An anthropology professor and his colleagues have been taken hostage by an armed group in Papua New Guinea. PNG’s Prime Minister, James Marape, told reporters on Monday his government has been in contact with the kidnappers, with missionaries living in the ...

Australian universities have underpaid their staff by at least $107.8 million since 2020, according to a new report. The ‘NTEU wage theft report’, released Monday, analysed 34 separate incidents of wage theft across 22 universities and found the University of ...

A new book, The New Learning Economy: Thriving Beyond Higher Education, has investigated the changing landscape of Australia's tertiary economic model and commitments to lifelong learning. Book co-authors, HEDx co-founder Emeritus Professor Martin Betts and Queensland University of Technology Professor ...

Hundreds of staff at Queensland University have announced plans to go on strike over job security, fair pay and improved working conditions after the union accused management of “dragging their feet". On Wednesday, staff and students plan to walk off ...

As the campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament ramps up nationwide, universities have begun to air their stance on the upcoming referendum. On Saturday the Prime Minister declared a “national week of action” to raise awareness in favour of ...

Griffith University has appointed Professor Cindy Shannon AM as the university's first Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Indigenous, Diversity and Inclusion. Best known for contributions to Indigenous health, the award-winning academic was made Member of the Order of Australia for “significant service ...

The Albanese government has revealed that a secret review of the Australian Research Council’s performance in dealing with national security risks is underway separately to the broad review of the research funding body announced by Education Minister Jason Clare last ...

Monash University has ditched its physical student and staff ID cards for a "more convenient and secure" digital pass. The new pass which accessible on mobile phones and connected watches, will replace university identification and allow staff and students to ...

Sarah Henderson has been appointed the federal coalition’s shadow minister for education. On Tuesday, opposition leader Peter Dutton announced Senator Henderson will take on the role of federal education spokesperson following Alan Tudge's resignation last week. In a statement, Mr ...

Paul LeBlanc, the President of Southern New Hampshire University in the US, joins the HEDx podcast for a second part of his interview. He talks about his radical model of scalable higher education delivered by his staff who focus on the ...