Policy & Reform
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$100m Coalition election promise to fund 200 regional medical students matches Labor
Regional and rural Australia’s doctor shortage is being targeted as an election issue by the Coalition, which is promising to…
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Education Minister’s western Sydney seat to be test for Labor
Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on…
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Greens to push for free university in a hung parliament
Every Australian would be able to go to university or TAFE for free under a new Greens policy that would…
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Banks to waive HECS-HELP loans in mortgage applications
People with student debt can now borrow more for a house as new government guidance filters through to the banks.…
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Data breach affects 10,000 Western Sydney University students
Students from Western Sydney University (WSU) have had their data accessed and likely posted to the dark web in a…
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“I’m not sure it’s the Accord anymore”: Is our North Star already outdated?
Two prominent student-success-driven university leaders have urged immediate action to improve student success, warning against waiting for government green-lights like…
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Concern Dutton will push American-style crackdown on “woke” universities
The Coalition has warned it would use university regulator levers to review university degree course content to check for "woke"…
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How universities can use artificial intelligence to regain social license
Universities will need to prove to future students why university degrees are worth it in an artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge…
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HEDx Podcast: Danny Liu, creator of Cogniti.ai – Episode 162
University of Sydney's (USyd) Danny Liu built the award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) agent tool Cogniti.ai to enhance student learning in…
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Little in budget for higher ed
More tax cuts for every Australian and reiterations of measures that had already been announced marked Tuesday night's federal budget,…
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TEQSA can’t fix wage underpayment, VC pay issues: Governance inquiry
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has told the Education and Employment Senate Committee that the sector regulator doesn't have…
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Four universities being investigated over protests: Governance inquiry
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) revealed four universities are being investigated for their handling of protests and…
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TEQSA to ask parliament for more power over universities
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) will on Wednesday tell the Education and Employment Legislation Committee it needs…
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Will Trump’s “anti-wokeism” change DEI in Australian universities?
United States President Donald Trump's first six weeks of his second term has been defined by 76 executive orders, the…
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“Unis are not Centrelink offices”: Coalition’s pitch to university leaders
The Coalition would scrap Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) and have an independent tribunal decide vice-chancellor pay, opposition education spokeswoman…
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Ombudsman on what universities can do better now to support students
The National Student Ombudsman (NSO) First Assistant Ombudsman Sarah Bendall has revealed details of the 220-or-so student complaints she has…
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Mary O’Kane to lead ATEC from July
The chair of the Australian Universities Accord is to lead the yet-to-be-established Australian Tertiary Education Commission, Education Minister Jason Clare…
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Report card: Accord recommendations 12 months on
The 408-page Universities Accord document has shaped the past year of university reform discussions. The document includes 47 recommendations that…
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New TEQSA commissioners announced
The two new leaders of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) were announced on Tuesday. Professor Krause. Picture:…
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Universities Australia wishlist for next election
The peak body representing universities, Universities Australia (UA), has said the federal government should offer more money and less bureaucracy…
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There is declining trust in Australian unis. Federal government policy is a big part of the problem
As we head towards the federal election, both sides of politics are making a point of criticising universities and questioning…
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Innovative Research Universities’ pre-budget wishlist
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has asked the federal government to invest in four key areas in the next budget, due…
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Vice-chancellor pay and “quality of governance” to be scrutinised by Senate inquiry
Australia's vice-chancellors will be questioned about their pay packages, instances of wage underpayment, and the use of external consultants in…
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Here’s where AI, VR and AR are boosting learning in higher ed
Australian universities and TAFEs are embracing and combining emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality…
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National Student Ombudsman legislation passed, leader announced
A highly experienced lawyer has been appointed to lead the anticipated university watchdog and complaints function, after the legislation passed…
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