Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi held a Senate roundtable earlier this month to call for an end to unpaid student work placements, which one study found can contribute to increased dropout rates and student poverty. A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ...

A new scorecard reveals that Australian universities are failing to promote healthy and sustainable food environments on campus. Deakin University’s Global Centre for Preventative Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) released its Uni-Food 2023 report yesterday, benchmarking the healthiness, equity and environmental ...

Tech giant Meta requires staff at RMIT University’s fact-checking unit to undergo mandatory training before reinstating its partnership with the troubled division. Last week, Melbourne-based RMIT FactLab cleared one hurdle when the US-based International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announced the restoration ...

The Australian Catholic University has recently announced it will abolish academic positions in history as part of broader cuts in the humanities. Staff are understandably shocked and dismayed by the news. Regrettably, the plight of these academics is part of ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: What is an omni-channel university? - Episode 94 Omnichannel is an operating model that retailers use across sales, marketing and customer experience. It integrates all delivery channels, such as in-store, online, or in-app, to create a ...

More than 100,000 students and staff at Monash University will have access to free mental health and wellbeing support through a new smartphone app. The Thrive smartphone app was rolled out to the Monash community – providing mental health support ...

The University of Sydney has acted to shut down an event promoting a “global intifada” after local Jewish leaders raised the alarm over posters using a picture of a bulldozer crashing through an Israeli security fence to promote the meeting. The event, ...

The University of Melbourne has committed to a radical shift in the profile of its student body, aiming to lift the proportion of undergraduates from key disadvantaged groups from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2030. Provost Nicola ...

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 ...

The Gold Coast campus of Griffith University opened its new biomedical research and development centre earlier this month, which will research and develop vaccines for illnesses including chlamydia, acne and some cancers. The $280m Translational Science Hub (TNS) is a ...