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Fees Should Never Buy Degrees, But They Should Earn Respect
Donors are recognised with great respect by universities, but contribute far less collectively than international students. While fees can’t buy degrees, they can buy student support, cross-subsidised research and all sorts of other things that Australian Universities rely on. Some level of recognition is required.
Collaborative Precincts Beat Insular Institutions: New Models for HE
Multicampus models of the past, which replicated institutional experiences in different locations, are set to be replaced by collaborative precincts, where universities are an anchor, not a sole arbiter, Zoe Terpening writes.
ATEC Powering Up
Legislation establishing new government regulation of university enrolments is set to be enacted. The Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 did not pass the Senate yesterday but it will, with the Government amending the Bill to address issues raised by the Greens, ACT independent David Pocock and the Opposition.
Rocky Road Ahead In Global Rankings
Australia’s performance in the 2026 edition of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects reflects a system that remains globally competitive. While the overall number of ranked subject listings decreased slightly, the proportion of subjects at Australian universities in the world’s top 100 increased, Angel Calderon writes.
Family Members, Visa-Hopping Banned By Government
The family of international students will no longer be granted visas and visa-hopping will be banned, in a further shake-up of Australian policy relating to international students.
AI Says Arts Is Obsolete. Who Is Going To Fix It?
As an increasing number of Australians turn to AI for answers, Future Campus has found that the course selection advice on offer from major AI platforms is out of tune with sector experts.
Judgement: The Most Important Tool For an Engineer
AI is changing the work engineers do and perhaps what we should expect of graduate engineers as they enter the profession.
The Cost of Going to University
“If we are serious about widening participation in higher education, we need to look beyond inherited measures of disadvantage and outdated ideas about student life. We need to understand the lives students actually lead, the costs they bear to participate, and what this means for the university we design around them,” write Taryn Jones and Rorden Wilkinson from Macquarie U.
UA to Government: Enough Intervention
UA CEO Luke Sheehy warns that Government does not have a strong track record in attempting HE intervention, and it’s time to ease up.
One Nation unites HE with rest of Parliament
One Nation’s proposed cuts to international student numbers united universities and other political parties on one thing – nobody likes them.
Nobody Expects The University Inquisition
Universities need to consider the potential impact of the rise in popularity of One Nation, ATN’s Andy Marks writes.
The AI Wrap You Didn’t Know You Needed
The mid-week AI wrap you didn’t know you needed
Appointments & Achievements
Key moves in the Tertiary Education sector this week.
AI Shortcuts Stunt Learning: Study
A large scale study of secondary students in China has found that AI adoption results in a short term improvement in scores and decline in homework duration, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
New Library Changes The Game
The world’s first video games library for educators has been established by University of Sydney staff, offering new – and highly sought-after – digital games for students.
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