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Professor Martin Betts at a university open day. Photo: Supplied. The world has been waking up to a new set of numbers most days since March. In Australia, the numbers look quite different state to state. The feeling that “we ...

Universities Australia’s chief executive Catriona Jackson says the peak body is in discussions with two government departments regarding the government’s proposed bill that will allow it to veto agreements between countries and a range of stakeholders – including universities. “We ...

Targeted grants from La Trobe, Medibank and Optus will help La Trobe University researchers investigate ways of rapidly improving community health and wellbeing as the spectre of COVID-19 hangs over our health system. Under the “Rapid Response Research” scheme, three ...

Working in and around Australian universities in 2020 is certainly different! And most of the commentators are speculating that 2021 will be even tougher. Or will they be times of opportunity? And how do we ensure we give equal attention ...

Roughly 600 higher education staff are expected to meet online today to debate and vote on an assembly motion to oppose the government’s planned controversial reforms to higher education. The online group will also call for “national industrial action as part ...

CampusReview · Tough times ahead for Australia's young people: Professor Peter Kelly - Podcast An education and wellbeing expert is concerned that the future for young people will be as challenging, if not more so, than that experienced after the ...

Modelling by Victoria University has predicted that if work-from-home policies (WFH) continue after COVID-19 is controlled or eliminated, the country’s urban sprawl will continue, job flight to our biggest cities will increase, and there will be more economic disparity between ...

Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may be irrevocably damaged after the US Department of the Interior gained approval for gas and oil drilling in the area. Melissa Haswell is a Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing in the Office ...

The number of Australian universities who have allegedly committed wage theft is mounting, with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) saying it accounts for one quarter of all our universities. The NTEU is threatening a “wave of class actions” in ...

A group of higher education staff disappointed with proposed sector reforms will meet online on August 24 – the day federal parliament returns – in an act of unprotected industrial action. Called the National University Staff Assembly and organised by ...