Union students and workers rallied in Sydney CBD last Friday to demand an end to unpaid placements that exclude low-SES students from some courses and cause 'placement poverty' for many. The Australian Services Union and Students Against Placement Poverty put ...

Education Minister Jason Clare has announced 10 new Regional University Study Hubs across the country that model a "campus-like" atmosphere to engage more regional students in tertiary study. Every regional hub targets a population where residents are almost half as ...

The Albanese government will act on a proposal from a landmark review of the university sector to establish a tertiary education commission, amid warnings from international providers that a crackdown on overseas students is damaging the industry’s reputation. Some industry insiders are ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Changing Higher Education for Good keynotes and panels - Episode 110 Thursday's HEDx Changing Higher Education for Good conference called university leaders to action ahead of the finalisation of a government response to the Universities Accord ...

Thursday's Changing Higher Education for Good HEDx conference held panels and hosted discussions between university leaders and higher education bodies to discuss how the Accord's proposed reforms are going to come to fruition. Amidst concerns about decreasing domestic enrolments at ...

I grew up thinking universities were magical places. My mum was an academic and a hugely passionate one. Consequently, I spent most of my holidays, many evenings, and countless weekends perched beside her at her desk at the Queensland University ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: An equity lens on the Accord - Episode 107 On this episode of HEDx Podcast, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) director Shamit Saggar joins Martin Betts and co-host Paul Harpur to reflect on ...

Professor Penny Jane Burke is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chair in Equity, Social Justice & Higher Education, the director of the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education at the University of Newcastle, and ...

The Universities Accord final report has made 47 recommendations to the tertiary education sector to improve education outcomes and build the workforce of the future. Both the review and Education Minister Jason Clare strongly recommend extra funding and increased accessibility ...

The Universities Accord final report released on Sunday called for a major shakeup of the higher education sector that would prioritise accessibility and double the number of university places to 1.8m by 2050. The 47 recommendations would see students from ...