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Monday was proclaimed “freedom day” for Sydney residents who were double vaccinated, allowing them some extra privileges such as getting a well-earned haircut, visiting retail stores, and even visiting a pub for a coldie. But while the majority of residents were ...

In this episode, Professor Jennifer Whyte of the University of Sydney joins the HEDx podcast to reflect on culture, leadership and partnerships as an Australian Head of School in a Go8 compared to her experiences at Imperial College in the ...

Experts from the University of Sydney claim Covid-19 cases could surge to 40,000 a day across Australia if state governments throw all restrictions out the window when 80 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated. Although NSW appears to be past ...

More Australian universities must drastically review their current revenue streams if they are to remain viable in a highly disrupted market, according to a leading venture capital specialist. Stoic Venture Capital partner Dr Geoff Waring warned of an “over-reliance on ...

VILLE HARVARD-BOUND University of Wollongong Senior Professor Simon Ville will take up the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University for the 2022–23 academic year. Ville said he was thrilled to learn he would take up the Chair, which has previously ...

The Victorian government has become the latest to submit formal plans to get international students back into Australian institutions. Overseas students will start coming to Victoria by the end of this year under the 'Victorian Government’s Student Arrivals Plan', which ...

Lockdowns associated with the pandemic and a move away from traditional in-store sales to online purchases has seen demand for RMIT Online's masters programs jump significantly, particularly in the fields of logistics and data science.  With the explosion of “big ...

Brittany Higgins has taken up a new role to further her work advocating for victims of sexual assault and harassment and for gender equality. The former political staffer has been appointed as the first visiting fellow at the Australian National University’s ...

The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey program, including the 2021 Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS), has just been released, highlighting the ongoing effect the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the Australian labour market as well as sharp differences ...

Steve Jobs once said: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards.” Looking back, 2020/21 was a time of dramatic shift in universities. International student income had propelled research growth, raising our performance in ...