The University of Sydney (USyd) has partnered with ed-tech company HEX, which will offer short courses to address digital skills gaps in students, and act as a stepping stone into higher education or employment. The partnership will see university credit ...

Vice-chancellor of James Cook University Professor Simon Biggs has been appointed as the new chair of Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group, to serve a two year term to 2025. He succeeds the former chair, University of Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon, ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Kiki: Is AI a danger or opportunity? - Episode 101> There is a widely held view among higher education leaders and commentators that the current UK university funding system might lead to a crisis. More than ...

A senior female worker alleges a leading professor at James Cook University (JCU) said he would “spear her” if she failed to dramatically increase Indigenous enrolments, which he later claimed was just a "joke". The 65-year-old woman, who wishes to ...

Almost 20 per cent of all international student visa applications have been rejected so far this financial year, leaving Australia on track to accept 91,715 fewer visa holders in 2023-24 than the year prior. The current 81 per cent approval ...

Notre Dame University is the first Australian university to partner with Oxford International Education Group (OIEG) to boost its international student enrolments. The Catholic university with campuses in Sydney in NSW and Fremantle and Broome in WA has over 11,000 ...

Two lifesaving medical researchers who are helping to cure melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, have been recognised as the 2024 Australian of the Year. Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer's research has saved thousands of lives ...

Students are fleeing Australia for free and low-fee universities around the world as the cost of living crisis and HECS pushes higher education further out of reach. Countries attracting the most Aussie ex-pats – ranked from least expensive living costs ...

South Australian applications to study fee-free TAFE in 2024 are up 65 per cent from two years ago, the first time enrolments have increased year on year since 2012. Early childhood care, plumbing, nursing and electrotechnology courses have received the ...

University of Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon has unexpectedly resigned from his post for personal reasons, after less than four years in the role. The university said last Thursday that Professor Nixon had stepped down from the position and deputy vice-chancellor ...