The latest quarterly Labour Market Update was released last Tuesday by Jobs and Skills Australia. In the year to May 2023, it found that 91 per cent of total employment growth was in occupations that require post-school qualifications. It reports ...

Senators unanimously condemned the university sector in a landmark inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws, urging the education minister to protect students and staff.  The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee (‘the committee’) released its report on Wednesday, ...

Jason Tabarias of Mandala Partners shares details of a new report discussing what modern students expect from technology in their learning experience. Today's learners want technology that supports personalisation by allowing them to augment and self-pace their learning and engagement. ...

Monash University has received a $4.4m funding boost to enhance its partnership with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), to support its groundbreaking research into AI technology and combating digital crime.Funds from the Commonwealth Confiscated Assets Account will expand Monash's AI ...

A Sydney University man was arrested after allegedly taking inappropriate ‘upskirting’ photos of a female student in Fisher Library on 31 August. The man was detained by campus security before police arrived charged him with intentionally recording intimate images without ...

Managing director and founder of Equity by Design Dr Nadine Zacharias joins Vygo co-CEO Ben Hallett to explore technical, operational and leadership issues in response to unfolding details of the Support Amendment Bill.  This is a critical and timely conversation within ...

The head of the federal government’s higher education review has praised the planned univer­sity merger in South Australia, saying she sees it as an experiment aimed at putting into action some of her panel’s recommendations. Universities Accord panel chairwoman Mary ...

The federal government has been asking for “bold ideas” to “reimagine” the future of Australian higher education for decades to come. An interim report for the Universities Accord was released in July. Feedback on this draft is due today. While ...

University staff experiencing sexual violence and harassment on campus are dissatisfied with the university’s response when they make formal complaints, according to a recent national survey. In late 2022, Monash University conducted a national survey of 1,412 victim-survivors of workplace ...

A small cadre of retired and current vice-chancellors have recently come forward to critique the current Australian tertiary education system and the behaviours of its leadership. Emeritus Professor Greg Whately Australian National University Vice-Chancellor and chief Brian Schmidt AC recently ...