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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of New England Vice Chancellor Professor Brigid Heywood is due to front court after she allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Armidale on March 8. The 65-year-old has been issued with a court attendance notice and is facing charges ...

Western Sydney University is on the verge of signing a “historic” union agreement to move 25 per cent of its casual workforce into permanent jobs. The new enterprise agreement, expected to be signed off in coming days, will give the ...

The University of Wollongong is set to become the first Australian university to have a teaching base in India after it signed a historic agreement with Gujarat city officials this week. On Wednesday, UOW and representatives from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City ...

Huawei and other Chinese ­government-backed companies are running huge technology training programs in Indonesia under the noses of Australia and other countries in the Quad, a new policy paper from the Australian National University says. The report, China Inc and ...

Nine Australian universities have been awarded government research grants to develop technologies aimed at addressing national security threats. Australian National University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney were among the successful round two recipients of the National ...