
Deakin VC Iain Martin Resigns
After a turbulent week, in a turbulent year, the news broke this afternoon that Iain Martin has resigned as Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University – effective immediately.

After a turbulent week, in a turbulent year, the news broke this afternoon that Iain Martin has resigned as Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University – effective immediately.

Do universities need to teach social skills to grads so they can land a job? A Senate Committee is looking into this and other related topics

Andy Marks from the ATN calls for transparency in the use of AI


There is a significant correlation between excessive workload and poor mental health among academics in Australian higher education, according to a new study.

The Australian National Audit Office slams, really slams, the ANU Council that approved the “Renew ANU” savings plan.


In the final instalment of his series on research security, Ross Mclennan looks at what Australia has to lose if it does not get settings right.

The success of Free TAFE should be measured primarily by the jobs that students move into, rather than whether they complete their course, argues Alex White from the Victorian TAFE Association.

Craig Fowler takes a deep dive into the regulatory burden afflicting universities.


ATEC Commissioner Stephen Duckett says (on X), the “changes which we are working through are the most important and potentially transformative changes to the sector in decades.”

Merlin Crossley finds a new book on what it is like to live with cancer is an important reminder of the value of patient-centric care.

Before Australia embarks on a course of institutional differentiation, it is worth asking why so many governments, university leaders and policymakers around the world have concluded that the path to resilience lies not in narrowing institutions, but in bringing them together.

RMIT University will invest $30 million to upgrade health infrastructure this year, mostly at its Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north.

ANU leaders will front a Senate Committee on Friday with news to report on inquiries into management under the leadership of former Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell and Chancellor Julie Bishop.
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