Universities and tertiary admissions centres are allowing year 12 students across Australia to apply for – and accept – course offers to university before they sit their final exams, complete year 12, and receive their ATAR. Critics of early university ...

Monash University is facing an estimated $9 million back pay claim from its casual academics after the Fair Work Commission rejected the university’s bid to head off the claim by retrospectively altering its enterprise agreement with staff. The commission’s full bench ...

University of Queensland associate professor Paul Harpur (pictured below, left) joins HEDx to make the case for role models with lived experience to join the debate about achieving real inclusion in higher education. Professor Harpur is a leader of Universities ...

The federal government will spend $9.1m to support a business case and consultation process to define the scope of a National Skills Passport. The Universities Accord recommended the concept of a National Skills Passport in its interim report to Education ...

Australia isn’t alone in going through a landmark review of higher education, and rather than expecting all the answers to come from within, we should sense check our experience and proposed solutions with those who are trying or have tried ...

Australia’s top universities have slid down the most recent world university rankings; however, experts say the popular rankings shouldn’t be the sole barometer of overall success. Times Higher Education (THE) published its 20th edition World University Rankings this year in ...

The federal government has announced major changes are underway to combat the rorting of international student visas and to better protect students. Christine Nixon AO delivered a Rapid Review into the Exploitation of Australia’s Visa System (Nixon Review) to address ...

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members working at the University of Melbourne (UniMelb) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) will strike next week in a continuing battle with university management. UniMelb union members across campus will stop ...

The Victorian government announced on 12 September it will make studying to become a secondary school teacher free in Victoria in 2024 and 2025, hoping to quickly inject teachers into the workforce and at the same time support students through ...

Macquarie University has developed a free online microcredential to help Australians make an informed decision when voting in the Australian Indigenous Voice ‘The Voice' 2023 Referendum.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced The Voice Referendum on 30 July 2022, and all ...