An expert in analysing employment outcomes from higher education has delivered a stinging appraisal of the Australian university sector's ability to prepare students for the outside world. It's a deficiency he puts down to traditional and unwieldy institutions being slow to ...

Twenty-five universities have joined forces to promote physically and mentally healthy lifestyles for their staff and students, under the freshly minted Australian Health Promoting Universities Network. A further three universities have made a commitment to join the conversation. The network ...

Australian National University is looking for investors to fund the expansion of its on-campus student accommodation. The move comes after a survey of 4800 current students living in one of the college's halls revealed a need to upgrade existing sites ...

More than 50 teams representing countries throughout South-east Asia will descend on Homebush, in Sydney, this week for the FIRST Robotics Competition, a competition for high schoolers to test their STEM skills against international rivals. Although STEM skills are in ...

A study of more than 10,000 university graduates has revealed that being from a low socioeconomic background or from a rural or regional centre does not hurt one's job or income prospects, compared with wealthier city dwellers. However, being from a ...

Following on from the debate this week at the Higher Education Conference surrounding the quality of research coming out of Australian universities, and the lack of collaboration with industry to cofinance it, the Commonwealth Government has formed a Steering Committee ...

Southern Cross University has commenced the search for a new vice-chancellor following the announcement that Professor Peter Lee will retire later this year. SCU Media Statement: "The vice-chancellor of Southern Cross University Professor Peter Lee announced last week his intention to ...

Universities Australia chair and vice-chancellor of Western Sydney University Barney Glover spoke in Canberra in early March on a range of issues affecting the higher education sector. Campus Review was there to capture his thoughts in this special Q&A. With uncapped fees ...

The Australian university system has been put on notice regarding the "opaque" ATAR admissions system. Education Minister Simon Birmingham used his keynote address at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference to express his dissatisfaction with unmet demand and unclear processes. ...

A zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment on university campuses is the guiding principle behind the 'Respect. Now. Always.' campaign that is uniting higher education institutions across Australia. The details of this campaign were fleshed out in Canberra this week at ...