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Architect Frank Gehry with the models of the Dr Chau Chak Wing building he designed for UTS, during a press conference in Sydney in December 2010.

‘This will be my dream project.’ How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’

The world-famous architect was hooked when we asked him to come on board. Within weeks he was in Sydney to check us out.

  • Roy Green

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The University of Technology Sydney, where painful staff and course cuts are necessary for a sustainable future, according to the vice chancellor.

Yes, cutting uni staff and courses is painful – but we must to keep running

Without tough action, we cannot secure the future of UTS.

  • Andrew Parfitt
Authorities there are working closely with the University of Wollongong to open an international campus in the Saudi capital, Riyadh

Offshore and out of touch? The curly questions confronting Australian universities overseas

The University of Wollongong’s decision to become the first foreign university in Saudi Arabia has raised eyebrows across the sector.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Curtin University has lowered the bar for entry when it comes to year 12 English.

‘Years of instability’: WA students doubt ‘benefits’ of university merger plans

Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University are in the firing line for a merger, with Edith Cowan University likely exempt due to the opening of its new inner-city campus. 

  • Holly Thompson
Adele Burke (centre), with Nikki and Angus Dawson. Burke is the recipient of a new $100,000 scholarship from the Katrina Dawson Foundation.

A decade after Katrina Dawson’s death, Adele hopes to ‘do justice’ to her name

Adele Burke has been named the inaugural Katrina Dawson John Monash Scholar, receiving a $100,000 grant to study at Oxford.

  • Siena Fagan
UTS will walk back its plans to axe teaching and international studies degrees

‘Difficult choices’: UTS in chaos after backflip on degree cuts

The cash-strapped university will continue to offer teaching and international studies degrees after announcing plans to slash them earlier this year.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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QUT Kelvin Grove campus. Queensland University of Technology.

Queensland university finalises nearly $2m to underpaid staff

Some staff received as little as $10 in unpaid dues, while others were paid more than $78,000 in owed wages.

  • Courtney Kruk
Analysts say that universities are poised to cut admissions due to the changes.

‘Cut admissions in 2026’: The new rules shaking up university entry

The government says university places will grow in coming years, but analysts say that’s unlikely due to major changes in funding.

  • Christopher Harris
ECU City will extend from Perth Busport to Yagan Square.

How Perth’s first inner-city university campus is reshaping the CBD

Infrastructure Australia has predicted 16,400 students will be based in the Perth CBD by 2030, up from 9200 in 2025.

  • Holly Thompson
Simon Ashby at work as a cabinetmaker.

WA university graduates can struggle to find work. Why not try a trade?

At 34 years old, Simon Ashby took a huge risk, trading in his office job of nine years to become an apprentice for a Perth cabinetmaker before enrolling at TAFE.

  • Holly Thompson

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