Union members at one of the nation's richest universities plan to strike for up to one week after negotiations between the union and the institution allegedly reached a stalemate. Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) at the University ...

A delayed opening of South Australia’s new ‘mega-uni’ could cost up to $250m and cause significant damage to the state’s reputation. Adelaide University, a collective of University of South Australia (UniSA) and University of Adelaide (UA), is scheduled to open ...

Anti-violence organisations have joined the education minister's working group to improve university governance on sexual violence on campus. Camille Schloeffel, founder and director of The STOP Campaign, represented victim-survivor advocates at the meeting with Education Minister Jason Clare. The STOP ...

The Australian Government has released a Consultation Paper in response to the Australian Universities Accord priority action number two. Priority action two recommends ceasing the 50 per cent pass rule that is part of the Job Ready Graduates (JRG) package, ...

Monash University has appointed an interim chief and vice-chancellor after the former VC stepped away to take up a high-profile government position. Professor Susan Elliot AM was appointed interim chief after Monash’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Margaret Elaine Gardner AC, resigned ...

Australia’s top universities have been brought back to earth by the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, with nearly all losing ground in the prestigious listing that ranks universities on their output of high quality research. In this year’s list, the ...

The nation’s peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities has allegedly backflipped on an anti-sexual violence initiative just weeks after the Accord Interim Report identified student safety as a high priority. In the lead up to semester two ‘orientation’ or ‘welcome’ ...

The Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has appointed a subject matter expert on violence prevention to advise his working group to improve university governance. Mr Clare announced last Wednesday that Our Watch Chief Patty Kinnersly would serve as an expert ...

Australian universities are rethinking curriculum and assessment delivery models to bridge the gap between classroom and career skills. New degrees in engineering reflect a trend away from traditional curricula, placing value on experience over exam grades. In a panel discussion ...

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare met with advocates last week to discuss sexual violence on university campuses. The STOP Campaign joined the minister in Canberra last week to discuss sexual violence in university residences and the processes currently in place ...