since the…
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News
Go8 urges deeper India research ties
Australia’s research-intensive universities are pushing for an even closer relationship with India, urging the two countries to establish a higher…
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News
One quarter of top global universities run by women
Monash Vice-Chancellor Margaret Gardner and University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry are the only two Australian women leading a top…
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Podcasts
ChatGPT can help slash lecturers workloads: podcast
University academics should learn to use artificial intelligence to help craft their assignment guidelines, lesson plans and marking rubrics, according…
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Policy & Reform
Universities’ bid to avoid multi-employer bargaining
Universities are being advised how to avoid getting roped into multi-employer agreements under a leaked “strategy road map” that unions…
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Top Stories
La Trobe Vice-Chancellor steps down
Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar AO, has announced plans to step down at the end of the…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: Bringing bold big ideas into the Universities Accord – Episode 66
Professor Mary O'Kane in leading the Universities Accord invites HEDx to be a facilitator and provocateur of big ideas into the…
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News
Overseas students contribute to $29bn in education exports
International students in Australia generated $29bn in education exports last year, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of…
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Policy & Reform
Independent review to assess Western Australia’s university sector
Western Australia will conduct an independent review of the state's four public universities to address a drop in student numbers…
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News
ANU and Macquarie partnership
International undergraduates from ANU and Macquarie University will be able to study across both campuses as part of a new…
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International Education
Overseas graduates at risk of exploitation in Australia’s job market
Universities will have to work with the government to "better educate" companies and the public about international students' visas if…
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News
Aussie professor taken hostage in PNG rescued
The Australian archaeologist, held captive by armed gunmen for more than a week in the Papua New Guinea wilderness, has been released. Professor Bryce…
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Policy & Reform
Review submissions urge an end to the uni fee imbalance
A new federal government discussion paper on higher education reform acknowledges a strong push from the education sector to change…
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Top Stories
UniMelb, USyd, RMIT underpaid staff more than $67m
Australian universities have underpaid their staff by at least $107.8 million since 2020, according to a new report. The ‘NTEU…
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