Australia's largest non-profit medical research donor has suspended funding to Melbourne University over a lack of gender equity and diversity in their honorary doctorates. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which grants three $8 million dollar scholarships each year, said Melbourne ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made Australia increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, and the university sector is a prime target, cyber security experts have warned.  The federal government issued a cyber threat warning to businesses on Thursday after NATO allies ...

The Australian Catholic University has been referred to health and safety regulators after allegedly forcing staff to return to campus. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said ACU failed to consult its staff on plans to return to face-to-face learning, ...

Minister's powers to block ARC funding grants will be scrutinised in a parliamentary inquiry addressing political interference in research.  On February 9 the Senate opened public submissions to consider removing ministers' veto powers from the Australian Research Council Act 2001. ...

Top universities in Australia and the UK will work more closely together following the passing of a historic trade agreement. In a joint letter, Australia’s Group of Eight (G08) coalition and the UK’s Russell Group announced a new committee aimed ...

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has backflipped on his decision to let international students enter the state, allowing them in if they are vaccinated and quarantine for 14 days once they arrive. Thousands of international students were caught in limbo ...

University staff are increasingly working in their spare time, with new research showing that 50 per cent of academics and professional staff receive work-related texts, calls and emails from colleagues on the weekend. The research from the University of South ...

The government has appointed ex-Nationals senator Fiona Nash Australia’s first Regional Education Commissioner. Created in the wake of the Napthine Review, the role of the commissioner will be to oversee the implementation of the strategy to improve regional, rural and ...

Murdoch University has announced Professor Andrew J Deeks as its new Vice Chancellor, starting in April 2022. Deeks comes to Murdoch from University College Dublin, where he has served as president since 2014. He was the first Australian to lead ...

School leavers eyeing off a future in hospitality, child care or a trade could soon receive free training under a proposal designed to help sectors smashed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In an address to Labor faithful in Sydney, Anthony Albanese ...