A senior University of Sydney professor who was sacked last Friday has vowed to fight back and says he will set up an academic defence union to defend whistleblowers. Manuel Graeber, a neuropathologist with a highly regarded research record who ...

More than 100,000 students and staff at Monash University will have access to free mental health and wellbeing support through a new smartphone app. The Thrive smartphone app was rolled out to the Monash community – providing mental health support ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: Meeting learners where they're at - Episode 93 The prevailing stereotype of a student starting university is that of a young school leaver heading to a highly regarded institution of higher education, with a profession in ...

The University of Sydney has acted to shut down an event promoting a “global intifada” after local Jewish leaders raised the alarm over posters using a picture of a bulldozer crashing through an Israeli security fence to promote the meeting. The event, ...

The University of Melbourne has committed to a radical shift in the profile of its student body, aiming to lift the proportion of undergraduates from key disadvantaged groups from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2030. Provost Nicola ...

The body representing Australian university staff has petitioned to save the job of a Sydney University (USYD) lecturer facing termination of his contract because he has asked to continue to teach remotely due to ill health. Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, senior ...

Almost 50 years after Deakin University was founded, community members claim the institution should be renamed to confront the racist policies its namesake Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second prime minister. Deakin vice-chancellor Professor Iain Martin said a name change was not ...

Staff at the University of Southern Queensland will strike for the first time in 20 years this Wednesday after negotiations with university management about fair redundancy measures fell through. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members want to see the university ...

Universities Australia (UA) chief Catriona Jackson will step down from her position in December following a tumultuous year representing Australia’s 39 tertiary institutions. UA is the peak body representing Australian universities in lobbying government, communicating to the public, and co-ordinating ...

Australia’s peak engineering body has welcomed federal investment in AUKUS engineering education and called for support to produce a further 60,000 additional graduates by 2033. Engineers Australia chief Romilly Madew AO praised the government’s commitment of $128.5m over four years ...