University of New England Vice Chancellor Professor Brigid Heywood is due to front court after she allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Armidale on March 8. The 65-year-old has been issued with a court attendance notice and is facing charges ...

Tensions between the NTEU and RMIT have intensified after the union claimed the university threatened it with legal action following the branch’s decision to encourage staff not to undertake unpaid labour for 11 days in August.  The rift between the ...

The University of Wollongong is set to become the first Australian university to have a teaching base in India after it signed a historic agreement with Gujarat city officials this week. On Wednesday, UOW and representatives from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City ...

With the new government’s Universities Accord process underway, higher education leaders are calling for equity, insecure work and wage theft to be prioritised in the new reform era.  Speaking at the Universities Australia gala on July 6, Federal Education Minister ...

Australian universities have shone in the latest Shanghai Rankings, with UNSW maintaining its run of having the highest number of academic disciplines ranked worldwide. This year's Global Rankings of Academic Subjects ranked more than 5,000 universities across 96 countries and ...

Flinders University has unveiled a new $100,000 logo more than 60 years after the institution's creation. Due to be rolled out across campuses by the end of the year, the new logo is part of a rebranding campaign to capture ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have issued a warning about the potential health risks of herbal medicine after a study revealed bak kut teh soup could cause liver failure.  The study analysed four different types of locally purchased packet ...

A new Flinders University study has shown how a protein called tau, a critical factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, turns from normal to a disease state. Researchers believe the discovery could help to prevent the tau transformation process ...

Australian universities will see more international students on campus after the government scrapped a raft of COVID-19 restrictions last week. In a statement last week health minister Mark Butler announced that people entering Australia would no longer be required to ...

Ministerial powers to block Australian Research Council grants will be scrutinised by the federal government as part of Labor's efforts to "reset" relations with universities. Jason Clare announced an independent review into ARC governance during his first address as education ...