Education

Lendlease has lost its bid to expand its case against an engineering consultant in the lead up to a 20-day trial in proceedings by the Australian National University over flood damage.

Newcastle University has hit back at a class action over an unaccredited engineering degree, saying students can still get jobs and it is a simple “administrative” task to become members of the professional body for engineers.

Property investor Charter Hall has dropped $152 million for a 50 per cent stake in Western Sydney University's Parramatta campus. 

Real estate investment firm Heitman and developer Erben have acquired a lot from the Western Australian government to develop a 19-storey student accommodation to meet growing demand in Perth.

A tribunal has found that Southern Cross University did not discriminate against a former employee by requesting medical evidence before providing him with an ergonomic chair during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Law students at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney will soon be able to use Harvey’s artificial intelligence tools, and an expert predicted the schools will be vigilant in guarding against the "slide into automating legal education".

The headmaster of The King’s School has settled Fair Work proceedings brought against the elite Sydney school late last year. 

The Victorian Department of Education has revealed that hackers have accessed the names, email addresses, year levels and encrypted passwords for all current and past Victorian government school students.

The University of NSW has been hit with a $211,200 penalty after admitting to "systemic" underpayments of casual staff at its business school.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an academic who was found to have been unfairly sacked by SAE Institute after touching a female student's hair.