
Systemic Racism a Stain on the Sector
“Universities have not met their duty of care”, the Australian Human Rights Commission concludes in its major survey-based study of racism on campus.

“Universities have not met their duty of care”, the Australian Human Rights Commission concludes in its major survey-based study of racism on campus.


There have been big changes in institutional demand in 2025, in fresh data showing Victoria University the biggest winner in application growth between 2024 and 2025.

Despite the rapid growth of the Australian higher education sector after the Second World War, by the beginning of the 1970s the formal foundations of Australian university governance appeared remarkably stable.

Will the Greens tie a cut to the top tier of JRG to the ATEC Bill to try to force the Government’s hand on fees?


Universities will, more generally, be pushed out of introductory basic skills courses by cheaper online platforms, writes Merlin Crossley – but they can focus on deep learning.

The Job Ready Graduates scheme has now been implemented by the Albanese Government for more than twice the time that it was used by the Morrison Government. Craig Fowler makes a case for a better model.

Any ATEC is better than no ATEC at all, appears to be the latest viewpoint of HE leaders.


A survey of more than 11,500 staff across Australia’s 42 universities has found that all universities present high or very high psychosocial risks, unless you are in senior management, where risks appear lower.

A coalition of Vice-Chancellors has sued for terms following the House of Representatives passing the ATEC legislation on Tuesday and ahead of tomorrow’s Senate committee hearing to consider it.

Craig Fowler looks at the consequences for the Government of retaining the failed Job Ready Graduates (JRG) funding model and the challenge ahead to build a case for an alternative.

“After many frustrating years of higher education reform, the provision of policy and funding certainty for the sector is very near, but not certain,” Newcastle U Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky writes, calling for the establishment of ATEC.

OES have moved to sponsor the Universities Without Walls Symposium

Appointments and Achievements in Australian HE this week.
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