This year’s federal election was overshadowed by an event many thought might push the Opposition over the line: the passing of Labor Party “son” and charismatic reformer Bob Hawke. Hawke, who was Prime Minister between 1983 and 1991, helped to ...

University of Queensland academics have voted against the proposed curriculum for the Ramsay Centre’s revised Western civilisation degree. The move by UQ’s Board of Studies of Humanities and Social Scientists (HASS) at a meeting on Monday followed an earlier vote ...

Global sea levels could rise in excess of two metres – causing catastrophic consequences for the world, according to a team of international scientists. Such a rise could result in the loss of 1.8 million square kilometres of land, including ...

Australian universities have missed out on a spot among the top 20 in a ranking of scientific impact, as the list compilers add two new indicators covering “heavily debated” topics. China and the United States dominated the CWTS Leiden Ranking’s ...

The world over, the higher education sector is booming. The number of global students attending higher education has doubled since 2000 alone, and a recent study predicts that by 2040, nearly 600 million students will be enrolled. Such statistics glimmer ...

After the dust settled from the Coalition’s upset win on the weekend, conversation quickly turned to how inaccurate the country’s major opinion polls had been. Throughout the election campaign Labor consistently led the Coalition 51:59; at the time Morrison took ...

Ohio State University in the US has told staff and students that a former doctor committed acts of sexual abuse against at least 177 students over two decades. A 12-month independent investigation found that Richard Strauss committed the abuse between 1979 and ...

A billionaire technology investor has stunned the entire graduating class at a US university when he announced at their commencement he would pay off their student loans, estimated at $US40 million ($A58 million). Robert Smith, this year’s commencement speaker at ...

Last week 18 countries and five tech companies signed the historic Christchurch Call to Action, the first global pledge to fight online hate speech, violence and terrorism. Spearheaded by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron, ...

Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Campus Review. Today we’re starting our weekly roundup of the key stories and issues of the week. You can either read the summary or listen to the podcast below. In the wake of ...