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New strict rules for overseas students, including an international student cap of 270,000, have been met with concern that prospective foreign students will feel discouraged from coming to Australia, although one international student consultant says the effect might be positive. ...

Macquarie University has found it underpaid almost 3,000 casual academic staff by a combined $1.9m between 2017 and 2023. The announcement comes after an internal investigation between 2016 and 2022, initiated by the university itself, found another 1033 casual academics who ...

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is the most recent person to transform a college into a university. Her alma mater, Avondale University, was a university college before she was appointed vice-chancellor in 2023. Her appointment followed a 30-year career in academia and ...

Universities with more current international students received less room for growth than providers who have fewer current foreign enrolments, the formula for allocating cap numbers has dictated. The details of the pending international student cap legislation were announced last Monday ...

The Student Accommodation Council (the Council), which advocates for the purpose-built student accommodation sector (PBSA), is maintaining its position that a reduction in international students will not have a large impact on the private rental market, despite the Albanese government ...

ChatGPT’s explosion into the mainstream quickly led to discourse on its impact on universities. What followed was a mishmash of discussions on how to make AI work in learning environments, and the potential for cheating. Australia’s higher education landscape hasn’t ...

The new leader of Western Sydney University (WSU) has a different vision for university leadership, one of which is in relation to how much vice-chancellors should be paid. The latest university annual reports show Professor Williams' predecessor, Professor Barney Glover, ...

Chris Hill. Picture: Supplied/HEDx This week Martin Betts talks to Chris Hill, chief strategy officer and head of Asia Pacific at Cintana, an education consultant that partners with Arizona State University. Mr Hill shares his experience of pioneering new models ...

Education Minister Jason Clare yesterday released the hotly anticipated number of international students the tertiary education sector will be able to enrol in 2025, cutting current enrolments by 20,000 places. The minister announced his government would set international student commencements ...

Australia is not the only country that seeks a lot from its tertiary education sector. The challenge for all countries is to find a way to achieve a multitude of goals, including increasing access and relevance for a productive society. ...