This Month
- Exclusive
- Racism
Bell says Nazi gestures didn’t happen, leaving Burns speechless
ANU boss Genevieve Bell told a hearing into antisemitism on campuses two deeply hurtful gestures captured on video had not taken place.
- Julie Hare
November 2024
The uni degree that set this household name on her career path
Journalist Cheng Lei is among the University of Queensland’s notable alumni. A degree in commerce was not her first choice, but she has zero regrets.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Best Universities Ranking
A student-centric guide to the best universities
We highlight the strengths and weaknesses of institutions beyond the traditional global rankings of research and reputation.
- Victoria Thieberger
October 2024
- Career Impact Category
- Best Business Schools
Macquarie leads the pack for Career Impact
Macquarie Business School, the winner of the Career Impact category, says students need to plan their futures from day one.
- Christopher Niesche
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
How this exec used his MBA to secure projects worth $21m
Scott Barker’s MBA from the University of Queensland helped him scale his business – but not in the way he had imagined.
- Euan Black
September 2024
The best time to upskill? All the time
Wanting to expand your skill set through executive education is one thing, but when is the best time to do it? At what point in your career is it most beneficial and what sort of timeframe should you set aside for it?
- Sian Powell
August 2024
- Teaching Excellence
- Higher Education Awards
The secret to training the next generation of tech whizzes
From curing maths anxiety to using AI to teach a tricky programming language, these Teaching Excellence winners are producing Australia’s future tech workforce.
- Tess Bennett
- Commercialisation
- Higher Education Awards
This special paint could save lives from bushfires
New paint technology developed at UNSW to help fire-proof homes is a joint winner in the Higher Education Awards research commercialisation category.
- Alexandra Cain
- 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
February 2024
- Exclusive
- University
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.
- Julie Hare
November 2023
Revealed: Australia’s best universities 2023
The inaugural Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking is the first that recognises traditional notions of excellence.
The winner of the Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking
The Australian Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking is the first time the full diversity of Australian institutions has been recognised, producing a very different league table.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
October 2023
Next Gardasil should be manufactured here, says vaccine inventor
The immunologist responsible for the HPV cervical cancer vaccine says Australia still lacks the facilities to manufacture the next medical breakthrough locally.
- Tess Bennett
September 2023
How this CEO used an MBA to join the space race
MBA’s can be a useful tool for corporate leaders looking to transition into becoming a business founder and owner.
- Alexandra Cain
August 2023
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
June 2023
A $350k tractor shed beats $100m ballet centre in design race
Even as costs soared, the client’s demand for a landmark building meant the simple structure had to go above and beyond the norm.
- Michael Bleby and Sebastion Wolkowski
November 2022
University of Queensland restarts vaccine trials after HIV false positives
Almost two years after abandoning its vaccine thanks to false positive HIV test results, the University of Queensland is entering human trials again on its homegrown savour from COVID.
- Yolanda Redrup
August 2022
Is it ‘morally sustainable’ to fund research from international students?
The higher education sector is grappling with whether relying on international students to fund research is “morally and ethically” sustainable.
- Tess Bennett
University of Queensland sets 30pc disadvantaged student target
No one disagrees that increasing the number of students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds is a good thing. And UQ is looking to philanthropists to help.
- Julie Hare