The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne University

'Bastions of free speech' grapple with protest tensions

University officials have used various measures to limit pro-Palestine protests on campuses while defending their approaches to academic and student freedom.

AAP · Jul 14

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing. Editor Esther Anatolitis and deputy editor Eli McLean have been made redundant and the final issue will appear in December. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), which has housed the magazine since 2007, has cited “purely financial grounds” for…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

International students take notice as uni ranks tumble

Many Australian universities have taken a hit in their global rankings and a number are struggling with their reputations in the eyes of employers.

AAP · Jun 19, 2025

One exclusive Australian institution is facing up to its deeply racist past while another backs away from it

The University of Melbourne and the South Australian Museum are taking starkly different approaches to addressing their toxic histories

The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024

University of Melbourne cancels classes as pro-Palestinian activists defy orders to disband encampments

Protesters spend night in tents inside Arts West building at Parkville campus

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

University workers lose $159m in stolen wages

More than 97,000 employees in the university sector have been underpaid to the tune of $159 million, new analysis shows.

AAP · Dec 4, 2023

Number of Australians enrolled in bachelor degrees falls by 12% in less than a decade

Enrolments in bachelor degrees dropped from 934,000 in 2016 to 815,000 in 2022

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

Uni Lecturer Adam Brown Jailed For 24 Years For Murdering Wife Chen Cheng At Their Melb Home

"It is clear you had an opportunity to stop, put the knife down and walk away from the argument. Instead you engaged in what you knew to be morally abhorrent behaviour."

Pedestrian.tv · May 30, 2023

University staff strike over insecure work as 'anger and discontent' builds on campus

University tutors who say they cannot plan for their futures are among the thousands of university staff to walk off the job as part of a national week of action against insecure work and wage theft.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Margaret Bowman obituary

Other lives: UK-born academic and writer who moved to Australia in 1959, becoming an expert on local government and communities

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023