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Michael Fung as Director of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico, is the architect of the Skills Future lifelong learning strategy in Singapore. He shares thoughts on the global move towards lifelong learning and a competency based approach ...

For the second year, Western Sydney University has ranked first worldwide for its commitment to gender equality, wellbeing, climate action and global sustainability. WSU has topped over 1,500 universities from 112 countries and scored first place in the latest round ...

A Flinders University researcher has received funding to reduce food insecurity in South Australia by enhancing food preservation, minimising waste, and providing healthy options in food relief banks. Through the new Australian Research Council industry fellowship, Flinders Professor Svetlana Bogomolova ...

Many Australian Universities appear to be in short-term financial crisis right now. The perfect storm of soft domestic demand, slowly returning international students, impacted investment income, and rising costs are all combining to make financial pictures the most challenging for ...

Amid Reconciliation Week, the University of Melbourne has launched a new PhD course in Indigenous Knowledge to encourage more research and collaboration with Indigenous communities worldwide. Said to be the first of its kind in Australia, UniMelb's new PhD aims ...

Staff at the University of New South Wales have gone on strike today to secure more permanent roles for casual academic and professional staff. After a year of delayed negotiations, hundreds of UNSW staff and students will be on the ...

Astronomers at Swinburne University will use the new James Webb Space Telescope, located 1.5 million km from earth, to make the first three-dimensional map of the universe as it was in the period known as “cosmic morning”, between 10 and ...

Professor Vivek Goel as President of Waterloo University in Canada is leading an exercise to generate a vision for what Waterloo will look like at 100. This 35 year future planning horizon is unheralded in global universities and generates a unique perspective on risk, ...

Two additional Australian universities have banned the admission of Indian students in response to concerns over fraudulent visa applications. Victoria’s Federation University and Western Sydney University (WSU) have halted recruitment from students from six Indian states, including Punjab, Haryana and ...

International students studying in Australia are going hungry at an "alarming rate" according to a new report. Monash University researchers interviewed 60 overseas students across Melbourne last year and found nearly half were struggling to afford basic groceries due to ...