This Month
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- Victorian Parliament
Uni in the mix as Andrews plots next career move in NYC
Dan Andrews was spotted at JFK Airport in New York and sources confirm the former Victorian premier has been in talks over his next role.
- Patrick Durkin
Can brains disrupt Australia’s lithium mining brawn?
Some of the world’s biggest and smallest companies reckon technology can disrupt Australia’s lithium boom by unlocking vast new supplies and crushing prices.
- Peter Ker
September
Isolation warning as Australian unis slide in international rankings
The Times Higher Education world rankings has Australia’s universities going backwards for the first time in years.
- Julie Hare
This is the top business school for second year in row
University of New South Wales wins close fight with University of Melbourne that widens the gap over the rest of the field.
- Sally Patten
‘Envy tax’ would trash international education: study
Evidence against a levy on international students is building with new analysis saying it would shrink the valuable sector.
- Julie Hare
With fate stacked against her, Jaya is about to finish university
Jaya Blandthorn scraped through school. Now she’s about to embark on a career as a nurse thanks to a targeted scholarship program.
- Julie Hare
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How Monash University is redefining online education
Despite being the youngest of the Australian Group of Eight universities, Monash University has rapidly established itself consistently among the world’s best tertiary institutions.
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August
Melbourne University named Australia’s best despite ranking dip
Australia has seven tertiary institutions in the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, although all but one has gone backwards.
- Julie Hare
Brilliant ideas rejected as scheme overwhelmed by demand
Dozens of researchers with ideas ready to be commercialised say they have been rejected from a fund designed to do exactly that.
- Julie Hare
July
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- Women of Influence
Why the final act in Margaret Gardner’s current job is the perfect end
Victoria’s next governor is about to hang up her academic gown for the final time after a stellar 40-year career.
- Julie Hare
June
Three Australian universities in the global top 20
But the rise is more about methodology than dramatic improvement in teaching and research.
- Julie Hare
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- University
Tiny private college beats universities for student satisfaction
Small, often private, colleges and universities outrank Australia’s most venerated institutions on the quality of students experiences.
- Julie Hare
Transactional not transformational: the rise of the mega university
In Australia, the days of big ideas and life-long friends are long gone and students aren’t happy.
- Julie Hare
Melbourne named Australia’s best university for scientific research
Four Australian universities have made the world’s top-50 list for scientific research based on the Leiden ranking.
- Julie Hare
Vice chancellor to vice regal: Margaret Gardner is new Vic governor
Australia’s longest serving vice chancellor is set to become Victoria’s next governor.
- Julie Hare
April
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Academics from Melbourne’s big four unis to strike
Academics will strike on Wednesday as the university sector finds itself engulfed in industrial action over claims of wage theft and casualisation.
- Julie Hare
March
Universities marching towards gender parity by degrees
Many structural barriers are coming down but there is still a long way to go before women achieve a fairer outcome in academia.
- Julie Hare
October 2022
This Australian uni just shot up the world rankings
Monash has achieved a staggering 13-place jump in the most recent Times Higher Education university ranking, rising to 44th spot.
- Julie Hare
These executives took leadership courses. Here is what they learnt
BOSS speaks to four executives about the key lessons they learnt from short-term university leadership programs.
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
