Universities Australia
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Opinion
UA chief Luke Sheehy on ATEC & TEQSA
The recent establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is the clearest sign yet that the Commonwealth wants a…
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In the News
2026/27 Budget and higher education
When it comes to higher education, the sector has expressed a mixture of disappointment and lukewarm support for the budget.…
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Events
2025 Shaping Australia Award winners
Researchers leading breakthroughs in finding a cure for cancer and offering free financial advice to vulnerable communities have taken home…
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Events
Universities to reveal VC pay, consultant spend
The federal government will cut unnecessary red tape in higher education in return for universities revealing how much vice-chancellors and…
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Policy & Reform
Sector cautious about proposed ATEC legislation
The peak university body has said the proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is not what was promised and could…
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Industry & Research
Australia signs research pact with China
Universities Australia has signed a deal with China that will encourage research collaboration and student exchanges between the two countries.
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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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Industry & Research
Aus explores Horizon Europe membership
The Albanese government has asked universities, researchers and businesses for feedback on joining the world's largest research program.
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Policy & Reform
UA chair seeks $770m for course fee cuts
The first public speech of the new Universities Australia chair Carolyn Evans called on taxpayers to chip in $770 million…
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Policy & Reform
University role in productivity roundtable
A tax write-off for small businesses that hire PhD graduates, lower course fees and higher PhD stipends are some of…
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Exclusive
Ombudsman on what universities can do better now to support students
The National Student Ombudsman (NSO) First Assistant Ombudsman Sarah Bendall has revealed details of the 220-or-so student complaints she has…
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Policy & Reform
Mary O’Kane to lead ATEC from July
The chair of the Australian Universities Accord is to lead the yet-to-be-established Australian Tertiary Education Commission, Education Minister Jason Clare…
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Events
2024 Shaping Australia award winners announced
Researchers who developed coffee ground-infused concrete, a rust disease cure for wheat crops and an intellectual-disability friendly playground took home…
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Funding
Universities Australia wishlist for next election
The peak body representing universities, Universities Australia (UA), has said the federal government should offer more money and less bureaucracy…
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Industry & Research
Tesla chair to lead research and development review
A Strategic Examination of Research and Development review is to evaluate how to maximise Australia's existing research and development (R&D)…
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Policy & Reform
Future Made in Aus relies on universities and research, peak bodies say
Skills, training and educator bodies have backed the Prime Minister's Future Made in Australia Act that will grow Australia's in-house…
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Events
UA Summit keynote address: Sustainable higher education for equity and social justice
Professor Penny Jane Burke is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chair in Equity, Social Justice &…
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Events
HEDx Podcast special episode: Sector leaders react to Accord
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast Episode 106 UA Highlights - 28 2 2024, 4.55 Pm Live from the foyer of the…
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Analysis
Game-changing plan to tackle campus-based sexual violence
Sexual violence has been a persistent problem in Australian universities and residential colleges for decades. The 2021 National Student Safety…
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Policy & Reform
“It looks like they asked ChatGPT”: Advocates on UA Charter on sexual harm
Victim-survivor advocates have slammed the nation’s peak body representing Australian universities for failing to consult sexual violence experts on the…
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In the News
UA chief steps down
Universities Australia (UA) chief Catriona Jackson will step down from her position in December following a tumultuous year representing Australia’s…
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In the News
Survey shows alarming increase in sexual harassment on campus
Sexual harassment incidents in tertiary education settings have more than doubled over the last four years, according to a recent…
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In the News
Senate condemns handling of sexual violence on campus
Senators unanimously condemned the university sector in a landmark inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws, urging the education…
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In the News
UA chief on international students’ return: Q&A
As tens of thousands of international students return to Australia's university campuses, sector leaders have called for more support for…
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In the News
Minister to review political interference in ARC grants
Ministerial powers to block Australian Research Council grants will be scrutinised by the federal government as part of Labor's efforts…
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