The peak body for Australian universities has warned that immediate relief is required to support the university sector in its prebudget submission to government. Universities Australia (UA) says such relief is needed to ensure Australia’s research remains strong and investments ...

A new federal parliamentary committee will investigate foreign interference at Australian universities that could have far-reaching ramifications for research collaborations with peers. Liberal backbencher Andrew Hastie, a candid critic of the Chinese Communist Party and chair of the intelligence and ...

Despite fears that financial insecurity and border closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could destroy the international education sector, the situation may not be as dire as one might assume – as long as Australia takes the right steps. ...

Concerns about the validity and fairness of the LANTITE test continue as two prominent academics in the education sector have commented on how the current Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is administered. In a meeting with ...

Professor Martin Betts at a university open day. Photo: Supplied. The world has been waking up to a new set of numbers most days since March. In Australia, the numbers look quite different state to state. The feeling that “we ...

Universities Australia’s chief executive Catriona Jackson says the peak body is in discussions with two government departments regarding the government’s proposed bill that will allow it to veto agreements between countries and a range of stakeholders – including universities. “We ...

Working in and around Australian universities in 2020 is certainly different! And most of the commentators are speculating that 2021 will be even tougher. Or will they be times of opportunity? And how do we ensure we give equal attention ...

Roughly 600 higher education staff are expected to meet online today to debate and vote on an assembly motion to oppose the government’s planned controversial reforms to higher education. The online group will also call for “national industrial action as part ...

A group of higher education staff disappointed with proposed sector reforms will meet online on August 24 – the day federal parliament returns – in an act of unprotected industrial action. Called the National University Staff Assembly and organised by ...

In his Australia Day Address in 2006, John Howard said that Australia’s "dominant cultural pattern comprises Judeo-Christian ethics, the progressive spirit of the Enlightenment and the institutions and values of British political culture". The speech was controversial. Howard set out ...