WA’s sandstone university records worst global ranking in a decade

WA’s sandstone university records worst global ranking in a decade

Seventeen Australian universities tumbled in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025 – seven of which experienced their worst performances since 2016.

  • byHolly Thompson

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The most deplorable thing unis copied from big business,aside from vice-chancellor pay

Successive federal governments have engineered a kind of backdoor privatisation of our universities. It’s a race to the bottom.

  • byRoss Gittins
Feeling overwhelmed by uni applications? Here’s what year 12 students need to know

Feeling overwhelmed by uni applications? Here’s what year 12 students need to know

Your key questions answered,from when to put in your course preferences to how to change them.

  • byJosefine Ganko
Revealed:Where every Australian university sits in global rankings

Revealed:Where every Australian university sits in global rankings

A Sydney university has reached an all-time high while three Australian universities are in the top 20.

  • byDaniella White
Which WA university courses made it to the global top 100?

Which WA university courses made it to the global top 100?

Two Perth universities sit near the top of a prestigious global subject rankings list for a specialised field related closely to the state’s mining sector.

  • byHolly Thompson
The five questions to help you decide what to do after year 12

The five questions to help you decide what to do after year 12

Five Australians share how they finally found career clarity,despite some false starts.

  • byKimberly Gillan
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‘Running fast just to stand still’:Where do WA universities rank globally?

‘Running fast just to stand still’:Where do WA universities rank globally?

All Australian universities in the top 200 of one of the most prestigious rankings lists have fallen down the ladder. But in WA,it’s not all bad news.

  • byHolly Thompson
Top Australian universities slide down world rankings

Top Australian universities slide down world rankings

A fall in international student numbers is being blamed for the nation’s top-performing universities dropping down a prestigious academic league table.

  • byChristopher Harris
Murdoch Uni slashes job security in student services,hits rankings doldrums

Murdoch Uni slashes job security in student services,hits rankings doldrums

Four student service areas are under a cloud as the university descends Times Higher Education’s latest rankings in a further sign of depleted outcomes.

  • byAja Styles
Top Australian universities climb global rankings

Top Australian universities climb global rankings

Australia’s leading universities have climbed the latest international rankings,but the impact of the pandemic on international students was not taken into account.

  • byJordan Baker
‘Snapshot from a previous era’:Victorian universities rise in world rankings

‘Snapshot from a previous era’:Victorian universities rise in world rankings

The state’s universities continue to climb in global rankings but are forecast to face a grim few years as Australia’s borders remain closed to international students.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan