Politics
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Prepared to go to the barricades: ANU’s Gareth Evans urges uni leaders to fight for free speech
Former Labor heavyweight and now ANU chancellor Gareth Evans has used a speech to fellow university leaders to detail ANU’s…
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Government finally commits to tackling student mental ill health, which affects 1 in 4
"The anxiety that I had around transitioning from high school to university was pretty intense. I was the first person…
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The fight for free speech: a tale of two controversialists
The apparent battle for free speech being played out across our university campuses is difficult to navigate, with many competing…
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The fight for free speech: the neurodiversity case
Would Sir Isaac Newton flourish in an academic career were he alive today? The great man was said to have…
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The fight for free speech: the battle for universities
Lest. We. Forget (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine)." – Yassmin Abdel-Magied When you hear about slavery for 400 years – for…
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Policy clout: UWA’s second female VC wants to develop policy of reach and significance
Dawn Freshwater has an eye towards the future. The University of Western Australia’s 18th vice-chancellor believes her institution can be…
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Budget reply: Labor cosies up to higher ed
If Labor is traditionally the party of spending, not scrimping, on popular areas, it has provided evidence for this. In…
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Budget 2018: Win for universities, loss for students
While metropolitan and rural universities alike are, for once, mostly pleased with the Budget, students feel neglected. Tertiary institutions praised,…
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Migrants competing with graduates for scarce jobs: demographer
A surplus of skilled migrants is potentially leading to even greater job competition for graduates, a population expert has suggested.…
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Is the PM right about too many law grads, suggesting students do arts?
Malcolm Turnbull shared his strong thoughts on law degrees with Canberra radio station 2CC late last week. What's news to…
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Regional unis request strategic overhaul
Despite rural, regional and remote universities being 'anchor institutions' – the economic and intellectual hearts of their respective towns – they're not…
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Student seepage worrisome: government
“People are making complicated – and sometimes deeply personal – decisions to withdraw from study when life gets in the…
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Higher education reforms fail in the senate
The federal government's proposed higher education reforms have hit a wall and failed in the senate, after the Nick Xenophon…
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Universities “not rolling in gold”: IRU
Conor King, executive director of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU), wants the government to know that universities aren't as cashed up as…
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Rise in RTOs seeking registration as higher education providers
Since the demise of the infamous VET FEE-HELP scheme, there has been a spike in vocational colleges applying to become…
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Education leaders called upon to help prevent a second Donald Trump
Universities “are, and always will be, bigger than the nation state” said incoming chair of Universities Australia (UA) professor Margaret…
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Unis announce strategy to enrol and retain more Indigenous students
Universities Australia (UA) has unveiled its new Indigenous education strategy, the centrepiece of which is to grow Indigenous enrolment rates…
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Penalty rate cuts could hurt students’ hip pocket
The decision handed down by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates is likely…
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Researchers speak out against Trump’s ‘insulting’ travel ban
Despite the travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries by US President Donald Trump being overturned by a federal court decision,…
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A third of students not finishing bachelor degree after six years
As it strong-arms universities to become more transparent about graduate outcomes, the federal government has named the country’s best and…
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Innovation talk ‘hijacked’ by tech start-ups: minister
The innovation debate has been hijacked by the tech start-up space, the federal assistant minister for industry, innovation and science…
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Victoria proposes ATAR cut-off of 70 for teaching degrees
The Victorian government has today unveiled a policy that would require aspiring teachers to have an ATAR of at least…
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Dawkins calls for bipartisanship in higher-education policy
A former politician hailed as a father of Australia’s current tertiary-education system has called on the federal government and the opposition to…
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Labor promises more money for unis, better co-operation
Federal Labor has vowed to pump billions of dollars into universities, and would work to ensure that the higher education…
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Birmingham flags policy changes, promises responses to HESP report
With the release of the final recommendations of the Higher Education Standards Panel, federal education minister Simon Birmingham has announced…
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