By Celeste Liddle. Australia stands at a significant point in history. A point where it can step out from the cloud of disappointment and dysfunction that it currently struggles under and move into a truly egalitarian position concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (A&TSI) Peoples. More...

By Sarah Roberts. NTEU’s recent online questionnaire of over 500 members and other university staff on fixed term contracts (who had responded to our State of the Uni survey) sought to dig a little deeper into the employment conditions of fixed term staff in higher education. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says that voters in the 2016 federal election are being given a clear choice between market mayhem and public accountability when it comes to higher education policy. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The Federal Coalition Government has rejected a National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Freedom of Information (FOI) request for official modelling of the impact of full university fee deregulation, claiming: “the disclosure of these documents still has the potential to impact on the operation of a future higher education market.” More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is urging voters in the 2 July federal election to stand up for Australia’s world class higher education system by supporting those candidates endorsed as Defenders of Higher Education.
Defenders of Higher Education is an NTEU initiative designed help voters identify candidates who share the Union’s vision for an affordable, accessible and properly-funded higher education system, where entry is based solely on merit, not a student’s ability to pay the highest fees. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) sees yesterday’s release by the Group of Eight (Go8) Universities of its ‘Priority Directions’ paper as further proof that they are anticipating a Coalition government’s plans to introduce a US style, profit driven, tiered higher education system. More...

The Shanghai Ranking Consultancy has produced a set of rankings in seven engineering disciplines: Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. More...

The TOP500 project began in 1993 and ranks computer systems according to their ability to solve a set of linear equations. Rankings are published twice a year. China continues to hold first place but with a completely new system, one that is entirely designed and built in China, the Sunway TaihuLight. More...

Scimago Lab, in partnership with Elsevier, has recently overhauled its methodology and produced a new international league table of research institutions. A 50% weighting is given to research indicators, including Output, International Collaboration, Normalized Impact, High Quality Publications, Excellence with Leadership and Scientific Talent Pool. More...

Times Higher Education (THE) have published the latest in their series of regional rankings. The inaugural Latin American rankings were announced at a summit at Antonio Narino University in Bogota, Colombia. More...