The Fair Work Amendment Tackling Job Insecurity Bill, which was introduced by Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt, would improve the job security of those workers currently employed as regular casuals or on fixed-term contracts. It would enable employees or unions ...

The University of Newcastle has called for the students’ representative body to sign an agreement not to release the identity of students involved in an appeal, complaint or investigation with the university until the conclusion of that case. The Newcastle ...

The National Tertiary Education Union is calling for a public inquiry following the collapse of a construction crane at the University of Technology Sydney. Simon Wade, president of the UTS NTEU branch, witnessed the accident and said he was concerned ...

Australian universities currently have more links with universities in China than with any other part of the world, the federal Tertiary Education Minister and a leading university lobby have announced.   Attending the Australia-China University Leaders Forum in Canberra, Senator ...

Education is Victoria’s largest export and it is the second biggest in NSW, a new report has found. The report by consultant Alan Olsen shows higher education plays a leading role in the economies of the two states. Universities Australia ...

Digital learning will be high on the agenda for Mary McAleese and her colleagues as they examine Europe’s higher education institutions. After serving 14 years as president of the Republic of Ireland, one could be excused for wishing to take ...

The University of Western Sydney has backed away from plans to dump all economics study, promising that an introductory course to economics as well as the honours program will remain. But critics say the first-year economics course consisting of eight ...

Universities have welcomed the government’s new international focus but have called for more funds to implement the bold plans. The federal government’s Australia in the Asian Century white paper sets out ambitious targets for the nation to embrace our neighbours ...

Universities teach and carry out research into energy efficiency but it is time to put the theory to work. Universities are major energy users and emitters of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. As centres of learning and research, ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has been given the power to appoint a governing council at the University of Sydney’s troubled St John’s College. The NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell introduced a bill to Parliament last week that ...