Australian Entrepreneur of the Year for 2022 and CEO of Torrens University Australia, Linda Brown, joins the HEDx podcast to share her thoughts on the opportunities for private universities in Australia and globally to utilise EdTech and partner with connected employers. She advocates ...

The University of Sydney has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a former staff member who claims he was discriminated against because of his race.  Award-winning Iranian-Australian philosopher and translator Professor Omid Tofighan filed a federal lawsuit against the ...

For Warumungu and Warlmanpa man Ethan Taylor, the opportunity to travel and study at one of the world’s oldest and most elite universities brings mixed emotions. The 23-year-old Melbourne university honours student was born in a small country town in Western ...

More than a quarter of staff at the University of New England have reported experiencing severe or extreme symptoms of anxiety, depression and/or burnout, a union workplace survey has found. The UNE branch of the National Tertiary Education Union surveyed ...

Thirty-nine professors at the University of New England have called on its governing body to take urgent action to “heal” the university following the resignation of former vice-chancellor Brigid Heywood. In a letter to the university council the professors, who ...

Melbourne University and the University of Queensland have ranked alongside the world’s top 50 universities in the latest round of higher education rankings.  Released annually by the Shanghai Consultancy, this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) featured seven Australian ...

Given the pandemic circumstances there has been a shift, by many providers within the higher education sector, to online (virtual) graduation ceremonies. There is no doubting the importance of a graduation to a student who has worked hard, invested heavily, ...

University of England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood has resigned amid allegations of racial vilification and assault, with the university breaking its silence following pressure from unions. Heywood was charged last week with common assault and behaving offensively in public after an ...

In this edition of the HEDx podcast co-CEO and co-founder of global data and research company HolonIQ, Maria Spies, shares an update to their report outlining five scenarios for the future of higher education by 2030. She discusses the priorities for the ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged university students and young people to utilise social media to resist disinformation spread by Russia. In a live-streamed address hosted by the Australian National University, Zelenskyy shared his experience navigating the atrocities of war ...