UWA vice-chancellor Professor Alan Robson has been appointed chair of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) board. WUN is a partnership of 16 research-focused universities in Europe, North America, China, New Zealand and Australia. Robson is also chair of the Group ...

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed health academics for its Brisbane and Melbourne campuses. Professor Sally Borbasi has been appointed associate dean of health sciences (learning and teaching) at the Brisbane campus. She joins ...

The Flinders Law School has recently made several appointments. Professor Susan Breau has taught at leading universities in the UK as an expert in the legality of international humanitarian interventions; Professor Willem deLint is a Canadian researcher in criminology, criminal ...

AARNet’s new venture will throw open videoconferencing and collaboration to all comers, writes Beverley Head. Come the end of this year, Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) plans to launch a free videoconferencing service for students, researchers and academics in ...

Universities need to give digital technology the finger. By Graeme Harper. Statement one: universities sometimes lag behind developments in society. Some might even say, wryly, this statement is a truism. Statement two: universities sometimes are way ahead of the lay ...

TEQSA continues to raise the ire of just about everyone in the sector, but AUQA has been given a reprieve to continue business as usual. By Julie Hare. The Australian Universities Quality Agency will continue business as usual for the ...

Universities might be breathing easy in the aftermath of a recent court ruling that protects them if their web services are used for illegal file sharing. But they shouldn’t relax just yet. John Ross reports. Universities could again face litigation ...

Universities are growing way faster than the government expected – and it’s both a blessing and a curse. john Ross reports. The federal government has been taken by surprise by the early success of its own university expansion policy, and ...

It’s been a long time between rounds, but EIF funding started to flow again last week. Julie Hare reports. After a long and frustrating wait, funding for the third round of the Education Investment Fund started to flow when the ...