The head of Universities Australia (UA) has urged the government to prioritise investment in university research, arguing it is critical to Australia’s economic and social development in the future. As sobering new modelling estimates “up to 38 per cent of ...

A leaked report from UNSW shows that academic misconduct continues to threaten academic integrity in Australia. The leaked University of NSW’s 2019 Student Conduct and Complaints Report, marked confidential, was recently obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald. It was published ...

Universities and local governments taking a financial hit from coronavirus are being offered $100 million in short-term loans from the West Australian government. Applications to the WA Treasury Corporation will be open from June 1, with applicants required to show ...

Rumours swelled following news that the University of Adelaide’s vice-chancellor took sudden and indefinite leave that it was due to the university’s finances – something the university denied – but today the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption uncharacteristically announced that VC ...

The two top jobs at the University of Adelaide were upended this week after both the chancellor and vice-chancellor suddenly left their posts. On Monday, chancellor Kevin Scarce informed the university’s council that he would bring forward the end of ...

The United States has again nabbed the top spot on in the ninth and final Universitas 21 ranking. Produced under the leadership of Professor Ross Williams at the University of Melbourne, the ranking evaluates national systems of higher education rather ...

More than 100 sick or injured koalas have been found in bushfire-ravaged parts of Australia by a dog named Bear and a team of experts since last summer. The five-year-old Australian koolie dog has been on the ground since November ...

The University of Sydney is on the hunt for a new vice-chancellor, with advertisements for the position cropping up from today. Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson, who was last week re-elected for a third term, said the role is more critical than ...

The University of Oxford has ticked a crucial box in the race to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the university announced it struck an agreement with biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca – a strategic partner of the University of Cambridge ...

A white paper has been released that provides insights into how the global education sector has been impacted since COVID-19 spread throughout the world. Produced by Quacquarelli Symond (QS), the paper – entitled The Impact of The Coronavirus on Global ...