February
Controversial academic still on Macquarie University payroll, says VC
Macquarie University academic still employed despite spate of antisemitic statements over the past 16 months.
October 2024
The best school for teaching takes a strategic, caring approach
The winner of the Teaching category has hired talent from around the world and established partnerships with many global institutions.
August 2024
Major universities smashed in Labor about-face on overseas students
The government will cap numbers and redistribute them across the sector, one of the country’s biggest export industries, with smaller institutions to benefit.
June 2024
Unis should face inquiry into $380m in underpayments: academics’ union
Universities are the worst underpayers of staff across the economy and now the academics’ union wants a federal inquiry.
Aussie experts can stop your smart-device cameras spying on you
When photos snapped by a robot vacuum cleaner of a woman on the toilet went viral, the smart home sector knew it had a problem; Aussie academics claim to have solved it.
April 2024
Steep rise in student visa rejections ‘scaring applicants away’
News of the federal government’s clampdown on student visas is spreading far and wide and the US is becoming the destination of choice.
February 2024
Unis that would pay the most – and the least – under ‘envy tax’ plan
Just six of the country’s 41 universities would bankroll half of the annual contributions to the higher education future fund proposed in the Albanese government’s universities accord.
September 2023
UNSW leaps to top in rank for excellence
A mix of sandstone and non-sandstone universities make up this year’s finalists in the quality category.
August 2023
Winning strategy: Collaboration leads the way in industry engagement
Comment provided by the winner of the Industry Engagement award, QUT.
QUT partnership fuels renewables expansion
A partnership between QUT and industry leads the way with critical mineral production
‘No political plaything’: Labor to end research grant veto
Changes to the Australian Research Council will ensure government ministers cannot veto grants at whim.
July 2023
Nicola Roxon ‘cross’ that business avoiding the Voice
Australia’s first female Attorney-General and Labor MP turned company director has made an impassioned plea for business not to abrogate its responsibilities on the Voice.
Boards pull back on investment amid slowing economy
BOSS this week met with boardroom heavyweights from some of our largest companies around the country who warned the economy is in “very mixed” shape.
June 2023
Sydney Uni sets agenda for new academic roles
Two years of protracted negotiations at Sydney University have resulted in 330 new permanent roles with similar moves in other universities.
March 2023
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.
February 2023
‘Culture of fear’ keeps health data locked away
The lack of clear national rules to enable the sharing of data from across the health sector is stymying research efforts, an expert says.
December 2022
CBA’s plan to lure Queensland’s best techies
CBA’s technology chief says he has been “stealthily” hiring in Queensland as the bank opens a new hub for tech workers in Brisbane.
Push to rebuild trust in the research council
Margaret Sheil is not cowed by the enormity of her task in rebuilding confidence in the Australian Research Council after years of political interference.
November 2022
Brisbane sports tech raises $36m after ditching IPO plans
“You realise being listed isn’t as exciting as the brokers suggest,” says the chief executive of Vald.
Coaldrake wins education lifetime achievement award
Professor Coaldrake is famously a team player. He says there is nothing about his success that “was ever in the first-person singular”.