Staff from Sydney University have gone on strike over casualisation, work conditions and wages for the seventh time since the union began bargaining in August 2021. On Thursday, hundreds of full-time and casual staff formed picket lines after negotiations stalled ...

Australia’s research-intensive universities are pushing for an even closer relationship with India, urging the two countries to establish a higher education and research strategy. The Group of Eight, which represents the eight top research universities, said the strategy was the ...

Monash Vice-Chancellor Margaret Gardner and University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry are the only two Australian women leading a top global university, according to the latest higher education rankings. For International Women's Day in March, Times Higher Education analysed data ...

University academics should learn to use artificial intelligence to help craft their assignment guidelines, lesson plans and marking rubrics, according to a writing expert, but should disclose its use to students. According to the University of Sydney's Dr Benjamin Miller, ...

Universities are being advised how to avoid getting roped into multi-employer agreements under a leaked “strategy road map” that unions claim is “incontrovertible proof” the universities want to try to push through substandard pay deals. The Australian Higher Education Industrial ...

Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar AO, has announced plans to step down at the end of the year. Professor Dewar said after 11 years leading the university he's proud of what he has achieved. "When I came ...

Professor Mary O'Kane in leading the Universities Accord invites HEDx to be a facilitator and provocateur of big ideas into the biggest review of our higher education system for a generation. Immediately after the launch of the issues paper and an ...

International students in Australia generated $29bn in education exports last year, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Data from the ABS, released on Tuesday, showed international students in Australia contributed to $25.5 billion to the economy, ...

Western Australia will conduct an independent review of the state's four public universities to address a drop in student numbers and research funding over the past decade. Last week, state premier Mark McGowan appointed a panel of experts to analyse ...

International undergraduates from ANU and Macquarie University will be able to study across both campuses as part of a new partnership between the two institutions. Starting in 2024, international students at either university will be able to study on exchange ...