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The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) is, for the most part, a well-oiled machine but it’s not always a particularly speedy one and needs a compliance monitoring framework. Those were some of the key findings to come from ...

A new report by education policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows the university sector could expect to lose up to $19 billion over the next three years due to a dearth of international student revenue caused by ...

COVID-19 has compelled higher education institutions in many countries to suspend classroom teaching. In Hong Kong, the transfer to online tuition commenced after the spring term had started (in February of this year), and from then on, on-screen instruction has ...

Australian researchers have found a way to help two people breathe from one ventilator as coronavirus sparks a global machine shortage. The researchers have successfully tested ventilator splitting in a simulated setting, a study published on Tuesday reveals. Ventilator splitting ...

The Australian Government has decided to set aside fees and charges from Australia’s two regulatory bodies for the independent education sector and suspend tax paid on independent student sector loans. The move comes after strong advocacy by the Independent Tertiary ...

The government has guaranteed funding for universities at current levels, even if there is a fall in domestic student numbers. It’s a move that has been generally welcomed by universities but not without warning of a turbulent future despite the ...

The University of New England has created the world’s only fully online human skeleton thanks to a former staff member’s decision to have his remains used as a teaching aid. Archaeology technician Rowan Webb died from cancer in 2010 and ...

Education Minister Dan Tehan has made an assurance that all Australian students will graduate with an ATAR this year, despite the multitude of disruptions and uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the decision to not entertain a Year ...

Seven universities belonging to the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group have committed to supporting students through the COVID-19 crisis by offering food packages, emergency cash and fee waivers. This comes as other universities across Australia implement similar support packages for ...

The ability of Australia’s 39 universities to assist in national recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic will be compromised without government support, Universities Australia says. UA’s chief executive Catriona Jackson said the university sector and the government have been “working closely” ...