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
August
- Opinion
- Higher Education Awards
The judging panel for the 2023 awards
Here are the judges for the 2023 AFR Higher Education Awards.
- Julie Hare
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
July
The sting in the tail of Jason Clare’s vision for universities
The interim report into the university sector holds some big ambitions but the process will require major trade-offs.
- Julie Hare
Why Melbourne is the best city to go to university
The Victorian capital and Sydney have battled it out to be named the best Australian city for students to live in.
- 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
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
May
Two Australian universities rise in top 100 list
Melbourne University has again been named Australia’s best, shrugging off concerns about low levels of research funding. Sydney also improved its place.
- Julie Hare
March
- Exclusive
- University
Why don’t companies pay employees’ student loans, asks David Lloyd
Let’s find ways to ensure everyone gets to go to university if they want to, and stay on to graduate, says a leading vice-chancellor.
- Julie Hare
October 2022
Why university rankings don’t tell you what you need to know
Prospective students use university rankings as a proxy for quality. There is evidence to say they shouldn’t.
- Julie Hare
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
September 2022
- Sponsored
- Griffith University
Fine-tuning the role of business in society
An MBA used to be focused almost solely on delivering benefits for career-minded graduates, but these days the objective is more universal.
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August 2022
Seven Australian universities in world’s top 100
Melbourne University is Australia’s best, sneaking up one place to 32 in the widely respected Academic Ranking of World Universities.
- Julie Hare
June 2022
Five Australian universities just got ranked in the world’s top 50
ANU has been put first, but Melbourne is snapping at its heels in this year’s QS rankings, which are a case of stagnation, rather than decline.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
April 2022
Global ranking puts Western Sydney University in top spot
A ranking that assesses universities against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals has named Western Sydney University the global leader.
- Julie Hare
Drug breakthroughs put Monash on top of the world
Monash has been named Australia’s – and the world’s – best university in pharmacy and pharmacology.
- Julie Hare
November 2021
- Exclusive
- University
Australia, China the ‘movers and shakers’ in uni rankings
Australian universities shine in a global ranking, with seven universities in the top 100.
- Julie Hare
October 2021
Australia had just two universities in the top 100
Australian universities have slid down one major league table as China and Russia pour money into their higher education systems.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
September 2021
How Sydney Uni outranks Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard
The universities of Sydney and Melbourne ranked fourth and seventh respectively in the 2022 Annual Graduate Employability Rankings.
- Ronald Mizen
Vice-chancellors downplay performance in uni ranking
The annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 has six Australian universities in its top 100.
- Julie Hare
