The Australian Universities Accord highlights the need for strong community-university partnerships to advance research. This article stresses the role of social sciences and humanities in underpinning such collaborations and calls for secure employment for academic and professional staff, ensuring universities can sustain meaningful engagement and fulfill broader societal responsibilities.

This report presents the findings of the ANU Governance Project, a community-led inquiry into governance structures and practices at the Australian National University. It finds staff have lost trust in leadership due to a lack of systems for transparency in operations and accountability from leaders, and offers 30 recommendations to support constructive and community-driven institutional...

This report provides a formal evaluation of measures supporting the National Regional, Rural and Remote Tertiary Education Strategy. It assesses regional university funding, the Regional University Study Hubs Program, the Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program, and the Regional Education Commissioner role. The evaluation identifies 12 key recommendations to strengthen regional tertiary education outcomes.

Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) continues to transform teaching, learning and assessment across Australian higher education. This resource aims to help institutions address the risks gen AI poses to learning assurance, while also supporting students to use these tools responsibly and ethically. It assists institutions and staff to navigate three main approaches that have emerged.

This report brings together 22 voices from across the Australian higher education landscape to examine what has changed for student equity and what more needs to be done. Their contributions span three themed sections – Rewriting the system: policy, structures and reform; Power, voice and justice; and Making equity real: practice, place and participation.