Australia’s research-intensive universities are pushing for an even closer relationship with India, urging the two countries to establish a higher education and research strategy. The Group of Eight, which represents the eight top research universities, said the strategy was the ...

The Group of Eight universities have asked the federal government to back a new plan that will bring universities closer to the defence industry and the defence forces in an effort to boost Australian capability. In its submission to the ...

The strategy to build six-month short courses, or microcredentials, into a new arm of Australia’s international education sector has received a boost from this week’s visit by Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan, who has held talks with the federal ...

A new law requiring foreign postgraduate students to obtain ministerial approval before switching degrees has been amended by the Albanese government. On July 1st, the federal home affairs department began an updated visa screening process to “manage the risk of ...

Australia’s leading universities have asked the government to boost medical degree placements to relieve workforce shortages in rural and regional areas.  The Group of Eight (G08) released a paper calling for politicians to fund at least 1,000 domestic university placements ...

Top universities in Australia and the UK will work more closely together following the passing of a historic trade agreement. In a joint letter, Australia’s Group of Eight (G08) coalition and the UK’s Russell Group announced a new committee aimed ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement yesterday of a $2bn research commercialisation fund has been met with widespread positivity by the higher education sector and business groups. Announced during his National Press Club Address, the plan's centrepiece is a $1.6bn fund ...

The Group of Eight (Go8) has made a clean sweep of the top Australian spots in the latest global university ranking. The 2021 Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 1,500 top institutions across 86 countries ...

The injection of an additional $1 billion for university research was the big-ticket item for higher education in last night’s Federal Budget. Announcing the education measures in the 2020-21 Budget, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said education would be critical ...

Universities Australia’s chief executive Catriona Jackson says the peak body is in discussions with two government departments regarding the government’s proposed bill that will allow it to veto agreements between countries and a range of stakeholders – including universities. “We ...