COVID-19 and the rush to offer everything tertiary online has, as everybody appreciates, shifted the sands in respect to how university education is experienced. This includes further moves into assessing courses remotely via online assignments, quizzes, and allied tests. Moreover, ...

A new report calling for Australia’s schools and universities to remain open during future Covid-19 outbreaks has been critiqued for using “misleading” data. Last Thursday, a six-month independent review into Australia’s Covid-19 response led by Western Sydney University chancellor professor ...

Academics and language advocates across Australia are calling for a national strategy to renew domestic students' interest in foreign languages studies after data showed a drop in enrollments. Ten universities have backed up a new national campaign which invites students ...

The federal government has announced 20,000 extra funded places for universities in the next two years to tackle skill shortages across the country.  Education Minister Jason Clare channelled funding towards areas with “critical skills needs’’ such as teaching, nursing, IT, ...

International students’ desire to study in Australia is gradually returning following the pandemic, according to a new survey. It also revealed that Australia is closing in on Canada as the most preferred destination country for students. Responses from more than ...

Staff at five of Queensland's largest universities have announced plans to strike tomorrow as part ongoing industrial action to call for higher pay and improved workplace conditions. On Thursday, hundreds of staff from Queensland University, Griffith University, Queensland University of ...

Ian Dunn, provost of Coventry University joins HEDx to share the secrets of success of the UK's top younger university for graduate career prospects. In today's podcast, Ian discusses how the UK university has gained a global reputation for innovation ...

From 2023, the NHMRC will attribute equal numbers of funding grants to women, non-binary researchers and men, in order to address ‘systemic’ gender inequities. The new initiative was announced by health minister Mark Butler last week, and will see the ...

Over the weekend, a team of Curtin University researchers were tasked by NASA to observe the Lucy' spacecraft as it passed close to Earth, with Western Australia being the best vantage point.  Researchers from Curtin’s Desert Fireball Network headed to ...

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 ...