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University of Canberra vice-chancellor Bill Shorten eating a Big Mac after the launch of the Archways to Opportunity program. Picture: Supplied

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They’re lovin’ it: Macca’s crew fast-tracked to McUni degrees

A new pathway for McDonald’s workers will turn micro-credentials into university degrees, saving hefty HECS fees for 20,000 employees around the nation.

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‘Alarm bells’: Wong orders review of uni training cyber soldiers for China

Security experts have raised alarm bells over Macquarie University’s 13-year partnership with a Chinese military-linked tech school teaching cyber skills.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2025. Pictured is Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor and President at Western Sydney University at the 2025 Daily Telegraph Future Sydney Bradfield Oration which was held at The Sydney Opera House. Picture: Richard Dobson

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Uni boss questions classroom trigger warnings

Trigger warnings and safe spaces have gone too far, coddling students and making them less effective learners and debaters, the boss of a major NSW university has warned.

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Chelsea Hermus is studying to become a sparky to one day take over her dad's business

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Why ‘lady tradie’ and thousands of teens are turning to the tools

Chelsea Hermus, 16, is among a rapidly growing number of Aussie students trading in tuition for a tool bag as demand for hands-on skills surges. Here’s why.

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Charles Darwin Univeristy Pro Vice-Chancellor Faculty of Health, Professor Dominic Upton tours newly built Centre for Better Health Futures with SHAPE AustraliaÃs General Manager NT Nicholas Mills. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Watch: Sneak peek at new state-of-the-art $31m CDU health centre

Sneak peek at the new $31m CDU health centre which promises to boost the Territory’s homegrown medical and allied health workforce. Watch the video.

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Charlie Kirk and Clare Rowe

Charlie Kirk showed the power of respectful debate in a cancel-culture world

Charlie Kirk argued contentious topics with respect and passion, argues Clare Rowe. She says children need more role models like the assassinated activist. Do you agree?

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An image of a man police wish to speak with after several women were allegedly filmed inside a bathroom at the University of Sydney.

Police probe claims girls ‘filmed’ in uni toilets

Police and the University of Sydney are investigating reports a man has been filming female students using bathrooms on campus, releasing an image of a man they believe can assist them.

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Productive or bludging? What Aussies really think about WFH

A fascinating gender split is emerging in attitudes towards working from home, an Aussie university study has discovered. But there’s one boss behaviour that everyone loathes.

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Luiz’s Sydney mission after losing best friend in drug cartel shootout

The last time Brazilian scholarship student Luiz Augusto Duarte de Araújo saw his childhood best friend alive, he was urging the young gangster to flee cartel life before it was too late.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, JUNE, 14, 2021: General view of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) campus, in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Dual investigations underway at UTS over uni’s budget cuts

The University of Technology Sydney is now under dual scrutiny from regulators, with both the tertiary education and workplace health and safety watchdogs undertaking investigations.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos SEPTEMBER 1, 2025: Minister for Education, Training and Skills Blair Boyer, announcing 1600 new fee free TAFE places for construction students to tackle housing crisis at TAFE SA at Tonsley Park. Picture: Emma Brasier

Two-year ban on cards for ‘offensive’ apprentices, teachers

Apprentices and other students could be banned from TAFE SA campuses under proposed sweeping law changes.

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Universities bringing back oral exams to combat AI. Picture: Supplied

Could an ancient exam technique be the answer to outwit AI cheats?

As AI threatens academic integrity, this university lecturer has revived a centuries-old examination technique that ChatGPT cannot crack.

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Professor Nicola Phillips. Professor Phillips has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University. Picture: Supplied

New Adelaide Uni chief’s almost $1m salary sparks gender pay storm

The head of South Australia’s new taxpayer-funded university will earn nearly $1m, but still less than the male counterparts she is replacing, official figures reveal.

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The federal government has published a consultation paper calling for suggestions to reform the “toothless” Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), amid a governance crisis in higher education.

‘Real teeth’: Unis could be instantly suspended under reforms

Universities and colleges will have six weeks to give feedback on reforms to a “toothless tiger” regulator, aimed at fixing the oversight crisis in our higher education system.

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