A specialist-trained single point of contact for students and a de-identified data collection mechanism are two of the suggestions put forward in a new set of guidelines for universities to support students who report sexual assault and harassment. The guidelines, ...

Universities Australia is calling for significant reinvestment by government and business in research and development ahead of a Parliamentary inquiry into research funding. The group said data from 2015/16 showed for the first time since figures have been kept that ...

As Professor Deb Verhoeven spoke at Universities Australia's 2018 Higher Education Conference, some men shuffled out of the vast auditorium. Although she wasn't sure if it was because of her speech or the need for the bathroom or a snack, it was ...

Education professionals this week issued an urgent plea to the government to quarantine university places for Indigenous students against the current funding freeze. The request comes from The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium, whose members say ...

New figures show that 2017 was indeed the year of the international student, with a record number of people seeking out Australia as their place of study. In a statement today, minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the ...

A new best-practice recruitment guide released by the Universities Australia Executive Women's Group will help advance women in university leadership positions. Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson extended her congratulations to the group, and said the guide would go a ...

The following is an extract from education minister Simon Birmingham's address at the 2018 Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, attended by Campus Review. The elephant in the room First and foremost, I figured today, ladies and gentlemen, we might as ...

How can universities give value to students as partners, rather than as consumers? This question formed one of the major themes of the 2018 Higher Education Conference, and not just in speaker content – it was also reflected in the ...

The newest national plan to increase innovation and productivity in Australia will rely heavily on universities to succeed, experts say. Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation was this week published by Innovation and Science Australia (ISA), to highlight the need for ...

2018 is barely a week old, and already there's debate concerning the tertiary education sector: this time, over the results of the 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey. On the one hand, Universities Australia (UA) found the survey of recent graduates and their employers heartening. They pointed ...