
United Front Against Uni Execs
University leaders are under renewed attack from politicians, media and the industry union.

University leaders are under renewed attack from politicians, media and the industry union.

There has been a tsunami of work policing the use of AI in HE assessment, but far less casting insight on how AI use makes students feel.


Fundraising milestones are a cause for celebration and sometimes self-congratulation at many institutions, but after reaching their $125 m goal, Griffith’s advancement team say they are just getting started.

The Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is about to be in business, with the Senate passing legislation late Monday.

Key awards and achievements in Australian HE this week.

Queensland’s Vice-Chancellors did not score pay rises last year. Jacqui Lambie had something to do with that.

If we can agree that consultants are just a name for the outsiders you probably don’t like, we can all move onto the real problem. The problems at the heart of the ‘consultancy’ issue are procurement, contract management and reporting transparency.

Universities Australia aims to work more closely with students, unions and business to achieve better outcomes, as the sector faces a challenging year.

University annual reports were tabled in State Parliament on Friday. The overall results mostly point to post-pandemic positives.

Universities will cop a reputational whammy from a Senate committee inquiry that no one seems to have seen coming.


The University of Canberra unveils its new pitch to prospective students, but also to Government and the HE sector.

Industry Minister Tim Ayres will focus Australian researchers, workers and businesses on three key areas of strategic national priority.

Australian universities face limited scope to increase both the number and proportion of subjects ranked in the top 50, largely due to a lack of public investment in tertiary education and research, alongside declining productivity across the broader economy.

“We still need that magic ‘sorting hat’ to signal, at the time of publication or close to that time, which papers are likely to have major impacts, and which are solid but not world changing.” – Merlin Crossley looks at the crossroads for academic publishing.
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