ANU has once again affirmed its position as the nation’s top internationally ranked university after being rated in the world’s top 10 institutions across four separate subjects. The latest standings released by international university ratings agency QS rated ANU’s agriculture ...
More »IRU calls for industry-driven research
A new paper released by Innovative Research Universities (IRU) offers recommendations on how to encourage greater links between university researchers and industry. The paper, titled Industry Driven Research, called for more industry incentives to use research produced by Australians and ...
More »Sydney uni to trial guaranteed places for NSW duxes
Many high school duxes in NSW will be guaranteed a place at the University of Sydney next year under a new program designed to open pathways to a broader range of students no matter what their ATAR score is. “It’s ...
More »ANU students urge the V-C to “divest the rest”
Thousands of students from the Australian National University today presented a petition to the university’s vice-chancellor calling on him to ‘divest the rest’ of ANU’s holdings in fossil fuel companies. The campaign by student-led group Fossil Free ANU has handed ...
More »Universities face new corruption report
Recruitment fraud, undeserved passing grades alleged in Four Corners story. Australian universities have been forced to defend recruitment and academic standards relating to students following fresh allegations of widespread corruption. The allegations, aired last night by on the ABC program ...
More »Navitas, UWS sign new partnership
Navitas Limited has today announced a new million-dollar deal with the University of Western Sydney to open an international college. Under the joint venture, a pathway college for international students will be established on UWS’s Parramatta campus from October to ...
More »RUN prepares for Vietnam visit
Senior leaders from Regional Universities Network universities will soon visit Vietnam in a bid to further strengthen a research partnership with the country. The visit is at the invitation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and was supported by ...
More »Australia, India plan rural collaboration
A proposed project developing education and research links aims to create opportunities for rural development in Australia and India, and improve agricultural production in the two countries. The Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation – a research alliance between Charles Sturt University ...
More »Swinburne reappoints Kristjanson for five years
Swinburne University of Technology has reappointed professor Linda Kristjanson vice-chancellor for five years, chancellor Graham Goldsmith announced. Speaking exclusively to Campus Review, Kristjanson said she was delighted to be able to lead Swinburne University for the next phase of its trajectory. “I’m confident that we have positioned ...
More »Overseas students prefer on-campus courses over online
International students choose Australia for the on-campus and in-country experience and are less inclined to want to study online, new research shows. The new research from Hobsons shows that 49 per cent of international students are unwilling to consider online ...
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