The University of Virginia in the US has repatriated seven sacred Indigenous objects to central Australia. The materials were collected by a delegation of Warlpiri men from Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, from an Adelaide museum last week. This follows ...

The recently released QS World Rankings 2023 leaves much to consider. At the global level, there is increased competition and engagement in the rankings. It includes 1422 universities in 2023 compared to 1300 in the 2022 QS rankings. By broad ...

Young men are enrolling in university at lower rates than women, and are more likely to fail the majority of their first-year course subjects, University Admissions Centre (UAC) data has shown. A recent UAC analysis looked at first-year university grade ...

Australian universities have slipped in the latest round of international higher education rankings, with only five local institutions placing in the world's top 50. The Australian National University ranked as the nation's best institution, but also dropped three places to ...

As National Reconciliation Week draws to a close, universities have had time to reflect on the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and experiences within higher education. The final day of the week-long commemoration, June 3rd, observes ...

Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link between unstable weather and mortality.  From 2000 to 2019, Monash experts have determined that an average of 1.75 million deaths ...

Distinguished academic and longtime university head professor Glyn Davis has been chosen as the new secretary for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Davis was vice-chancellor of Melbourne University between 2005 to 2018 and was previously head of ...

Experts have called to establish specialised peer review panels to help close the gender funding gap in academic research. A recent survey from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found work disruptions to be the main reason why ...

A huge deadline is looming for almost three million university students saddled with student debt, who have just six days before they are hit with a big payment increase. From June 1, the indexation rate applied to HECS–HELP loans will ...

Sydney University staff fronted the picket lines once again yesterday in an historic strike to advance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff rights.   This marks the third staff strike in the last two weeks. According to National Tertiary Education Union ...