The Latest Breaking News from Universities Australia

Groups call for a unified anti-racism standard and say separate definition would ‘shield’ universities from criticism of the antisemitism definition

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 2023, and Israel’s war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents, some of these occurring at Australian universities. The war’s ongoing reverberations have led to renewed controversy over the question of when criticism of Israel and support for…

Those who feel short-changed by their uni's response to their sexual assault or racism complaints will be able to escalate it to a student watchdog.

The opposition and student union have criticised Labor's pledge to cut student debts by 20 per cent, but universities backed efforts to make the system fairer.

Education Minister Jason Clare says limits for foreign students taking up individual degrees will only be used as a back up.

Calls for Australia to intervene to help former Manus detainees; Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prepare to face off in Philadelphia

A higher education heavyweight says the major parties are undermining Australia's future prosperity for short term political gains by capping foreign students.

Decision to cap international enrolments the most ‘extraordinary intervention’ since 2021 Coalition vetoing of research grants, Universities Australia chair to say

The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, our new study has found.