The federal government’s new MyUniversity website has created a face for the Australian higher education and conveyed it to the world. Trouble is, it’s not an accurate reflection, says the sector. Universities Australia (UA) could give only “cautious support” when ...

Libraries are just as important today as they were before the digital revolution, says the former director-general of the National Library of Australia. Books last for 300 years but the obsolescence of some digital devices reinforces the need for experts ...

Australian graduates have good employment and salary rates, a study has found, tracking 11,000 students three years after they left university. The third Beyond Graduation report, conducted by Graduate Careers Australia, surveyed 11,807 people who had completed the 2008 Australian ...

Despite having been around since the 1970s, interdisciplinary research in Australia is still a relatively neglected field, but one that could achieve much more, a new report has found. The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) has just released Strengthening ...

The ACT government has denied an accusation that it is using COAG as a smokescreen to abandon plans for a proposed University of Canberra Institute of Technology (UCIT). The territory government put the proposal on hold until after the COAG ...

Australia needs a minister to look after the important international education sector, says Phil Honeywood, executive director of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). There have been concerns from industry leaders that the sector lacks direction; it generates $16 ...

Staff at the Australian National University in Canberra have rejected plans for redundancies, with union representatives saying there are other ways to save money than by cutting jobs – and that the university may not be in the financial straits ...

Talking to plants helps them grow — it’s the cardinal edict of gardening folklore the world over. But plants can’t really hear, and they certainly can’t talk back… Can they? According to new research from the University of Western Australia, ...

Professor Warren Bebbington will continue a career track through the Group of Eight when he commences as vice-chancellor at the University of Adelaide on July 1. “My whole career’s been in Group of Eight universities, so I feel a great ...

A dispute has been sparked at RMIT University over management’s proposal to embed behavioural standards in academic and professional work plans. Staff believe the new standards could be used against them in work reviews. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) ...