Students
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Commentary
Banning AI won’t prepare students for the future
Seven per cent. That is the lecture attendance figure reported by a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia,…
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Technology
Students finding new ways to cheat in-person
Earlier this month the University of Sydney launched an investigation into allegations miniature spy cameras were used to record and…
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Podcasts
HEDx: The student experience at UQ
In this episode for Student Experience, University of Queensland students Madison Piper and Ben Roden-Cohen sit down with Professor Kris…
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Policy & Reform
Monique Ryan introduces HECS indexation change
Indexation of the HECS student debt scheme is a “stealth tax” on younger Australians and is stopping them from getting…
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Policy & Reform
Can domestic student numbers grow with caps?
How the tension between caps and growth plays out in practice will determine the success of Clare’s policy agenda.
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Policy & Reform
Why is VET treated as a backup plan?
At the end of each school year, we see the same ritual play out. Year 12 results are released and…
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On Campus
What are enabling courses and do they work?
In years gone by, school leavers had one main chance to get into university. But in reality, the ATAR is…
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Technology
Service fined $500k for helping students cheat
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered student support service Chegg to pay a $500,000 fine for giving students answers…
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Rankings
Half of Australian courses in world top 100
Almost half of all programs offered in Australian universities are in the top 100 globally, according to the 2026 QS…
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Exclusive
UTS inaction on sexual harm complaints
UTS ignored 36 recommendations on how it could make student complaints easier and better despite a number marked as “immediate,”…
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Policy & Reform
‘Recycled lectures’: Graduate outcomes inquiry
Rebel senator Fatima Payman has launched another Parliamentary inquiry into the higher education sector, this time to investigate why some…
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On Campus
More ‘earn and learn’ programs sprout
A growing number of companies are jumping on the ‘earn and learn’ bandwagon to future‑proof their workforce in a tightening…
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Podcasts
Introducing the Student Experience podcast
HEDx has released the first episode of its new series, the HEDx Student Experience, featuring a lively panel of students…
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VC's Corner
CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman steps down
The vice-chancellor of Charles Darwin University has stepped down after it signed off on at least 130 carpentry apprenticeships even…
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On Campus
Racism ‘deeply embedded’ in universities
The results of the much anticipated Racism@Uni survey has found racism is systemic in universities and has profound impacts on…
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Features
Q&A: Indigenous leader Tim Goodwin
Education is central to Aboriginal culture itself. There is such a cultural education in the relationships that you form with…
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Commentary
Student retention programs that work
Some Australian universities handle student attrition rates very well, and model examples all institutions should undertake to retain students.
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Commentary
How to make lectures more interesting
A lecture is no longer synonymous with a room full of students and a wall of text. Something new is…
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On Campus
Uni boosts gender diversity by 30% in maths
As the AI and quantum computing industries explode, trained STEM professionals are in high demand. Mathematics is foundational to these…
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Commentary
Tutorials must persevere at unis: Opinion
Monash University has announced it will replace tutorials for senior law students with seminars that encourage “active learning activities” but…
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On Campus
Monash stops tutorials in Law subjects
Monash University’s new dean of law has announced senior law students will stop tutorials and suggested students should do no more…
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Podcasts
HEDx: Giving students the microphone
We asked 34 students from eight universities what they thought of higher education and what they would change. Their answers…
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On Campus
Should students be involved in governance?
Students participating in governance starts in the classroom and should be supported right through to governing bodies, a student experience…
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On Campus
A quarter of students still drop out
Some equity student completion rates are trending upwards even though one in four students still drop out of university, new…
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Commentary
How unis can do more on social media
Too many universities overlook the richness of the human stories that define them, relying instead on polished marketing campaigns and…
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