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University vice-chancellors to have million-dollar salaries slashed

A new university watchdog will peg university leaders’ pay to that of top public servants | See how VCs’ salaries compare to top bureaucrats

By NATASHA BITA

Student trauma, violent parents: Teachers’ horrors uncovered

Suicide attempts and threats by school students have affected one in nine principals, a shocking new study shows as teachers detail ‘heartbreaking trauma’ in classrooms.

By NATASHA BITA

KNOWLEDGE SHARING

‘Fast-moving’ unis rapidly grow research

Fifteen universities – both large and small – are ‘fast movers’, listed in the 2025 Research magazine for rapidly growing their research influence.

By TIM DODD

‘THREAT TO DEMOCRACY’

AI can be used to build bombs and bioweapons: Home Affairs

Hackers could ‘jailbreak’ AI models to steal information for industrial-scale data breaches and ransomware attacks, a Senate inquiry has been told.

By NATASHA BITA

Teachers back to school in free retraining scheme

‘The reading wars are over.’ Universities failed to ensure all teachers know how to explicitly teach children to read and write, so now taxpayers are stumping up for free remedial ...

By NATASHA BITA

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Monash goes ‘top of the pops’ in uni research fields

Monash University is the stand-out achiever in the latest look at national research performance in The Australian’s 2025 Research magazine.

By TIM DODD

Why VCs are failing to make the (pay) grade

There are utterly hopeless vice-chancellors paid at grades way above their ability.

By STEPHEN MATCHETT