A new law requiring foreign postgraduate students to obtain ministerial approval before switching degrees has been amended by the Albanese government. On July 1st, the federal home affairs department began an updated visa screening process to “manage the risk of ...

A group of naked and drunk university students were left bloody after they were attacked and held hostage during a hazing ritual in Wagga Wagga. A NSW District Court heard five university students had participated in the ‘Mott Walk’, a Charles Sturt University hazing ritual in ...

Melbourne has been recognised as Australia’s top study destination for the eighth year in a row.  In the 2023 QS Best Student Cities Ranking, only two Australian cities ranked among the world's top 10, with Melbourne leading in fifth place ...

A group of researchers are rebelling against traditional forms of academic output and are using different art forms to present their findings to a wider audience; and they are advocating for other researchers to follow their lead.  In their new ...

Universities' reliance on international student revenue poses a “concentration risk” for the higher education sector, the state's auditor general has said. Figures tabled in the state parliament on Monday revealed that Chinese students currently account for over half of overseas ...

Melbourne University's Business School has been recognised for having the most prestigious executive MBA program in Australia for the third year in a row. The sixth round of the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings, released yesterday, recognised only five Australian ...

The University of Virginia in the US has repatriated seven sacred Indigenous objects to central Australia. The materials were collected by a delegation of Warlpiri men from Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, from an Adelaide museum last week. This follows ...

The recently released QS World Rankings 2023 leaves much to consider. At the global level, there is increased competition and engagement in the rankings. It includes 1422 universities in 2023 compared to 1300 in the 2022 QS rankings. By broad ...

Young men are enrolling in university at lower rates than women, and are more likely to fail the majority of their first-year course subjects, University Admissions Centre (UAC) data has shown. A recent UAC analysis looked at first-year university grade ...

Australian universities have slipped in the latest round of international higher education rankings, with only five local institutions placing in the world's top 50. The Australian National University ranked as the nation's best institution, but also dropped three places to ...