The close interaction between educators and students means they may notice changes in behavior, appearance, mood, or performance in students before others do. While educators are professionally equipped to provide academic guidance, they may not always feel skilled at facilitating ...

Researchers who are making strides in research to cure melanoma, prevent scarlet fever outbreaks, and deter pests without harsh chemicals were just a few of the 19 award winners at the Australian National Museum Eureka Prize awards on Wednesday night. ...

Macquarie University has found it underpaid almost 3,000 casual academic staff by a combined $1.9m between 2017 and 2023. The announcement comes after an internal investigation between 2016 and 2022, initiated by the university itself, found another 1033 casual academics who ...

More than half of the students accessing NSW Country Universities Centres (CUCs) are the first in their families to attend university, University of New South Wales (UNSW) research has found. The centres are also "fundamental" to growing Australia's regional workforce, ...

From 26 August, workplaces will be required to respect its staff's 'right to disconnect', and will not be able to punish staff who are uncontactable outside of work hours – but how does that look in practice? The new legislation, ...

A scheme by broking company Portfolio Brokers enables anyone who works in the education sector to apply for a home loan with a 10 per cent deposit and avoid lenders mortgage insurance (LMI). LMI is usually applied to home loans ...

In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a deal with Microsoft involving “access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI expert applications”. Informa is the ...

A petition has been lodged by a research student advocacy group calling on the education minister to meet recommendations made in the Universities Accord to improve research students' working conditions. Australian HDR Students is asking the federal government to increase ...

The scientist playing a key role in the effort to eliminate cervical cancer in Australia by 2035, and then to defeat it worldwide, has been recognised with the top Order of Australia honour, the AC (Companion of the Order). Epidemiologist ...

Deakin University vice-chancellor Iain Martin has admitted that the university underpaid casual academics in the Arts and Education Faculty and agreed to expand a review into the issue across the university. In a message sent to university staff on Wednesday, ...