ANU has been ranked Australia’s most international university in the latest round of the Times Higher Education rankings.  Six Australian universities have ranked among the top 50 of the world's most international universities, but all saw a drop in their ...

Publishers of globally respected academic journals are investigating the publication of papers linked to a foundation solely funded by one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. At least three major academic publishers are reviewing how articles linked to the Foundation ...

The nation's employment watchdog has rejected Charles Darwin University's non-union enterprise agreement due to voting irregularities. The university enterprise agreement had been approved in November 2022 with 62 per cent of staff saying 'yes' to a four per cent pay ...

Australian Universities are bracing for the return of tens of thousands of Chinese students to campus after the government announced an online study ban last week. On Sunday, the Chinese government announced an online learning ban for students enrolled in ...

Australia has signed its first international higher education treaty which recognises students’ education worldwide and improves studying opportunities abroad.  Last week, Education Minister Jason Clare and Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor announced Australia was the 21st country to join the UNESCO ...

A free AI tool has sparked fears over a dramatic spike in student plagiarism, but a technology expert says universities should learn to embrace new technologies. The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 stunned academics with its ability to generate ...

Thousands of staff at the University of Queensland of Technology had their personal information stolen in a ransomware attack last month. Around 2,500 current and former faculty members, including 67 students, had personal data stolen after hackers targeted a single ...

Universities will consider giving staff the option to work on Australia Day following an ongoing debate around the controversial date. Earlier this month, the University of Wollongong announced they would let staff work on January 26 saying it wasn't “a ...

Academic staff from Griffith University have voted to bypass one-off $1000 payments included in the university's most recent wage offer, pushing salary negotiations into the new year. The vote followed an 80-page offer sent out by Griffith management in late ...

Business figure and philanthropist Jane Hansen will be the next chancellor of the University of Melbourne following the decision of current chancellor, barrister Allan Myers QC, to step down after his second three year term. Ms Hansen, who is currently ...