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26/08/2025

21/08/2025

Key news from the week in higher education from the redoubtable Stephen Matchett in today's Future Campus.

15/08/2025

Australian universities continue to decline in the ARWU rankings, out today . Australia's ratings expert Angel Calderon looks at the latest results and what they mean for institutions and the nation.

13/08/2025

The Productivity Commission calls for a national system to recognise skills, “improving our education systems will not be enough,” is the main message.

Australia needs a Commonwealth-wide database; “to better understand possible tertiary education pathways, making decisions about the allocation of credit more transparent and providers more accountable.”

13/08/2025

The 2020-22 decline in HE spending as a share of GDP was the largest since data was first collected in the early 1990s, demonstrating why Australia underperforms on R&D compared to global competitors, the University of Melbourne’s Frank Larkins reports.

13/08/2025

Understanding how to tell a story, engage and audience and build impact through the way you choose, edit and use images has never been more important for anyone working in higher ed.

Neil Bennett has had an amazing career in photography and visual storytelling across multiple countries and will present a masterclass at HE FEST on 19 September.

Neil has just been named a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize for his picture of didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton. The workshop should be epic - it's called Image isn't everything - but it can be.

Tickets are limited - https://hefest.com.au/registration/

06/08/2025

Reaction to the Albanese Government's latest approach to controlling international student numbers.

06/08/2025

Merlin Crossley takes an incisive look at the challenges and opportunities of AI in assessment.

06/08/2025

The Ministerial Direction initially used by the Federal Government to curb international student numbers had some unintended and very uneven consequences on Australian universities.

04/08/2025

New Research Strategies are out from the University of Melbourne and the new Adelaide University, despite ongoing questions about the Australian Government's commitment to funding, measuring, regulating and prioritising research in future.

04/08/2025

A really interesting conversation with Mark Cassidy on some aspects of the future of research, following the release of the University of Melbourne's Research Strategy.

01/08/2025

Want a 2 minute catch up on some of the key news in Australian HE this week? Stephen Matchett's famous The Week That Was is ready and waiting for you.

News and analysis from the past week in Australian HE