Australia's largest non-profit medical research donor has suspended funding to Melbourne University over a lack of gender equity and diversity in their honorary doctorates. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which grants three $8 million dollar scholarships each year, said Melbourne ...

Catriona Jackson the CEO of Universities Australia joins the HEDx podcast in the aftermath of the ministerial non-approval of six ARC Discovery grants, the tightrope-walking around foreign interference and research partnerships, and as campuses reopen with staff and students, particularly ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made Australia increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, and the university sector is a prime target, cyber security experts have warned.  The federal government issued a cyber threat warning to businesses on Thursday after NATO allies ...

The Australian Catholic University has been referred to health and safety regulators after allegedly forcing staff to return to campus. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said ACU failed to consult its staff on plans to return to face-to-face learning, ...

Minister's powers to block ARC funding grants will be scrutinised in a parliamentary inquiry addressing political interference in research.  On February 9 the Senate opened public submissions to consider removing ministers' veto powers from the Australian Research Council Act 2001. ...

Professor Carolyn Evans, VC of Griffith University and Chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group, reflects on how having a new strategy coming into 2020 served her well in providing a true north to navigate the challenges of the disruptions ...

The potential benefits for higher education providers of switching from current IT software capability and embracing cloud technologies, and in particular Software as a Service (SaaS), are significant. A new report published by TechnologyOne in conjunction with Insight Economics and ...

Top universities in Australia and the UK will work more closely together following the passing of a historic trade agreement. In a joint letter, Australia’s Group of Eight (G08) coalition and the UK’s Russell Group announced a new committee aimed ...

As thousands of university students make their return to campus, many will choose to remain online, making them twice as likely to drop out than face-to-face learners. High rates of dropouts are costing universities millions per year, and the numbers ...

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us as a society, it is to be humble. Despite our collective wealth, advanced scientific knowledge and unprecedented technological capacities, we have been struck and wounded globally by a tricky virus. The ...