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Seasonal academic Dr Jack Kirne said he has been driven well past his breaking point and will be striking for better working conditions during this week's nationwide university strikes. This week, thousands of university staff across Australia will strike against ...

Despite more women in Australia studying science, technology, engineering and maths than ever, students and professionals continue to face unconscious bias and unsupportive work environments, according to a new report. Researchers from the South Australian Academy for Gender Equity in ...

Educators and artificial intelligence specialists face eight grand challenges in dealing with the impact of AI on education, according to University of Sydney computer science professor Judy Kay, who heads the Human Centred Technology Research Cluster in the engineering and ...

The Australian Universities Accord consultation process called for big ideas into its submissions. It invited diverse thinking from within the sector in Australia and globally. It also invited radical thinking and ideas from other sectors. The volume and diversity of ...

Staff from multiple universities will stage major strikes this week over rising frustrations around wage theft, heavy workloads and workforce casualisation. On Wednesday, staff from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Deakin University will walk off their jobs with ...

Australian universities have ranked among the top world's best business schools, with nine institutions named top-tier for their MBA programs.  US-based CEO Magazine published its annual Global MBA Rankings, drawing data from schools 121 schools across the US, Europe, Asia, Latin America, ...

Universities should review their PhD courses to ensure students gain professional skills and develop a network to help them land a job after they graduate, according to a new study. Research from Monash University has found a growing number of ...

Professor Sanjay Sarma reflects on his experience as Vice President of Online Learning at MIT with empathy for students developed in his own time as an IIT student in India. He describes the background to and ideas in a landmark MIT white paper for ...

Victoria University has warned its staff that all parts of the institution will come under scrutiny in an effort to return its results to surplus after lower student numbers, across both its higher education and TAFE arms, cut its revenue ...

At least four Australian universities have restricted students from multiple Indian states from applying for study following a surge in fraudulent visa applications flagged by the Home Affairs Department. Victoria University, Edith Cowan University, Torrens University, and agents working with ...