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Policy & Reform
Education Minister’s western Sydney seat to be test for Labor
Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on this election remains to be seen. ABC chief election analyst Antony Green says Blaxland is…
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Policy & Reform
Greens to push for free university in a hung parliament
Every Australian would be able to go to university or TAFE for free under a new Greens policy that would…
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Policy & Reform
Banks to waive HECS-HELP loans in mortgage applications
People with student debt can now borrow more for a house as new government guidance filters through to the banks.…
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International Education
Coalition announces harsher international student caps
The Coalition has said it would cap international students at 240,000 and triple the visa application fee to $5,000 for…
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Policy & Reform
Concern Dutton will push American-style crackdown on “woke” universities
The Coalition has warned it would use university regulator levers to review university degree course content to check for "woke"…
Workforce
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Workforce
Did union fights for better conditions unintentionally casualise the workforce?
A new research paper has investigated the factors that have "legitimised" the creation and acceptance of a casual academic workforce…
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On Campus
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On Campus
62% Jewish students, staff feel unsafe on campus: Survey
A survey of 550 university staff and students found six in 10 experienced antisemitic comments, and about the same felt…
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Technology
Data breach affects 10,000 Western Sydney University students
Students from Western Sydney University (WSU) have had their data accessed and likely posted to the dark web in a…
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Policy & Reform
“I’m not sure it’s the Accord anymore”: Is our North Star already outdated?
Two prominent student-success-driven university leaders have urged immediate action to improve student success, warning against waiting for government green-lights like…
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Industry & Research
Tesla chair to lead research and development review
A Strategic Examination of Research and Development review is to evaluate how to maximise Australia's existing research and development (R&D)…
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News
Melbourne has the best academic reputation of any Australian uni,…
The University of Melbourne has topped the list of Australia’s most prestigious higher education facilities globally. The annual Times Higher Education (THE) world academic…
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Opinion
UTS is showing how to achieve student equity now, not in 2050
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has taken bold steps to reach its own equity…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: Fireside chat with Paul LeBlanc – Episode 163
La Trobe University vice-chancellor Theo Farrell and VC Fellow Susan Zhang quizzed Southern New Hampshire University president Paul LeBlanc about…
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Podcasts
HEDx Podcast: Danny Liu, creator of Cogniti.ai – Episode 162
University of Sydney's (USyd) Danny Liu built the award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) agent tool Cogniti.ai to enhance student learning in…