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Porn, dunnies, Indigenous space exploration? The bizarre projects costing millions

While families struggle with soaring costs, universities pocket millions for research into Aboriginal space exploration, public dunny design and pornography, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Macquarie Uni job cuts will see tutorial time slashed, union claims

Macquarie Uni is expected to forge ahead with redundancies in two faculties this week, but the union claims the move could result in less classroom time for students – a claim the uni itself disputes.

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‘Made my daughter cry’: How to help young people become resilient

Angela Mollard says parents can do three things to ensure their children don’t become NEETs – young people who are neither in education or employment.

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‘Landmark win’: Monash Uni to back-pay staff more than $10m

A prestigious Melbourne university faces an eight-figure bill after losing a landmark wage theft case that could reshape how Australian universities pay their casual staff.

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Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin in a scene from season three of Stranger Things. Supplied by Netflix.

Stranger Things 101: Uni turns Netflix binge into a legit course

No, we’re not in the Upside Down. Binge-watching Stranger Things has become coursework with an Australian university making the Netflix phenomenon mandatory study material.

Opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser wants an inquiry into boys' education.

‘Left behind’: Coalition wants inquiry into boys’ failing education

The Opposition is calling for a national inquiry into boys’ education as frontbencher Julian Leeser tells universities to start exporting Australian values to the world.

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TAFE fail: Shock data exposes hidden non-completion crisis

An appalling number of VET courses begun in 2020 remain unfinished, even as the federal government pours billions of dollars into TAFE to fix the skills crisis.

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Ranked: The 20 top power players in Australian education

From the classroom to the cabinet room, this power list unveils the 20 most influential voices shaping Australia’s education system – from childcare to uni and beyond.

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Adelaide University deputy vice-chancellor Paula Ward sparked strong backlash from staff by claiming those who worked from home on Friday and Monday were getting “four-day weekends” during a town hall meeting on 28 October 2025. Picture Supplied

Uni WFH disaster revealed: Hear the audio that sparked exec’s exit

Leaked recordings of two Adelaide Uni meetings can be revealed, showing the moment that sparked a staff revolt, and the top boss backdown that followed.

EXPLAINERHigher Education

Aussie students to get cash relief

Millions of Aussies to get cash relief: See how it works

Australians are set to have their debt wiped over the coming weeks under a massive move that aims to ease cost-of-living pressures. Here’s who will benefit.

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Bond: WFH on Mondays and Fridays? That’s a four-day weekend

The removal of a university’s HR deputy vice-chancellor over WFH comments has created an unprecedented power struggle with the zoo animals now running the zoo.

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‘Damage was done’: Top exec’s WFH remark sparks uni staff revolt

A deputy vice-chancellor at a major university has resigned after sparking uproar in an all-staff town hall meeting with a comment about “four-day weekends”. Take our poll.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 19, 2025, Approx 50 people, primarily staff with some students, and Greens MPs Abigail Boyd, Jenny Leong, and Labor’s Sarah Kaine protest outside NSW Parliament. , Picture: Supplied

Teachers, academics rally as university ‘fat cats’ party on

Teachers and researchers from the University of Newcastle gathered outside the NSW Parliament for a 24-hour strike while their bosses partied inside.

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Pendulum College has been preparing to open but has failed to get registration as a training college. Picture: Supplied

You’ve failed: Training crackdown rubs out another questionable ‘college’

Another training college has been refused registration by the regulator – it was preparing to offer a raft of courses until its director’s own qualifications came under scrutiny.

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