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Curtin University offered the most places, followed by UWA.

WA university vice chancellor joins ‘million-dollar club’

Another vice chancellor at a WA university has increased their salary and now joins the “million-dollar club”, according to the latest annual reports. .

  • Holly Thompson

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ANU chancellor and former foreign minister Julie Bishop.

ANU staff pass no-confidence vote against chancellor Julie Bishop

Hundreds of Australian National University staff say they have no confidence in the university’s leadership amid job cuts and a pay rise dispute. 

  • Caroline Schelle
Map Dip.

Stripping off to pass exams: A youth spectacle like no other

Wandering the cobbled streets of St Andrews, Scotland, we stumbled across ancient rites celebrating the joy of youth.

  • Tony Wright
UNSW has received its largest donation to date.

Universities must do more to improve campus experience

In one of the world’s most expensive cities, and after a pandemic changed the way we work and learn, the campus lifestyle is increasingly a thing of the past. 

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University of NSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs has unveiled a 10 year plan for the university.

The NSW university that wants to halve students’ rent

The head of the University of NSW says he will double the amount of student housing it offers at half the cost of private providers.

  • Christopher Harris
Alice Saveneh-Murray and Swinburne student Julia Urban preparing to fight financial crime.

Financial crime fighting the next big thing, but who’s going to play detective?

Australian companies that don’t know their AMLs from their CTFs face a rude shock under new federal government regulations due as early as next month.

  • Noel Towell
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Australian National University said it has received a letter from the US government indicating an intent to terminate funding related to one research project.

How the Trump White House is causing headaches for our universities

The Australian Academy of Science will call on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to hold an emergency meeting as more institutions are hit by questions from the US.

  • Christopher Harris
The historic first Oxford v Cambridge women’s Australian rules football match in 2018 ended in a draw.

‘Nerdiest football club on earth’: How the world’s top scholars made Aussie rules history

It’s a contest that rivals Carlton v Collingwood, only with the odd Nobel Prize thrown in. And it’s been going for 105 years.

  • Rob Harris
Associate Professor Jenna Woods, Dean, School of Indigenous Knowledges at Murdoch University and Kyanna Hansen, Second Year Law student at Murdoch University.

This WA student dreaded going to school. Now, she’s studying to be a lawyer

Kyanna Hansen barely attended school between years 9 and 11. Now she’s on her way to becoming a human rights lawyer thanks to the helping hand of a university entry program.

  • Holly Thompson
Students attending university feel short-changed as their debt continues to grow.

Young people feel short-changed, and student debt is a key reason why

Rising student debt, fuelled by the misguided Job-ready Graduates package, is compounding young Australians’ sense of a cost-of-living crisis, and the feeling they are being short-changed.

  • Michael Dockery

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