May 2024
The uni employers like most when hiring graduates
Curtin University ranked highest among bosses for the quality of graduates, but a survey found students who studied off campus lacked collaboration skills.
September 2023
Robots open a path to sustainable construction
This university building used a world-first technological innovation involving the use of a robot to install screw fixings during construction.
June 2023
Why all schools that receive funding should be free to their students
Private schools have seen rapid increases in their public funding, while their public obligations remain stuck in a time warp.
April 2023
This professor is a global coronavirus expert. Now he has long COVID
Jeremy Nicholson is a world-leader in understanding how disease interacts with people’s genetic make-up. But when he got long COVID, he had a whole new level of insight.
Unsuspecting unis caught up in foreign research ‘fraud’
In once case, a prominent cybersecurity researcher was unaware he was a co-author on a journal article found to have a “compromised... peer review process”.
November 2021
WA chief scientist pushes plan for ‘super’ university
A proposal to merge WA’s four public universities into one to create a super university has gone down like a lead balloon among vice-chancellors.
July 2021
Murdoch Uni put on short leash by regulator
The West Australian university’s latest crisis has seen calls for a public explanation and strategy from its chancellor.
September 2020
WA, federal government back $695m Perth city uni campus
WA's Edith Cowan University and the federal government will put money into a campus intended to boost activity in the Perth central business district.
June 2020
University and whistleblower drop actions over international students
A claim about admission standards being lowered led to legal action in the Federal Court.