Universities

The University of Wollongong is considering redundancies at a well-regarded support service for victim-survivors of sexual assault.

In six weeks, Australia's newest university, Adelaide University, will open as South Australia's two largest higher learning centres merge.

It will create one of the country's largest universities, but the speed of the amalgamation is causing some confusion and frustration for both staff and students. James Wakelin reports.

The co-vice chancellors of the new Adelaide University says the mammoth task of merging two universities has its own complexities.

World-renowned anthropologist, filmmaker and Arnhem Land Indigenous leader Paul Gurrumuruwuy Wunungmurra has become the first Yolŋu person to be honoured for his work with a PhD for original research.

An international student has been awarded $10,000 in compensation after a tribunal found she was unfairly evicted from her university accommodation after she made complaints about noisy students. 

International students are grappling with Australia's high cost of living, and experts warn there are no quick fixes to their financial stress. 

From late next month, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia will begin to cease operations and transform to become Adelaide University. But as the clock ticks, some students and staff are feeling the pressure.

We asked readers if they had thoughts or concerns about the rise of AI. This is what they told us.

A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.

The Australian National University's dire financial situation is "improving", and interim vice-chancellor Rebekah Brown says the university has now set a new target of delivering a surplus next year.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Adelaide says the underpayments, which occurred between 2017 and 2025, were "unfortunate and very regrettable".

A 20 per cent reduction on HECS debt is a welcomed relief for some 3 million Australians with a student loan. But those who paid their HECS early or are yet to rack up a debt will miss out on the support.

At least a dozen Australian universities are using AI to detect AI. But they're not always catching cheats. Instead, they're wrongly accusing students of academic misconduct.

Just 12 per cent of domestic students starting university in WA are from rural communities. It is hoped courses closer to home will address low participation rates and help overcome workforce shortages. 

As Western Sydney University prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents reveal it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 a day.

Video shows the group of Jewish students being verbally abused and intimidated by the University of Sydney female staff member, before she was moved along by security.

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been given to three scientists for discovering how our immune systems protect us from microbes.

The new visa is designed to attract top global STEM talent but has sparked fierce backlash, with critics warning it could squeeze Chinese nationals out of the graduate job market.