Three states are likely to receive rescue flights from India once a travel ban on the COVID-ravaged country ends this month, but stranded Australians who test positive to the virus will not be on-board. Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on ...

Universities Australia (UA) might look a little different in the coming months, as the peak picks through a review into whether it is fit for purpose in 2021.   Among the recommendations from the PhllipsKPA review, which UA’s board commissioned late last year, was that ...

Despite decreases in student satisfaction affecting the Australian higher education sector in 2020, the 2020 Employer Satisfaction Survey provided a more positive outlook of the sector, including an improvement in overall satisfaction levels since 2019.  The survey found that 84.7 ...

Universities Australia (UA) chair Professor Deborah Terry will address the National Press Club today to highlight the importance of university experts delivering evidence-based, trusted advice to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis, commissioned by UA and conducted by ...

Several of the higher education sector’s peak bodies and groups have welcomed the government’s wish to bring higher social and economic benefits to the country by ramping up the commercialisation of Australian research.  In a consultation paper released last week, ...

Associate Professor Jack Wang has taken out the prestigious Australian University Teacher of the Year award for 2020, with the University of Queensland microbiologist recognised for his novel approaches to teaching nurses and doctors about COVID-19 and medical hygiene.  Part ...

New figures released by Universities Australia show 17,300 jobs were lost in the university market in 2020 along with an estimated $1.8 billion in revenue compared to 2019. UA CEO Catriona Jackson said the operating revenue of Australian universities dropped ...

The injection of an additional $1 billion for university research was the big-ticket item for higher education in last night’s Federal Budget. Announcing the education measures in the 2020-21 Budget, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said education would be critical ...

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 ...

The 2020 Graduate Outcome Survey – Longitudinal (GOS-L) report was recently released by Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), with figures showing a significant jump in the number of graduates in full-time work since 2017 and varying gender gaps ...