The University of New South Wales and Sydney University have been named as Australia's most sustainable universities, tying for fifth place in the latest global higher education rankings. Australia had 36 per cent of its universities appear in the top ...

The University of Sydney has been ranked among the world’s most sustainable higher education institutions in the 2022 Sustainable Campus Index. Produced anually by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), the Sustainable Campus Index uses a using a rating ...

Universities investing in green innovations are more likely to retain staff, achieve better organisational performances and attract more students.  A new study by ACU has found a link between organisational performance, employee goal achievement, attrition rates and green innovations said ...

It’s around a cup of coffee at Victoria University that Dr Yanni Bouras and his team decided to develop a way to transform takeaway coffee cups into concrete, with the aim of reducing landfill waste.  Bouras, a lecturer in built ...

A $50 million dollar research grant has been awarded to the University of New South Wales and the University of Newcastle to develop "world-leading" technologies to address climate change. The recycling and clean energy trailblazer program will see researchers collaborate ...

Western Sydney University has ranked first on the planet for its commitment to global equality and sustainability. Topping the list of more than 1,406 institutions across 106 countries, WSU secured its place as a world leader in the latest edition ...

The world’s top 10 universities offer fewer than average sustainability courses when measured against a pool of global institutions. That’s according to sustainable energy organisation EIT InnoEnergy, which looked at the standalone sustainable educational output of 27 institutions across Europe, ...

After the dystopian futures predicted in the television series The Handmaids Tale and Huxley’s classic Brave New World, Monash University has launched a new podcast series called What Happens Next? which posits that such tales are becoming uncomfortably similar to the reality ...

Australia’s transport culture is one which consists primarily of single-occupancy commutes. We are very much a car-loving nation, but this is causing headaches for universities around the country. Growth in student numbers and scarce parking facilities, mixed with our existing ...

Almost 6000 solar panels have been fixed above a Flinders University carpark and onto its rooftops. The arrays will provide one-fifth of the electricity needed to power the university’s Bedford Park campus, while providing shade for the cars parked below. ...