The Minister for Education is threatening cheating services with jail time under new laws introduced to parliament this week. Minister Dan Tehan introduced the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Prohibiting Academic cheating Services) Bill 2019 into the House of ...

The University of Tasmania has formally apologised to the island state's indigenous people, acknowledging the institution has been built on "the proceeds of war and dispossession". More than 600 people including Aboriginal leaders, university staff and students gathered at Domain ...

Ever said something you regretted over a family Christmas lunch? Or wish you hadn't written that embarrassing Tinder bio? Chances are you were particularly alert and awake that day. That’s what new University of Melbourne research suggests. Dr Brent Coker ...

The QS Asia University Rankings 2020 have just been released, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) taking out the top spot for a second year in row. Nanyang International University, Singapore, which held the top position in 2018, was ...

A University of Technology Sydney academic is in hot water over threatening letters she received over the course of months. The NSW police allege the woman orchestrated the harassment campaign against herself. In May this year, the woman received threatening ...

After the dystopian futures predicted in the television series The Handmaids Tale and Huxley’s classic Brave New World, Monash University has launched a new podcast series called What Happens Next? which posits that such tales are becoming uncomfortably similar to the reality ...

A statement released yesterday suggests that students and employers who pay the full cost of their vocational education and training (VET) will miss out on their fees being protected if a training provider folds. According to legislative reforms being debated before ...

A University of Western Australia scientist will brave the Antarctic cold this summer to trial a space rover destined for one of Jupiter's moons. Dr Dan Arthur will work with engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Australia's Casey research station. They will ...

The Australian National University has released a new strategy to curb sexual violence across its community. It works through the key drivers of sexual assault and harassment and what needs to be done on campus to stamp them out. Last ...

Twenty-six Australian and New Zealand universities secured well over half a billion dollars in philanthropic support in 2018. It's one of the highest totals for the group in the past five years but is down on 2017 figures. The findings ...