As National Reconciliation Week draws to a close, universities have had time to reflect on the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and experiences within higher education. The final day of the week-long commemoration, June 3rd, observes ...

Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link between unstable weather and mortality.  From 2000 to 2019, Monash experts have determined that an average of 1.75 million deaths ...

Distinguished academic and longtime university head professor Glyn Davis has been chosen as the new secretary for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Davis was vice-chancellor of Melbourne University between 2005 to 2018 and was previously head of ...

Experts have called to establish specialised peer review panels to help close the gender funding gap in academic research. A recent survey from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found work disruptions to be the main reason why ...

A huge deadline is looming for almost three million university students saddled with student debt, who have just six days before they are hit with a big payment increase. From June 1, the indexation rate applied to HECS–HELP loans will ...

Sydney University staff fronted the picket lines once again yesterday in an historic strike to advance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff rights.   This marks the third staff strike in the last two weeks. According to National Tertiary Education Union ...

A new RMIT vocational course aims to educate students to better recognise and respond adequately to victim-survivors of sexual violence and harm. The Course in Recognising and Responding to Sexual Violence is targeted at practitioners, support workers, service users and ...

One of Australia’s top doctors has issued an urgent warning after killer virus monkeypox was found on our shores. A Victorian man is in hospital after being diagnosed with monkeypox, while another in NSW is also suspected of being infected ...

The University of Southern Queensland will build a new rocket manufacturing hub as part of a commercialisation project geared to developing Australia's budding space industry. On Monday, the Coalition government announced the last round of Trailblazer grants, which awarded USQ ...

Sydney University staff and students are set to strike over academic job security and working conditions after the union says management failed to respond to its proposals. On Wednesday, people from all walks of university life will be at the ...