The University of Otago strives to encourage students to be true to themselves. At the University of Otago we hold an Academic Convocation Ceremony at the beginning of each year. Like graduation, Convocation is a formal affair where the academic ...

The HESLA Bill has the potential to damage regional universities and the communities that depend on them, and RUN will not support it. On one hand, the federal government is delivering policy to assist regional Australia, its students, universities and ...

Since Torrens University Australia entered the higher education sector in 2013, we have successfully developed and grown nationally, commensurate with the changing needs of our students and the evolving Australian and international education landscape. In two years, the university has ...

A focus on first-year students is embracing tertiary education’s big picture. The longterm outcome for this blueprint is a person much better equipped for the workforce. Australian education is at a crossroads. Most students entering tertiary education will have had ...

With the demand for higher education booming worldwide, particularly in China and India, will universities be able to satisfy demand? And can Australia become a serious player in this expanding field? Our international education industry keeps expanding, which is good ...

Monash University vice-chancellor professor Margaret Gardner is to be the next chair of Universities Australia (UA). Gardner is set to succeed current UA chair professor Barney Glover, who is also vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University. Gardner will take the reins ...

Today’s students must be prepared for a continuously changing future in which adaptability and creativity will be highly prized. May I invite you to consider for a brief moment how your life’s journey has unfolded and taken you to the ...

The Australian National University aims to “reflect society in all its diversity” and to engage more closely with business under a new strategic plan announced by vice-chancellor professor Brian Schmidt. Outlining the plan to 1000 ANU staff on Thursday 9 ...

Three vice-chancellors have been recognised today by being inducted into the Order of Australia. University of Sydney vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence will now have AC after his name as a Companion of the Order of Australia. Spence received the honour ...

As informed public debate and discourse recede, it is more important than ever for universities to engage politically. As my higher education colleagues and I look to begin a new academic year, there is a pervading sense that some ‘certainties’ ...