Four more Australian universities have joined the list of institutions struggling to get back in the black, with the sector still beset by international border closures and poor investment returns. According to annual reports, the universities of Central Queensland, Curtin, ...

Federal education minister Alan Tudge used a speech given today at RMIT to urge a rethink of Australia’s international education strategy and call on universities to develop more online courses to attract international students from untapped markets. Tudge’s speech discussed ...

An expert witness who gave evidence during the 2019 judicial inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg has voiced her disappointment at the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the 2019 findings. Australian National University Professor Carola Vinuesa, department head ...

Despite decreases in student satisfaction affecting the Australian higher education sector in 2020, the 2020 Employer Satisfaction Survey provided a more positive outlook of the sector, including an improvement in overall satisfaction levels since 2019.  The survey found that 84.7 ...

It was expected that the 2020 Student Experience Survey (SES) would contain a number of surprises this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting virtually every part of our globalised world.  Domestic students In Australia, for instance, there was a nine ...

It was something of a bittersweet moment when Professor Tracey Bretag from The University of South Australia (UniSA) was posthumously given the career achievement award in the Australian Teaching University Awards for 2021.  Bretag, who died in October last year ...

Three of Australia’s teacher education experts have questioned statements made by education minister Alan Tudge that a review is needed into initial teacher education (ITE) courses and that some beginning teachers are not equipped for the classroom because they are ...

China has cemented itself as a dominant player in the global university market, with five of the country’s universities taking out the top five positions in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. China is the first ...

Universities Australia (UA) chair Professor Deborah Terry will address the National Press Club today to highlight the importance of university experts delivering evidence-based, trusted advice to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis, commissioned by UA and conducted by ...

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, new analysis shows female vice-chancellors lead 20 per cent – or one-fifth – of the world’s top universities for the first time. The analysis, conducted by Times Higher Education (THE) and drawing on data ...