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On Campus
Campus encampments and protests are a sign of failed university governance: A Canadian perspective
Last year, there were multiple protest encampments and other actions by groups of students on Canadian university campuses regarding the…
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Policy & Reform
TEQSA to ask parliament for more power over universities
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) will on Wednesday tell the Education and Employment Legislation Committee it needs…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: Head of AI at Macquarie uni – Episode 158
Phil Laufenberg is the Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Macquarie University. His experience varies from tech-startups to executive responsibilities…
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Top Stories
La Trobe University uncovers $10m in underpayments to staff
La Trobe University will fork out more than $10m to cover the underpayments of 6700 staff, after investigations found the institution had…
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International Education
Mark Scott says international students are “a down payment on the future”
University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott reaffirmed that all international students are welcome at his university during a meeting of…
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Policy & Reform
Will Trump’s “anti-wokeism” change DEI in Australian universities?
United States President Donald Trump's first six weeks of his second term has been defined by 76 executive orders, the…
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Industry & Research
How universities can fix health workforce shortages
Three Australian healthcare experts last week told universities how to solve the biggest challenges and possible solutions to a number…
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Commentary
Advice from Indigenous students to Indigenous students
Navigating student life, especially when entering university or tertiary education for the first time, is no easy feat. Students are…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: What happened at the UA summit – Episode 156
The Universities Australia Solutions Summit brought together university leaders, academics and government together in Canberra last week. The annual event…
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Features
Q&A: Bill Shorten on pay cuts and student happiness
The new vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra (UC) Bill Shorten said universities will never make everybody happy, but they…
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Policy & Reform
“Unis are not Centrelink offices”: Coalition’s pitch to university leaders
The Coalition would scrap Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) and have an independent tribunal decide vice-chancellor pay, opposition education spokeswoman…
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Funding
EXCLUSIVE: Ombudsman on what universities can do better now to support students
The National Student Ombudsman (NSO) First Assistant Ombudsman Sarah Bendall has revealed details of the 220-or-so student complaints she has…
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Policy & Reform
Mary O’Kane to lead ATEC from July, UA chief’s pitch to press
The chair of the Australian Universities Accord is to lead the yet-to-be-established Australian Tertiary Education Commission, Education Minister Jason Clare…
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Events
2024 Shaping Australia award winners announced
Researchers who developed coffee ground-infused concrete, a rust disease cure for wheat crops and an intellectual-disability friendly playground took home…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: The first Indigenous VC of any Aus, NZ uni – Episode 155
Vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology Professor Damon Salesa shares his views about place-based innovation in the context of…
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On Campus
Ombudsman receives 170 complaints in first two weeks
The new National Student Ombudsman (NSO) is bracing for a slew of complaints from this year’s O-Week celebrations after it…
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Policy & Reform
Report card: Accord recommendations 12 months on
The 408-page Universities Accord document has shaped the past year of university reform discussions. The document includes 47 recommendations that…
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Top Stories
Clean energy TAFE Centre of Excellence to be built in Tas
A new $27m Clean Energy Centre of Excellence will be established in Burnie, where students will be trained to help…
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Policy & Reform
New TEQSA commissioners announced
The two new leaders of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) were announced on Tuesday. Professor Krause. Picture:…
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News
Melbourne has the best academic reputation of any Australian uni, Times Higher Education says
The University of Melbourne has topped the list of Australia’s most prestigious higher education facilities globally. The annual Times Higher Education (THE) world academic…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: How many international students does Australia need? – Episode 154
Abul Rizvi was the deputy secretary of the Department of Immigration, then the deputy secretary of the Department of Communication.…
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Funding
Universities Australia wishlist for next election
The peak body representing universities, Universities Australia (UA), has said the federal government should offer more money and less bureaucracy…
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On Campus
“Safe rooms” set up for Jewish students at Sydney unis
A high-security “safe room” has been set up for Jewish students at a top Sydney university after some reported feeling…
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Analysis
There is declining trust in Australian unis. Federal government policy is a big part of the problem
As we head towards the federal election, both sides of politics are making a point of criticising universities and questioning…
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On Campus
UNSW purchases six state-of-the-art aircraft for School of Aviation amid national pilot shortage
As Australia stares down the barrel of a looming pilot shortage, more than 100 NSW university students are taking to…
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