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Melbourne University and the University of Queensland have ranked alongside the world’s top 50 universities in the latest round of higher education rankings.  Released annually by the Shanghai Consultancy, this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) featured seven Australian ...

Wayne Gretzky, the famous Canadian ice hockey player, is quoted as saying that he “skates to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”. He argues his success against competitors was down to that. Is competition ...

The year 2022 is the centenary of the publication of the novel Ulysses by author James Joyce. This writer has not read Joyce’s very long novel depicting the events concerning the main protagonist Leopold Bloom in a single day (June ...

Australian retail workers are being left behind as rapid shifts in technology reshape the industry, a new study has found. Retail workers, who make up about 11 per cent of the Australian workforce, are being subjected to increased surveillance, a ...

Given the pandemic circumstances there has been a shift, by many providers within the higher education sector, to online (virtual) graduation ceremonies. There is no doubting the importance of a graduation to a student who has worked hard, invested heavily, ...

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against The University of Melbourne over allegations of coercion and adverse action against two casuals who tried to claim the extra hours they had worked. The watchdog alleges, in documents filed in ...

University of England Vice-Chancellor Brigid Heywood has resigned amid allegations of racial vilification and assault, with the university breaking its silence following pressure from unions. Heywood was charged last week with common assault and behaving offensively in public after an ...

Four West Australian universities have been granted government funding to develop cutting-edge research and defence technologies and contribute to Australian sovereignty. Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will be sharing $1.19 million worth ...

In this edition of the HEDx podcast co-CEO and co-founder of global data and research company HolonIQ, Maria Spies, shares an update to their report outlining five scenarios for the future of higher education by 2030. She discusses the priorities for the ...

Struggling students who left school at the bottom of the class are being accepted into prestigious university degrees including engineering, architecture and psychology. Universities made offers to students with Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores below 50 – the bottom ...