The body representing Australian university staff has petitioned to save the job of a Sydney University (USYD) lecturer facing termination of his contract because he has asked to continue to teach remotely due to ill health. Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, senior ...

Almost 50 years after Deakin University was founded, community members claim the institution should be renamed to confront the racist policies its namesake Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second prime minister. Deakin vice-chancellor Professor Iain Martin said a name change was not ...

Staff at the University of Southern Queensland will strike for the first time in 20 years this Wednesday after negotiations with university management about fair redundancy measures fell through. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members want to see the university ...

Universities Australia (UA) chief Catriona Jackson will step down from her position in December following a tumultuous year representing Australia’s 39 tertiary institutions. UA is the peak body representing Australian universities in lobbying government, communicating to the public, and co-ordinating ...

Australia’s peak engineering body has welcomed federal investment in AUKUS engineering education and called for support to produce a further 60,000 additional graduates by 2033. Engineers Australia chief Romilly Madew AO praised the government’s commitment of $128.5m over four years ...

Sexual harassment incidents in tertiary education settings have more than doubled over the last four years, according to a recent survey. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) released the results of its 2023 survey on sexual harassment, sexism, and gender-based ...

Lived experience gives you an authentic understanding of what exclusion feels like, and it's important to harness that understanding to generate advocates for change. Effective governance responses to systemic disadvantage rely on this principle, and the same principle applies to ...

The University of Newcastle has appointed a new Chancellor to succeed the institution’s current Chancellor, who will retire at the end of the year. The Honourable Patricia Forsythe AM will take over the position from Chancellor Mr Paul Jeans upon ...

Monash University is facing an estimated $9 million back pay claim from its casual academics after the Fair Work Commission rejected the university’s bid to head off the claim by retrospectively altering its enterprise agreement with staff. The commission’s full bench ...

The federal government will spend $9.1m to support a business case and consultation process to define the scope of a National Skills Passport. The Universities Accord recommended the concept of a National Skills Passport in its interim report to Education ...