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ATEC
CSPs announced as ATEC gets to work
Following the passage of the Universities Accord legislation, the Minister for Education Jason Clare has announced the Total Allocation Pool (TAP) of 624,590 Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) for 2027, which is up 23,000 on 2026.
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Funding
NSW signs $560m Free TAFE deal
NSW has become the first state to sign a new Free TAFE agreement, securing 160,000 fee-free places and a $560 million investment to help address workforce shortages across critical industries over the next five years.
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AI
HEDx: Tackling real-world AI challenges
La Trobe’s AI Business Studio is pairing students with industry to solve real-world challenges. Annabel Murphy explores the initiative with Patricia Haueiss and Nyo Manwijesingh, examining how AI is reshaping work-integrated learning and community impact.
Workforce
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Policy & Reform
WA uni merger controversy
The West Australian Labor government is preparing a business case to merge three of the state’s four universities off the back of two reviews, one of which has been criticised as full of AI errors.
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On Campus
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On Campus
Confidence at heart of student success
As universities increasingly ask students to explain, discuss and defend their learning, confidence can no longer be treated as an optional extra. We need to be far more intentional about developing it.
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Analysis
Still barriers to Indigenous achievement
Whereas once Indigenous students made up small cohorts in community-focused degrees such as education or health, ever-growing numbers of Indigenous peoples are studying across all disciplines. Indigenous student university enrolments are growing year on year.
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Industry & Research
Podcast: The importance of undergraduate research
Dr Sharon Saunders, Ben Roden-Cohen, Dr Lilia Mantai and Claudia Ghosn discuss how undergraduate research develops confidence, skills and career opportunities, examine barriers to participation, and explore why expanding authentic research experiences is vital for…
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Analysis
How do I look? You be the judge
There’s a particular quiet that falls in the seconds after I walk into a lecture theatre. Before I’ve even said a word. A hundred pairs of eyes, taking a quick, wordless measure of me.
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Analysis
The value of true differentiation
The lesson is that competitive markets have a tendency to turn differentiation into conformity. Something that genuinely distinguishes one provider…
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In the News
UoM remains THE’s highest-ranked Aus uni
The University of Melbourne remains Australia’s highest-ranked institution for the 15th year, rising three places to 34th on the Times…
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AI
Podcast: How unis are implementing AI
The discussion on actually implementing AI in unis, covers where to start, how to build a framework without stifling innovation, what happens when an idea is ready to move into the tech stack.
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AI
Podcast: AI and institutional courage
In this episode, Valerie Singer and Martin Betts discuss the gap between what employers need and what graduates actually bring, and what universities can do right now, this semester, to start closing it.
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On Campus
Podcast: Gap between listening and responding
Most universities will tell you they listen to their students, but listening and actually responding are two very different things. What is a university without its students? That question sits underneath everything in this episode.
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On Campus
Podcast: How to determine student needs
In this episode of the HEDX podcast, Roger Lee speaks with education leaders Tania Broadley, Sam Jacob, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy and Jennifer Lowe on redesigning support systems to improve student success and inclusion.
