A new $27m Clean Energy Centre of Excellence will be established in Burnie, where students will be trained to help expedite the nation’s transition to net zero emissions. Jointly funded by the state and federal governments, the centre will be ...

The two new leaders of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) were announced on Tuesday. Professor Krause. Picture: HEDx Avondale University former vice-chancellor Professor Kerri-Lee Krause will start her role as chief commissioner of TEQSA on April 8, ...

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 reputation rankings revealed there were 10 Australian universities in the top 300 universities ranked, with The University of Melbourne (UoM) ...

Abul Rizvi was the deputy secretary of the Department of Immigration, then the deputy secretary of the Department of Communication. He has a PhD in Immigration Policy from the University of Melbourne, and came to Australia as part of a ...

The peak body representing universities, Universities Australia (UA), has said the federal government should offer more money and less bureaucracy to the higher education sector ahead of the election due by April. Its 2025 Federal Election Statement, Universities Matter to ...

A high-security “safe room” has been set up for Jewish ­students at a top Sydney university after some reported feeling at risk due to anti-Semitism on campus, prompting Jewish leaders to say it should “shock us all” when young people ...

As we head towards the federal election, both sides of politics are making a point of criticising universities and questioning their role in the community. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused unis of focusing on “woke” issues that “just aren’t ...

As Australia stares down the barrel of a looming pilot shortage, more than 100 NSW university students are taking to the skies in brand new state-of-the-art training aircraft. The University of NSW (UNSW) is one of only two Australian universities ...

Big banks have agreed to review the impact of university debts for degrees on home loan approvals following an intervention by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Graduates have long complained that their university debt is impacting their ability to borrow and how ...

The new First Assistant Ombudsman in the Office of the National Student Ombudsman, Sarah Bendall, has a plan to hold universities to account. Six days into this new role, she sat down with Martin Betts to outline the background to ...