By Alexandra Hansen. ANU Vice-Chancellor Ian Young has urged the Senate to pass fee deregulation, proposed in May’s budget, but stopped short of supporting the government’s plans to impose an interest rate on HECS. More...

By Alexandra Hansen. Tertiary education graduates across the OECD earn on average 70% more than the non-tertiary educated, meaning despite rising costs of higher education in Australia the investment is still worthwhile. More...

By Alexandra Hansen. Leaders of Australia’s middle-tier and regional universities are concerned that the government’s proposed higher education package will hurt their brand and their students. More...

By Alexandra Hansen. Graduates from the prestigious Group of Eight and technology universities earn more than graduates from the lesser known and regional universities over their lifetime. More...

By Alexandra Hansen. More than a third of government loans to vocational education and training students will never be repaid, according to a new analysis by the Grattan Institute. More...

By Michelle Grattan. The Senate has defeated the government’s plan to deregulate university fees 34 votes to 30, with Labor, the Greens and five of the other eight crossbenchers combining to vote against it. More...

By Michelle Grattan. Universities Australia on Wednesday is releasing a pre-election blueprint calling for major investment in research and innovation, while declaring that the recent “funding limbo” for the sector has produced “intolerable” instability. More...

By Claire Shaw. Six Australian universities made the top 100 best global research institutions in the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released today – two more than the previous year. More...

By Michael Courts. Universities Australia (UA), the peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities, will on Tuesday launch a survey designed to shed light on student experiences of sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus. More...

By Ben Eltham. The Daily Telegraph breached its own code of conduct in its coverage of the Australian Research Council (ARC) this week. More...