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More than a quarter of staff at the University of New England have reported experiencing severe or extreme symptoms of anxiety, depression and/or burnout, a union workplace survey has found. The UNE branch of the National Tertiary Education Union surveyed ...

A Monash casual academic has said being owed tens of thousands from the university has forced him to go into debt between semesters to pay rent. Michael Lazarus, a casual lecturer in political and social inquiry, has taught at Monash ...

Thirty-nine professors at the University of New England have called on its governing body to take urgent action to “heal” the university following the resignation of former vice-chancellor Brigid Heywood. In a letter to the university council the professors, who ...

Melbourne University and the University of Queensland have ranked alongside the world’s top 50 universities in the latest round of higher education rankings.  Released annually by the Shanghai Consultancy, this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) featured seven Australian ...

Wayne Gretzky, the famous Canadian ice hockey player, is quoted as saying that he “skates to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”. He argues his success against competitors was down to that. Is competition ...

The year 2022 is the centenary of the publication of the novel Ulysses by author James Joyce. This writer has not read Joyce’s very long novel depicting the events concerning the main protagonist Leopold Bloom in a single day (June ...

Australian retail workers are being left behind as rapid shifts in technology reshape the industry, a new study has found. Retail workers, who make up about 11 per cent of the Australian workforce, are being subjected to increased surveillance, a ...

Given the pandemic circumstances there has been a shift, by many providers within the higher education sector, to online (virtual) graduation ceremonies. There is no doubting the importance of a graduation to a student who has worked hard, invested heavily, ...

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against The University of Melbourne over allegations of coercion and adverse action against two casuals who tried to claim the extra hours they had worked. The watchdog alleges, in documents filed in ...

University of England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood has resigned amid allegations of racial vilification and assault, with the university breaking its silence following pressure from unions. Heywood was charged last week with common assault and behaving offensively in public after an ...