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Universities to review defence research ties in peace offering to pro-Palestine campers
Some pro-Palestine encampments are dissipating at universities that promise to more transparently disclose their academic and research ties to Israel.…
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Uni and VET courses key to employment: Labour market report breakdown
The latest quarterly Labour Market Update was released last Tuesday by Jobs and Skills Australia. In the year to May…
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Accord targets equal access, calls to make unis ‘better employers’
Australia’s university sector lacks the institutional resilience to “prepare our nation for the future” and needs to enrol more people…
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Survey reports low student satisfaction at sandstone universities
Three Australian universities ranking in the top 20 academic institutions globally fell flat in a recent student satisfaction survey. The…
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Universities told to overhaul teaching degrees
Universities will have until 2025 to roll out major changes in their teaching degrees as part of a major shake-up…
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Unis at war over plan to tax $10bn worth of foreign student fees
A tax on nearly $10bn a year of foreign student fees is being actively considered by experts drawing up Labor’s…
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SA universities formalise plans to merge in 2026
The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have formalised plans to merge into the state’s largest higher…
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UOW deputy VC to head La Trobe
University of Wollongong deputy vice-chancellor Professor Leo Farrell has been announced as the new head of Victoria's La Trobe University.…
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New audit reveals QLD unis lost $1.3bn in 2022
Cash-strapped universities have been instructed to find new ways to make money to offset tumbling enrolments, as more school leavers…
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QS 2024 World Rankings: UniMelb rises to the top
The University of Melbourne has achieved its highest-ever place in this year’s global higher education rankings, with three Australian universities…
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Plans to build Australia’s first lifestyle university in NSW
A group of former senior university executives are working to establish Australia’s first “lifestyle university” on the NSW Central Coast.…
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Abolish university fees, says Uni of Melbourne chief
The Albanese government should resurrect the 50-year-old policy of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and abolish university fees, said…
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Two more unis pause recruitment from India as PM signs new student visa deal
Two additional Australian universities have banned the admission of Indian students in response to concerns over fraudulent visa applications. Victoria’s…
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CWUR 2023 rankings: UniMelb, UsYD named Australia’s best
Melbourne University has again been named Australia’s best university in the latest round of higher education rankings. The Center for…
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James Packer donates $7m to UNSW for mood disorder research
The University of New South Wales has accepted a $7m donation from Australian businessman James Packer to advance research into…
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Budget 2023: what’s in it for higher education
More university placements to facilitate Australia's nuclear submarine endeavours and clinical spots to attract nursing graduates were among the key…
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Tertiary peak bodies call for funding overhaul
Universities and higher education peak bodies are asking for increased funding into research and to scrap the jobs-ready graduate scheme…
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Universities eye off major higher ed deal with India
Several Australian university vice-chancellors will travel to India with Education Minister Jason Clare to negotiate opening new offshore campuses. In…
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Academics taken hostage in Papua New Guinea
An anthropology professor and his colleagues have been taken hostage by an armed group in Papua New Guinea. PNG’s Prime Minister,…
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Former vice-chancellor Peter Dawkins to head Jobs and Skills
Former Victoria University vice-chancellor professor Peter Dawkins has been appointed to lead federal Labor’s new jobs and skills agency. Skills…
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Universities face-to-face plans for 2023
The majority of Australia's major universities have revealed plans to ditch remote learning and make a full transition to face-to-face…
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New research looks to ex-teachers for answers
Australia’s need for educators has been driven by an interplay of salary, burnout and dissatisfaction, but new research will seek…
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‘Stop the restructures’: Fed uni set to strike
Staff at Federation University will be on the picket lines tomorrow over fair pay, job security and better working conditions…
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UTAS staff has ‘little confidence’ in leadership
University of Tasmania staff have expressed a lack of confidence in the institution’s leadership and future, in a major internal…
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Jobs-ready graduate changes
Labor has pressed ahead in its redesign of the Job-ready graduates scheme, reversing fee hikes for honours students and introducing…
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