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The University of Melbourne remains Australia’s highest ranked university.

‘Wake-up call’ as Australian universities slip in world rankings

Twenty-five Australian universities dropped in rank this year, and face growing competition from other Asia-Pacific countries.

  • Nicole Precel and Emily Kowal

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No sandstone at this Brisbane uni but its environmental cred is so rich, it’s like visiting a bushland zoo

Bees, koalas and solar panels. This university isn’t hung up on sandstone but has been ranked one of the most sustainable in the world.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Melbourne University said it was offering counselling to any affected or upset students.

‘Noble savage’ and ‘ritual spearings’: Melbourne University race row re-ignites

Administrators braced for a backlash after a racially charged email from a law school academic was posted around the Parkville campus.

  • Noel Towell
Enrolment rates for domestic students began to plateau in 2016, and recently have started to fall sharply.

Want a secure, high-paying job? Don’t expect university to get you there

If I were finishing high school today, would a university degree offer the same value proposition it did a decade ago? Increasingly, it appears not.

  • William Bennett
Jewish students at Sydney University had to contend with student activists who entered lecture halls chanting antisemetic slogans, the report said.

‘Jews not allowed’: SafeWork savages Sydney University over antisemitism on campus

A preliminary report found that while the university had the authority, policies and procedures in place to eliminate antisemitism, no action was taken for about 11 months.

  • Christopher Harris
“We are acting with a clear vision,” says vice chancellor Professor S. Bruce Dowton.

Major university announces cuts to jobs and degrees

Macquarie University is the latest set to cut jobs, but insists changes to courses will help address student demand and employability.

  • Christopher Harris
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There is a power imbalance between academics and young students.

I thought dating my uni tutor made me special. For him, it was a pattern

At the time, it didn’t feel particularly sordid, given there were only a handful of years between us in age. But later, I began to reflect on the inequity of power.

  • Madison Griffiths
Trump and Harvard

Unis are in a ‘moment of crisis’. Now is not the time for authoritarian control

Universities were created to be communities where ideas – wrong ones, right ones, contradictory ones – can coexist and coalesce into the truth.

  • Sophie Gee
Students will only be allowed to make non-course related announcements at the end of the lecture.

‘Lecture-bashing’ ban among new rules for Sydney University students

Vice Chancellor Mark Scott said the rules set clear standards for what is and isn’t acceptable, and balanced academic freedom and student wellbeing.

  • Christopher Harris
A protest at the University of Melbourne in May last year.

Melbourne University students face expulsion over Gaza protest

Two students at the prestigious institution face expulsion and another two have been threatened with suspension over their sit-in at an academic’s office last year.

  • Noel Towell

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