This Month
This school may have the answer to improving kids’ maths
Teachers can now sign up for a new program from La Trobe University to teach them how to teach the subject – and not before time.
December 2024
Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors
Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.
August 2024
La Trobe’s pioneering model to transform healthcare
The winner of the industry engagement award used COVID and a pinch of serendipity to create a world-leading virtual medical emergency model in Melbourne.
Winning strategy: A virtual lifeline for emergency departments
Comment provided by the winner of the Industry Engagement award, La Trobe University.
‘They do it tough’: Universities welcome disadvantaged Australians
Bridging courses pave the way to university for students without high-school qualifications, and the Equity winner has been doing it for decades.
In face of disruption, unis offer scalable, powerful solutions
Universities are being disrupted, but their contribution to society is profound, as the winners of the Higher Education Awards show.
February 2024
Unis cancelling full-fee international students
The Albanese government’s crackdown on visas has prompted some universities to cancel enrolment offers, particularly for students from India and Nepal.
December 2023
Why regional higher education is so difficult to tackle
After 12 years at the helm of La Trobe University, John Dewar maintains that regional education is still the most complex policy nut to crack.
July 2023
‘No esoteric ideas’: Hordes of teachers sign up for practical reading courses
Eight thousand teachers have signed up for courses to learn the basics of evidence-based instruction over the past three years, proof of huge unmet demand for practical help in teaching and managing classes.
June 2023
Virtual classrooms a hit with employees as businesses turn educators
Companies are turning to universities to dial up the in-house learning amid the ongoing talent shortage.
May 2023
Bakers Delight founder stumps up $1m to boost uni attendance
Roger Gillespie hates seeing good talent go to waste. A program he is backing is changing the stakes for kids from rural Victoria.
April 2023
The cold call that delivered this uni teaching program a $2.5m boost
A big donation to La Trobe University will change the education outcomes of thousands of children.
June 2022
The philanthropist giving $6m to radical stroke research
When philanthropist Brendan McAssey heard a radio interview in 2018, it spoke directly to his family’s experience. He now hopes it will lead to a cure for stroke victims.
May 2022
Plenary to reshape La Trobe Uni’s $5b campus master plan
The deal shows how universities, hit hard by the pandemic, are putting new thought into the best ways to use real estate assets to ensure a sustainable future.
April 2022
Lunchbox-sized quantum computer on the fast track to market
An Australian quantum computing company’s new research hub will increase computational power and manufacturing systems for the $2 million computer.
March 2022
‘Modest’ former actress gives $45m to LaTrobe Uni
Olga Tennison’s bequest is one of the largest single gifts to an Australian university in history and will fund La Trobe’s autism research centre in perpetuity.
February 2022
La Trobe University hit with second underpayments claim
Half of Australian universities have been caught – or accused – of systemic underpaying. La Trobe has just been hit for a second time.
September 2021
Equity is ‘everyone’s business’: Harvey
Policies designed to make universities more accountable are disadvantaging poorer students.
July 2021
La Trobe Uni cuts another 200 jobs as virus crisis hits hard
La Trobe University has announced another 200 job cuts, adding to the 14,300 already lost in the higher education sector since last year.
March 2021
How a deal to save university jobs went horribly wrong
In a moment of rare unity, university leaders and the academics union agreed to work together in the wake of COVID-19. Then it came unstuck.