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Western Sydney launches brand campaign
For the first time in over a decade, Western Sydney University (WSU) has launched a brand campaign with a new positioning statement, ‘Charge towards change.’ The campaign recognises the uncertainty of the times, the effects…
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On Campus
How to make degrees AI‑proof
Artificial intelligence is challenging traditional assumptions about higher education, prompting calls for universities to rethink how degrees are structured and better prepare students to work across disciplines and evaluate information critically.
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Commentary
Intn’l students, language and belonging
International students say English proficiency is only part of the challenge when studying in Australia, with confidence, cultural understanding and a sense of belonging often proving just as important to success.
Workforce
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Pedagogy
Psychology ed must evolve with profession
The expansion of paid prac support for clinical psychology students has been welcomed, but experts warn Australia must also ensure placements are available, diverse and aligned with the skills future psychologists will need in practice.
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On Campus
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On Campus
Uni leaders face Antisemitism Royal Commission
The leaders of some of Australia's top universities have admitted they ‘failed’ in some aspects of handling Israel-Gaza protests and conflict on campus, a royal commission has heard.
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Commentary
Completion and compliance in ATEC era
When the Australian Universities Accord landed in February 2024, it arrived with the weight of a generational document. Four hundred pages, forty-seven recommendations, and a vision of 80 per cent of working-age Australians holding a…
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Industry & Research
What is the future of scientific research?
The federal budget delivered targeted boosts for science agencies but stopped short of the sweeping reforms recommended in the Ambitious Australia report, leaving the nation’s research system in a familiar holding pattern.
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Exclusive
How AI will change student experience
Artificial intelligence is poised to fundamentally reshape the student experience over the next decade, shifting universities towards personalised, always available support, a sector voice has said.
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Exclusive
UC centre to focus on public debate, not enrolments
Bill Shorten will leverage his political experience to open a centre that will foster healthy debate, exemplify public sector leadership…
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Rankings
Aus universities shine in sustainability rankings
Australian universities have placed well in Time Higher Education's Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026, with eight achieving a spot in the…
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Podcasts
Podcast: Beyond the student panel
At this year’s HEDx Conference at UTS, students weren’t just attendees – they were embedded across the program, contributing to the hosting, and delivery of sessions. In this episode, Belinda Brear (Student Voice Australasia coordinator) and…
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Podcasts
HEDX: Are global partnerships effective?
The fourth episode in our series, The AI Inflection Point, this conversation looks at whether higher education’s actions around creating global partnerships has actually been effective for students, for institutions, or for the sector?
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Podcasts
HEDx: The culture problem around AI
Lucy Marshall from the University of Sydney names what most leaders know but rarely say out loud — universities don't have an innovation problem. They have a culture problem.
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Podcasts
HEDx: AI highlights broken HE model
Welcome to episode one of The AI Inflection Point — our six-part series recorded at the HEDx 2026 conference in Sydney.
