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Researchers gear up as Aus joins Horizon Europe
Australian academics will be able to access a significantly larger pool of money for research and development after the Albanese government concluded negotiations to join Horizon Europe.
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Technology
Assessments not preparing students for AI: Danny Liu
A sector expert has called on curriculum and assessment bodies to update how students are tested to ensure they are properly learning about artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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Commentary
Intl student refunds new financial risk for unis
Universities are overlooking a fast‑growing financial risk: international student refunds, now a hotspot for fraud, errors and compliance failures.
Workforce
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VC's Corner
Deakin VC resigns after job losses announced
Iain Martin has resigned as vice-chancellor of Deakin University just days after 150 job losses were announced in a restructure.
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MP backs ANU academics after council members resign
Assistant minister and ACT MP Andrew Leigh has reminded parents that their children can still get a great education at the Australian National University despite years of job losses and controversy.
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The future of agentic AI for university students
Universities stand at a turning point. For years, headlines have framed AI as a threat to academic integrity. That narrative misses the bigger opportunity.
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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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Technology
How AI ‘personalities’ shape our actions
Artificial intelligence models do not have personalities in the human sense, but they do display patterns of behavior that people read as personality.
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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
Top universities fall in latest rankings
Some of Australia's top universities have fallen in the 2026 Centre for World University Rankings as the federal government was…
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Podcasts
HEDx: Is your university disrupting itself?
Aaron Driver and Neil Durant from the University of New England argue that universities should not wait to be disrupted by AI - they should lead the disruption themselves.
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HEDx: Practical help for students with disabilities
Students with disabilities are a growing equity cohort in Australian tertiary education, yet they continue to experience lower access, satisfaction and completion than their higher education peers.
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HEDx: The future campus is already here
In this episode, Alex Elibank-Murray, pro vice-chancellor (global and engagement) at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, hosts a panel with colleague and senior lecturer in design Leah Barclay.
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New model of industry engaged learning
Helen Bartlett, vice-chancellor of University of the Sunshine Coast, joins industry partner Yas Nemet of Microsoft and staff and student colleagues. They showcase a best-practice example of universities and TAFE working in partnership with employers…
