A new federal government discussion paper on higher education reform acknowledges a strong push from the education sector to change the Morrison government’s unbalanced university fee structure which penalise business, law and humanities students with a $15,000-a-year impost. The Australian ...

University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt joined HEDx to share his vision for the research and innovation ecosystem. Parfitt also discussed the unanswered questions about lifelong learning as a Universities Accord and ARC Review process get underway. CampusReview ...

Our 40 or so Australian universities are not unlike those in other parts of the world in having distinct histories and legacies that shaped their evolution but are now parts of systems that have encouraged them to be more alike. ...

A former NSW chief scientist, an international banking heavyweight and one of the nation’s leading Indigenous rights academics will lead the most significant review of Australia’s higher education system in over a decade. Education minister Jason Clare announced key details ...

Federal education minister Jason Clare will announce the details of the Australian Universities Accord, including its panel of “eminent Australians” and their terms of reference, next month. Speaking to the University Chancellor's Council last week, the minister said the bipartisan ...

With the new government’s Universities Accord process underway, higher education leaders are calling for equity, insecure work and wage theft to be prioritised in the new reform era.  Speaking at the Universities Australia gala on July 6, Federal Education Minister ...