The extent to which Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) compliance is monitored has been an area of debate for many years. Between 2001-2011 the enhancement led audit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) placed less emphasis on institutional compliance with ...

A female student was raped by a male student at a university party. Afterwards, she reported the matter to campus security. She was told by security that as there was no CCTV footage of the incident and that “it was ...

The decision handed down by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates is likely to hurt the hip pocket of students, many of whom work in the industries affected. On Thursday 23 February 2017, ...

It’s a common move for Year 12 students to take easier mathematics courses in order to maximise their ATAR. Now an expert from the University of Sydney warns this practice could become commonplace in English, thanks to the reforms of ...

Start-ups are eyeing education as the industry to make money from, and the EduGrowth accelerator has announced the first five companies it will be helping do just that. The start-ups selected are: PrevYou – an online school for tertiary students ...

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 ...

James Cook University has appointed former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick to lead a review of the institution’s sexual assault and harassment policies, after a staff member who raped a student was promoted following the incident. The review will look ...

Victoria University has courted controversy by allowing the anti-Islam Q Society to host a function in one of its buildings, prompting an outcry from staff and students. The Q Society made Fairfax Media headlines last week after cartoonist Larry Pickering ...

In Australian universities, student engagement in university decision-making is patchy. That’s how the University of Technology Sydney’s professor Sally Varnham describes it, and that’s what she hopes to change after her report to the federal Department of Education is published. ...

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 ...