The peak body for Australia’s 39 public universities has released 12 initiatives ahead of Tuesday’s federal budget, including prioritising the return of international students and the provision of HELP-style loans for micro-credentials. Universities Australia (UA) CEO Catriona Jackson said the ...

Like it or not, the world now finds itself amid the fourth industrial age. For higher education providers, as for all organisations, the choice is clear: embrace its potential or be assigned to the history books. The first industrial age ...

Worried about the prevalence of academic misconduct at your institution? You might have good reason to be. While the Australian government moved to outlaw the advertisement and provision of contract cheating services in September 2020, it's unlikely to stamp out ...

These are the most difficult times to be leading one of our Australian universities. Half of them have VCs who were appointed and commenced during times of turmoil. The other half had existing VCs already steering the ship when the ...

Academics have voiced concerns that Turnitin’s proposal to buy competitor Ouriginal would give the company a near monopoly of the anti-plagiarism market, reducing diversity and giving the company a “treasure trove of data”.  Ouriginial is a Stockholm-based company that formed ...

According to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Australian economy may lose a massive $40 billion by 2023 due to a significant drop in the influx of international students caused by the pandemic and border restrictions.  ...

The first thing to know about Professor Marcia Devlin’s forthcoming book Beating the Odds: A practical guide to navigating sexism in Australian universities is that it is a guide for “ambitious women” committed to systemic and long overdue change across ...

The recent summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was attended by the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The fact that ASEAN invited Min Aung Hlaing despite ...

The Morrison government will provide than $50 million of targeted support for international student providers that have been worst affected by the pandemic border closures.  The new measures wIll assist thousands of both domestic and international students, as well as ...

The public discourse around leadership, empathy and communication style has elevated in recent weeks in political and corporate contexts.  Empathy trainers must be having a field day. We are witnessing restated calls for how to be, how to lead and ...