A Sydney university with less than 1500 students has been ranked number one in the nation for the highest employment rates. NCA Newswire can reveal the results of the Good Universities Guide ratings for 2025, which ranks each campus based ...
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Canberra uni offers free courses to staff made redundant
The University of Canberra (UC) will offer debt-free undergraduate and postgraduate courses to staff made redundant in its restructure. The university announced in November it would have to make 200 academic and professional positions redundant between December and June 2025 ...
More »EXCLUSIVE: UTAS to disestablish research centre, College of Arts and Law
A University of Tasmania change proposal is considering disestablishing a large part of the College of Arts, Law and Education's academic research support model to place more focus on the student experience, which academics say will make it harder to ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How is AI impacting equity students? – Episode 146
Deputy vice-chancellors (academic) of the University of Queensland, Professor Kris Ryan, and La Trobe University, Professor Jessica Vanderlelie, join Martin Betts for a fireside chat on how artificial intelligence will especially impact equity cohorts. A panel discussion led by director ...
More »Indian students feeling impact of visa changes
Punjab-based newspaper The Tribune has published an article about the “bleak future” faced by students after paying thousands of dollars in fees. The Albanese government announced in August that around 150 so-called “ghost colleges” had been shut down and another 140 issued warning notices by the ...
More »Aus HECS changes pass through Parliament as US unis wipe tuition
The Albanese government passed legislation through Parliament on Wednesday that will wipe $3bn of debt for Aussie students. The policy will link HECS indexation to the wage price index instead of the consumer price index, the latter of which has ...
More »Lecture, course material should be publicly available: Productivity Commission
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood gave universities a list of recommendations to improve teaching, learning, research and innovation in a keynote address at the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency annual conference earlier this month. The following is an excerpt ...
More »RUN, ATN, IRU say pass ESOS without the cap
Three university networks that represent 20 institutions have asked Parliament to pass the international student services Bill, which was blocked by the Coalition last week, by removing the disputed cap on overseas commencements. Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton said, ...
More »Uni execs paid more than state premiers: See the numbers
Data collated by the tertiary education union has revealed there are 306 university executives who earn more than their state's premier, even as the sector has cut over 2000 jobs in recent months. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) report ...
More »HEDx Podcast: What does an AI-first uni look like? – Episode 145
A deputy vice-chancellor (academic) panel at the 2024 Microsoft ANZ Higher Education Summit discussed the impact of AI on the future of education. Professor Jessica Vanderlelie from La Trobe University, Professor Allie Clemens from Monash University and Professor Rorden Wilkinson ...
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