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Melbourne University has again been named Australia’s best university in the latest round of higher education rankings.   The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) named Melbourne University the 57th top global university of 2023, rising six places from last year. ...

The University of New South Wales has accepted a $7m donation from Australian businessman James Packer to advance research into the prevention and treatment of mood disorders. Mr Packer, who revealed in 2020 he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, ...

More university placements to facilitate Australia's nuclear submarine endeavours and clinical spots to attract nursing graduates were among the key tertiary spends included in this year's federal budget. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his second budget on Tuesday, which prioritised ...

Professional university staff say they facing "crisis" levels of stress and workload in the wake of rolling university restructures and back-and-forth contract negotiations with academics. Last week, thousands of university staff walked off their jobs as part of an ongoing ...

With the challenges of COVID-19 mostly behind us – do not become complacent, cases are still veryhigh and married with the flu season, caution is paramount (not to mention vaccination) – aconsideration of three basic modes of delivery is timely. ...

Universities and higher education peak bodies are asking for increased funding into research and to scrap the jobs-ready graduate scheme ahead of a major government review. Universities Australia and The Group of Eight (G08) were among the peak tertiary bodies ...

Students are still facing barriers when reporting sexual assault and harassment on Australian university campuses despite a sector-wide overhaul of institutional policies and support services. Last month marked one year since the findings of the second Universities’ Australia National Student ...

We recently undertook a comprehensive survey of business school PhD programs across Australia and New Zealand. It revealed that many PhD candidates lack industry experience, there is limited industry funding for research, and doctoral programs are universally oriented to academia. ...

The nation’s most powerful bureaucrat has challenged the long-term direction of Commonwealth higher education policy which led to Australian universities being very large by world standards, highly reliant on international students for revenue and facing growing financial risk. In a ...

Australian researchers have developed a new type of AI-enabled interface that allows the use of mind control to operate robots. Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) said the technology, still in its early stages, has “vast potential” to ...