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Building for plants of the future wins national award

Building for plants of the future wins national award

A research facility for plants that can deal with climate change is among the projects recognised at the 2026 national architecture awards.

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

A new report has found fewer international students are putting Australia at the top of their favoured destinations.

Stoush brewing over mega-university plan

Stoush brewing over mega-university plan

Stoush brewing over mega-university plan

Stoush brewing over mega-university plan

University workers will fight a plan to create a mega-uni from three state institutions, but a state government says it's the only way to remain competitive.

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Moonshot: lunar rover gets ready for launch

Moonshot: lunar rover gets ready for launch

The Australian Space Agency has developed its first lunar rover, designed to transmit secrets from the moon back to Earth and never return home.

Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Six Australian universities have featured in the world's top 100, according to a prestigious list, swimming against a tide of broader educational decline.

Labor bets house on migration figure that won't behave

Labor bets house on migration figure that won't behave

Bringing migration down will disarm those who have weaponised one statistic against the government, but it's not clear that will happen, experts say.

Defiant Hanson 'sick of listening' to migration experts

Defiant Hanson 'sick of listening' to migration experts

Pauline Hanson is dismissing criticism from bureaucrats, politicians and big business, saying they're wrong on migration and only care about cheap labour.

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'Race to the bottom': One Nation migration plan slammed

'Race to the bottom': One Nation migration plan slammed

'Race to the bottom': One Nation migration plan slammed

'Race to the bottom': One Nation migration plan slammed

Business groups are piling on One Nation's plan to cut 750,000 migrants, arguing it would cripple Australia's ability to elevate its standard of living.

Concession card call for all Aussie uni students

Concession card call for all Aussie uni students

Concession card call for all Aussie uni students

Concession card call for all Aussie uni students

Australia is being urged to help ease cost-of-living pressures on domestic university students by making a key change to the support it already offers.

Fair Work veteran admits keeping child abuse material

Fair Work veteran admits keeping child abuse material

Fair Work veteran admits keeping child abuse material

Fair Work veteran admits keeping child abuse material

Retired Fair Work Commission senior member Alan Boulton has admitted possessing child abuse material after showing images during a university lecture.

'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised

'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised

'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised

'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised

New laws allowing more regional and disadvantaged students to access university do not go far enough in creating educational equality, a committee has warned.

Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Students have been told not to attend a university campus as hundreds of staff stop work for 24 hours over concerns including artificial intelligence.

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

He wore the same pair of shoes throughout primary school but with help from The Smith Family, James Bow is forging a new path out of poverty.

Universities best placed to handle the AI challenge

Universities best placed to handle the AI challenge

Universities best placed to handle the AI challenge

Universities best placed to handle the AI challenge

The peak body says universities are best equipped to tackle artificial intelligence challenges without heavy-handed regulation or a centralised authority.

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ANU sorry after ‘indefensible treatment’ of academic

An academic who levelled bullying claims at the leadership of one of Australia's most prestigious universities has received a payout and apology.

Senior public servant to succeed Julie Bishop at ANU

After the controversial tenure of ex-politician Julie Bishop, the Australian National University has hired public servant Gordon de Brouwer as chancellor.

Police arrest teenager over university campus shooting

Police in Virginia have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a shooting at a university campus that left five people injured.

'Hanson not welcome': students skip class for protests

Thousands of students have taken to the streets nationwide, ditching school to voice opposition to Pauline Hanson as plans are hatched for a second strike.

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AI detection tools miss the mark for student assessment

Using artificial intelligence detection software in universities could risk undermining, rather than protecting, academic integrity.

Scholarship win for Indigenous university students

Pursuing higher education is costly but one university wants to change that by assisting all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander undergraduate students.

'Spineless' unis blasted over campus anti-Semitism

New rules for the university sector aim to crack down on racism on campus, but the opposition believes more action is needed.

'Stealth tax' hitting students on debt already paid

A "sneaky student tax", broken funding model and day-to-day costs swelling faster than inflation have led to a costs-of-studying crisis, advocates say.

Disadvantaged, regional students to get uni funds boost

Universities will get more money to allow more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to begin their degree in a needs-based funding model.

Long, expensive 'slog' between health studies and work

Unpaid prac placements for health students, amounting to hundreds of hours of free work, are in the crosshairs of independent MPs and 43,000 petitioners.

'Loyalty, perhaps favouritism': probe into uni nepotism

A state's corruption watchdog is examining nepotism allegations at a university, including that jobs were handed to mates despite glaring conflicts of interest.

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