The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is taking the University of Wollongong and its vice chancellor Professor Paul Wellings to the Supreme Court over the approval process used to create its Ramsay Centre degree. The union lodged a claim in ...
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Australia’s universities are not facing a free speech crisis, says a new report. Minister for Education Dah Tehan asked former chief justice of the High Court of Australia Robert French to conduct a review on free speech late last year amid ...
More »‘Radical’ new ranking measures universities against UN goals
Australia has copped some crowns in Times Higher Education’s (THE) newest ranking. To nab the top overall spot on the ladder, a university would have to demonstrate its work towards some of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ...
More »‘Cooked, racist’: Griffith course to be led by Indigenous teachers following student complaint
A student at Griffith University has called out a professor for promoting a colonial version of history in a first-year Indigenous Studies class. The complaint has prompted Griffith to change the method of the course's delivery. In a 729-word public post on ...
More »Budget roundup: universities say surplus a missed opportunity
The government is touting a $7.1 billion surplus in its latest Budget but universities aren’t celebrating. Universities Australia said the surplus was a missed opportunity to reverse cuts to university funding. Chief executive Catriona Jackson said: “It makes no sense ...
More »Australia reclaims its best rung on higher education systems ladder
For the first time since 2012, Australia has worked its way to eighth spot on a ranking of national systems of education. Compiled by the Universitas 21 (U21) group of universities and led by University of Melbourne professor Ross Williams, the ranking ...
More »Calls to consider caring for children when looking at research output
Universities should give more consideration to female academics caring for children, a new paper has argued. One way they could be doing this is by offering financial aid to cover childcare costs for those attending conferences. Another recommendation was that institutions ...
More »Research benchmarking results released amid calls for a review of the system
Australia’s universities are celebrating their standing against an international benchmark but not all are happy with the overarching excellence in research for Australia (ERA) reports. Published by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the State of Australian University Research 2018–19: ERA ...
More »Ditch NAPLAN for sample testing: Gonski Institute
Australia should scrap the current census approach of NAPLAN and replace it with sample testing of students, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been told. In its submission to COAG's review of NAPLAN, the Gonski Institute for Education at ...
More »Which Olympic sports pose the greatest skin cancer risk?
In an effort to encourage greater sun protection by elite athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, University of Southern Queensland researcher Nathan Downs has embarked on a world first study to determine which outdoor sporting disciplines pose the highest ...
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