A statement released yesterday suggests that students and employers who pay the full cost of their vocational education and training (VET) will miss out on their fees being protected if a training provider folds. According to legislative reforms being debated before ...

A University of Western Australia scientist will brave the Antarctic cold this summer to trial a space rover destined for one of Jupiter's moons. Dr Dan Arthur will work with engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Australia's Casey research station. They will ...

The Australian National University has released a new strategy to curb sexual violence across its community. It works through the key drivers of sexual assault and harassment and what needs to be done on campus to stamp them out. Last ...

Twenty-six Australian and New Zealand universities secured well over half a billion dollars in philanthropic support in 2018. It's one of the highest totals for the group in the past five years but is down on 2017 figures. The findings ...

The last of the latest Times Higher Education (THE) subject rankings have been released, with Australian universities being well represented in psychology; physical sciences; life sciences; and clinical, pre-clinical and health. Three Australian universities scored top 50 rankings in psychology, ...

Australia is now ranked fifth in the world according to the number of highly cited researchers in the science and social sciences fields. Published by analytics company The Web of Science Group, the list of Highly Cited Researchers identifies the number ...

Laureates of Australian literature including Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee and Miles Franklin winner Charlotte Wood have declared their support for UWA Publishing in a defiant and impassioned open letter. The organisation’s future is in jeopardy following a shock announcement from ...

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan is visiting both Malaysia and India with the aim of creating new job and business opportunities for Australians in the education sector. "Strengthening Australia's relationship with other countries will benefit our education system with flow-on ...

Funding is the lifeblood of academic research and the Australian Research Council (ARC) late last week announced the Linkage Project grants, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards and the Future Fellowship grants. Monash University and the University of Melbourne were awarded ...

Syracuse University in the US has suspended the social activities of its fraternities following a string of racist and anti-Semitic incidents. The move follows student protests over concerns of inaction regarding a slew of reports of racist comments and graffiti. ...