La Trobe university will become the first Australian university to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 for all staff and students. Vice chancellor John Dewar announced a two-staged approach to safely reopening its campuses later this year once the nation hits vaccine ...

The University of Sydney has confirmed that thousands of casual workers who applied to convert from casual to permanent employment were rejected at a time a union representative has called a “tragic irony”: R U OK? Day. Last Thursday, only ...

The tertiary education sector has lost more jobs than any non-agricultural sector in the last 12 months, with almost one in five jobs lost in 2021. Analysis from The Centre for Future Work reveals the extent of devastation that the ...

The National Tertiary Education Union has submitted a Freedom of Information application over The University of Western Australia's $40 million ‘Structural Reform Program’, which they say could cost up to 400 jobs. The union is demanding transparency over the details ...

University of Sydney staff could receive six weeks off annually for gender transition leave if its academic union can get the case across the line. The new entitlement would mean that university staff seeking gender transition or affirmation leave could ...

Go8 member The University of Adelaide may have to cut roughly 130 jobs to address the loss of international student revenue as the global pandemic and lockdowns continue.  Adelaide university’s vice-chancellor Peter Hoj invited staff to a forum yesterday to ...

** Updated 6.40pm ** Staff, students and community representatives converged on the University of Melbourne’s vice-chancellor’s home today to demand a settlement to underpayments to 615 Faculty of Arts casual teaching staff, totalling nearly $6 million. However, an impromptu and ...

Another wage scandal has rocked the higher education sector, with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) beginning proceedings against private higher education provider JMC Academy in the federal court. The NTEU is alleging that the academy’s “employment practices for its ...

Flames that rose from announcements Australian National University and UNSW were planning staff cuts were fanned by news a US university’s Sydney campus was eligible for JobKeeper payments. This week, ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt revealed the “painful” decision to cut ...

Roughly 600 higher education staff are expected to meet online today to debate and vote on an assembly motion to oppose the government’s planned controversial reforms to higher education. The online group will also call for “national industrial action as part ...