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A review finds JSA has had considerable early success, and proscribes approaches to continue that trend.

A review finds JSA has had considerable early success, and proscribes approaches to continue that trend.


Higher education lobbies have a strong case that ATEC needs to be independent of government. But they lost, because – Charles Sturt U’s Renée Leon aside – they did not explain why this is important to their students and communities.

“It’s beyond comprehension that, in 2026, we are still having to argue against the use of language, and words, to diminish who we are, what we do, and where we stand” Jessica Borger writes.

A Monash University team surveyed 350 doctoral students on what kept them going or motivated them to give it away.

Jason Clare announces “the next step to making going to uni quicker and cheaper.” The Education Minister says the ATEC will develop “a national credit recognition framework …. cutting the length of a degree for students who already have a TAFE qualification in the same area.”

High levels of publication output are not necessarily a reason to celebrate. In order for them to continue to be a valued part of academic work, a radical departure from current productivity-focused models is urgently required, in Australia and internationally.

A new ranking of gender pay equity across all Australian universities prompts fresh questions about sector policies.

More steps are needed to ensure that international students switching provider once they arrive in country only do so where the reasons are genuine.

Australian universities are facing more frequent and damaging hail events, with growing impacts on buildings, research facilities and solar infrastructure.

The language of balance often suggests a simple equation: work on one side, family on the other. Adjust carefully and equality will follow. But the lived reality of many working women has never been so straightforward.

A new ranking of gender pay equity across all Australian universities has been developed by researchers from UQ.


In concluding the highly successful initial visit of Professor Yana Sychikova and Professor Igor Lyman to Australia, Ukraine’s Berdyansk State Pedagogical University has signed an MoU to partner with Future Campus.

Women represent almost 60% of Australia’s Higher Education workforce but occupy a minority of senior roles.

Jason Clare is testing lines for the imminent argument over abolishing the Job Ready Graduates fee setting policy – which don’t involve getting rid of the almost universally-panned policy.
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