Federal education minister Jason Clare will announce the details of the Australian Universities Accord, including its panel of “eminent Australians” and their terms of reference, next month. Speaking to the University Chancellor's Council last week, the minister said the bipartisan ...

Australia’s technology universities have called on the Albanese government to sidestep current constraints on spending with a “long-term and progressive plan of action” to improve post-school education. The Australian Technology Network, representing six universities, said the government should build on ...

Hopes are growing for a recovery in education exports after new official figures revealed that the plunge in foreign student revenue caused by Covid-19 and closed borders is flattening out. New export data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

The University of Sydney has secured a new study partnership with India’s O.P. Jindal Global University, signalling deepening education ties between the two nations.  Business students at JPG will be offered joint degrees to allow them to split their study ...

Increased post-study work rights for international students, changes to bargaining agreements, and better access to TAFE were major outcomes from last week’s Jobs and Skills summit.  Nearly 150 peak unions, business leaders and politicians gathered at Parliament House in Canberra ...

Australian Research Council grants will be doled out under a stricter timeframe and application processes will be refined under new reforms led by the federal government.  Speaking at a higher education summit in Sydney this week, federal education minister Jason ...

CQUniversity has chosen prominent disability advocate and former human rights commissioner Graeme Innes to be its next chancellor. Innes, who has been blind from birth, said something which made CQUniversity stand out for him in discussions about his new position ...

The University of Queensland has pledged to boost enrolment rates of First Nations, low socio-economic, regional and other disadvantaged students by 2032.  Speaking at the university’s new Brisbane campus last week, UQ vice chancellor professor Deborah Terry announced the new ...

The strategy to build six-month short courses, or microcredentials, into a new arm of Australia’s international education sector has received a boost from this week’s visit by Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan, who has held talks with the federal ...

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 ...