This Month
- Overall Winner
- Best Universities Ranking
Here’s the overall winner in the AFR’s Best Universities Ranking
For the second year in a row, UQ has taken out pole position in The Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.
- Julie Hare
Monash University’s new boss says don’t call us elite
Despite coming in third overall in The Australian Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking, it has long had a chip on its shoulder about rival Melbourne.
- Patrick Durkin
October
This is the top business school for the third year in row
University of New South Wales has been named The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business School for 2024, just ahead of University of Melbourne.
- Sally Patten
Australia’s universities tumble down global rankings
Australia has six universities in the world’s top 100 again, but pandemic-era revenue cuts are hitting financial viability.
- Julie Hare
The plan to save Australian lives with nationwide DNA screening
An ambitious vision to introduce mass genetic testing to the entire Australian adult population is being hailed as a solution to the country’s healthcare crisis. But can the health system cope?
- Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Freedom of speech
CCTV and sleepover bans: universities clamp down on protests
Universities are in a balancing act trying to protect the right to protest while also keeping students and staff safe in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism.
- Julie Hare
September
The hottest courses to help keep up with the pace of change
Executive education spans an ever-rising number of subjects such as AI, the energy transition and data analytics – but which are most in demand?
- Sian Powell
August
- Emerging Leaders
- Higher Education Awards
The three words that unite these emerging leaders
Finalists in the emerging leadership category of the Higher Education Awards are focused on research that has “real-world impact”.
- Euan Black
- Lifetime Achievement
- Higher Education Awards
Meet the economist turned accidental uni vice chancellor
Professor Margaret Gardner, the only vice chancellor to become a state governor, has been awarded this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Julie Hare
- Employability
- Higher Education Awards
Job-ready skills for the fast-changing workplace
The joint winners of the employability category embed career experience in study programs to give graduates an edge in the competitive job market.
- Sian Powell
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.
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- Higher Education Awards
Winning strategy: Matching students with industry partners
Comment provided by the joint winners of the Employability award, Monash and Swinburne.
- Laurence Orlando and Laura-Anne Bull
May
It goes to Rio: Monash Uni replaces Simon McKeon with Megan Clark
Australia’s largest university has replaced its chancellor, an ex-Rio Tinto director, with … an ex-Rio Tinto director. What are the odds?
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
April
Melbourne Law School improves ranking despite students’ year from hell
A new league table of universities by subject area has bumped Melbourne Law School up a place to 10th, calling into question the validity of many rankings.
- Julie Hare
March
- Exclusive
- Education
Study shows why kids drop out of school
Schools need to respond to early warning signs and provide individualised support if high school dropout rates are to be averted, a study says.
- Julie Hare
‘Good human beings’: Critical thinking the key to a good life
Taking risks and walking on roads less travelled emboldened these women to land careers they never imagined possible.
- Julie Hare
November 2023
- Sponsored
Global philanthropy improves health and climate resilience in Southeast Asia and Pacific
A unique project spearheaded by Monash University researchers has introduced novel, nature-based ways to treat wastewater in Indonesia and Fiji, thanks to the support of generous philanthropists.
Sponsored
by Monash University
Melbourne earns top marks for research
The vice-chancellor’s pedigree and the blossoming of the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct help to explain why Melbourne University has ranked number one in both the research and reputation categories.
- Patrick Durkin
October 2023
- Exclusive
- 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