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MLC student Anna Wang is aiming to study literature at a university in the UK or US.

Melbourne students reveal how they won places at world’s top unis

A star literature student who barely spoke English when she arrived in Australia is aiming to study at one of the world’s top universities, and she’s not alone.

  • Caroline Schelle

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Nationally, ATAR-only admissions were most common in Engineering and Natural and Physical Sciences (72 per cent). While courses in Creative Arts, Education and Agriculture had the lowest proportion of admissions made solely on ATAR (41–43 per cent).

WA’s most sought-after university degrees for 2026

Tertiary Institutions Service Centre data has revealed which degrees were the most popular, with some receiving more than a thousand applications.

  • Holly Thompson
A bushfire map from NBC in 2013 suggested the entire country was going up in smoke.

What do migration debates and bushfires have in common? They both scare off foreign students

Government messaging must be consistent and disciplined because would-be students – and their governments – are reading.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, has encouraged young Australians to study and see “the real China”

‘Free flow of people’: China’s ambassador makes rare intervention in student visa debate

Both countries would benefit from more visas for international students and scholars, Beijing’s envoy says, as numbers rebound towards pre-pandemic levels.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
First-year students at the University of Queensland Ciara (left) and Izzy (right) agreed with concerns raised by their peers about new exam timetabling.

Brisbane uni expands exam hours to combat AI – and students aren’t happy

The need for more in-person exams to tackle the rise in AI use means UQ students can now be tested late on Fridays, and even on Sundays.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Students on Western Sydney University’s Kingswood Campus.

Western Sydney University students and staff get unlimited access to the Herald

Vice Chancellor George Williams said the partnership would enable students and staff to access reliable, trusted news.

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Stephan Matthai, former University of Melbourne professor of geotechnical engineering, has won a legal battle to get his job back.

Melbourne University loses appeal to avoid rehiring ‘mawkish’ professor

A professor who was sacked for sending his student romantic messages is set to get his job back, after the Fair Work Commission rejected the university’s appeal.

  • Nicole Precel
Melbourne University students run a bunch of clubs including DanceSport, which aren’t focused on drinking.

Once a boozy rite of passage, has university O-Week changed for good?

Many will remember O-Week at university as party first, preparation second. There were pub crawls, boat and trike races, toga parties and beer skolling marathons, most involving drinking alcohol, sometimes to excess. 

  • Nicole Precel
The average ATAR for teaching students was 71, compared to the university average of 78.

Revealed: Hundreds of school-leavers with ATARs of less than 50 offered teaching spots

A leading education academic says the ‘downward trend’ is ‘concerning’.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Jack Fisher is a second-year university student who is studying occupational therapy.

The most popular uni degrees of 2026 revealed, as students with required ATAR miss out on ‘guaranteed’ place

A surge in uni demand this year has meant it is tougher than ever to score a spot in the most sought-after degree.

  • Caroline Schelle and Noel Towell