Most English words have a history which can be traced back through centuries and even millennia. So those which the dictionary notes as “origin unknown” are a challenge –especially colloquial words like munted, which seems to pop up in New Zealand out ...

The University of Melbourne will face legal action over allegations of underpaying casual staff and keeping false or misleading records. On Friday, The Fair Work Ombudsman announced the university would be taken to federal court over claims it failed to ...

As tens of thousands of international students return to Australia's university campuses, sector leaders have called for more support for foreign students to live and work in the country. In early February, the Chinese government announced that over 40,000 students will ...

Western Sydney University will hire new permanent staff as part of a sector-first "large-scale academic decasualisation program." The program, designed in consultation with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), will see 150 full-time teaching and research positions be made available ...

ANU has been ranked Australia’s most international university in the latest round of the Times Higher Education rankings.  Six Australian universities have ranked among the top 50 of the world's most international universities, but all saw a drop in their ...

Publishers of globally respected academic journals are investigating the publication of papers linked to a foundation solely funded by one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. At least three major academic publishers are reviewing how articles linked to the Foundation ...

Institutions in all sectors, including higher education, are shaped by, and in the image of their leaders. What leaders bring with them from childhood experiences and family backgrounds often frame their values, ambitions, and priorities, which can in turn shape ...

Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University Professor Brian Schmidt has announced plans to resign at the end of the year. The Nobel laureate and astrophysicist told students and staff he would return to his role as professor of astronomy after eight ...

Mobility, research, teaching, and personal and interpersonal skills have been identified as the top attributes needed to progress in academia, new research shows. A recent study from the University of Sydney drew results from job ads posted across 3000 universities ...

Two Swinburne University astronomers are embarking on a major project that will unlock a flood of information on six million galaxies in the sector of the universe nearest our Milky Way galactic home. Edward Taylor and Michelle Cluver, both associate ...