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Hindustan Times
6 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Study abroad: 6 Australian varsities ranked among world's top 50 institutes as per QS World University Rankings 2026
There is no denying the fact that when students dream of studying abroad, countries like the United States, United Kingdom or Canada have often dominated the scenario. But over the years, Australia has risen to the top as a global education powerhouse that not only offers world-class universities, but also scope for cutting-edge research. From the country's multicultural campus environment to its lucrative post-study work opportunities, Australia is a great choice for students who are looking to combine academic excellence with a vibrant, safe, and future-forward lifestyle. Interestingly, many Australian universities have found a spot in the global top 50 educational institutes to be featured in the QS World University Rankings 2026, proving yet again that the country is not just a scenic destination, rather a serious contender for the world's finest universities. If you are planning to study abroad, these universities in Australia should definitely be on your shortlist: The University of Melbourne is located in Parkville, Australia, and has been ranked 19th globally. The overall score of the university is 90.8. Also read: QS World University Rankings 2026: Oxford, Harvard topple down, Stanford climbs up, check details The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), located in Sydney, Australia, is ranked 20th best university in the world. The overall score of the UNSW Sydney is 90.7. The University of Sydney comes next in the line of Australia's top universities. The institution has been ranked 25th globally, and has a score of 89.4. Also read: QS Rankings: DU secures 30th spot globally in employment outcomes, retains overall rank at 328 The Australian National University (ANU) is located in Canberra, Australia. With an overall score of 87.4, ANU has been ranked 32nd among the world's best universities. Monash University in Melbourne, Australia comes fifth among top Australian universities and 36th globally. It has an overall score of 85.8. Also read: University of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings 2026 The University of Queensland is located in Brisbane City, Australia. The university is ranked 42nd globally, and has an overall score of 85.1. For full ranking list, aspirants can visit the official website QS World University Rankings 2026 at
The Age
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
The US says this Australian writer was expelled because of a drug lie. He's not the first
A years-long legal battle followed. In 1975, Lennon triumphed. While the government had attributed its attempt to expel Lennon to his cannabis conviction, documents submitted to the court suggested the Nixon administration had been motivated by a fear Lennon could promote opposition to the president. Judge Irving Kaufman would have none of it. 'The courts will not condone selective deportation based upon secret political grounds,' he ruled. Chaplin's exile was on flimsy grounds, too. Scott Eyman, who wrote a book on Chaplin's stoush with the US government, told NPR that authorities had no legal grounds to revoke the actor's entry permit because he had not committed a crime. 'What was not stated and what Chaplin did not know was that if he had turned around and come back and demanded a hearing to get back his re-entry permit, they would have had to give it to him,' Eyman said. 'So they actually had no legal justification for excluding him from coming back to the country.' But times – and visa rules – have changed. ANU international law professor Donald Rothwell told the ABC that US border officials have complete discretion over whether to allow someone into the country, whether or not they hold a valid visa or visa waiver. Loading 'They don't have to give a reason, and there is very little ability for an Australian traveller to challenge that,' Rothwell said. Along the way, they can search phones and luggage and detain people without providing access to a lawyer. The system is not new, or particularly different to Australia's border regime, but the way in which it is being used has shifted. Cases of Australians being denied entry to the US are getting coverage they have never had before. There was the man who told this masthead's Traveller in April he had been sent home from New York for taking a circuitous route to the US (which he said he did because it was cheaper). And a former NSW police officer travelling to Hawaii to visit her American husband was expelled in May for taking three suitcases, which the Daily Mail reported made officers suspicious she would stay longer than allowed in the country. Whether these deportations were caused by the Trump administration's aggressive new approach to screening remains unclear. What is obvious is that its rhetoric has shifted. The US Department of Homeland Security issued a statement on social media questioning the circumstances of the marriage of the former police officer who had travelled to Hawaii, Nikki Saroukos. The department said Saroukos met her husband the same day her former partner left her, and that they had married one month later. 'I never want to return back to the United States,' Saroukos said, even before the statement was issued. Loading It has barely dented other travellers' appetite to go stateside. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 56,770 Australians travelled to the US in April 2025, down from 60,520 in April 2024. Kitchen, the writer who was denied entry, says the US government has immense discretion that it uses to keep out people it doesn't like. 'The question [on the visa waiver application] asks if you've consumed illicit drugs in the past,' Kitchen said. 'If every Australian flying into Los Angeles International Airport answered honestly, the lines would get very short, very quickly.' Chaplin's exile deeply hurt the star, who never returned to the heights of success he had enjoyed in America. He would not go back to the country for 20 years, but was greeted as a hero with a 12-minute standing ovation at the 1972 Academy Awards. Loading Lennon stayed in America and was slain five years later. Kitchen is back with his family in Castlemaine, north-west of Melbourne, and has achieved a dream of many young writers: The New Yorker published his account of his deportation.
Sydney Morning Herald
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The US says this Australian writer was expelled because of a drug lie. He's not the first
A years-long legal battle followed. In 1975, Lennon triumphed. While the government had attributed its attempt to expel Lennon to his cannabis conviction, documents submitted to the court suggested the Nixon administration had been motivated by a fear Lennon could promote opposition to the president. Judge Irving Kaufman would have none of it. 'The courts will not condone selective deportation based upon secret political grounds,' he ruled. Chaplin's exile was on flimsy grounds, too. Scott Eyman, who wrote a book on Chaplin's stoush with the US government, told NPR that authorities had no legal grounds to revoke the actor's entry permit because he had not committed a crime. 'What was not stated and what Chaplin did not know was that if he had turned around and come back and demanded a hearing to get back his re-entry permit, they would have had to give it to him,' Eyman said. 'So they actually had no legal justification for excluding him from coming back to the country.' But times – and visa rules – have changed. ANU international law professor Donald Rothwell told the ABC that US border officials have complete discretion over whether to allow someone into the country, whether or not they hold a valid visa or visa waiver. Loading 'They don't have to give a reason, and there is very little ability for an Australian traveller to challenge that,' Rothwell said. Along the way, they can search phones and luggage and detain people without providing access to a lawyer. The system is not new, or particularly different to Australia's border regime, but the way in which it is being used has shifted. Cases of Australians being denied entry to the US are getting coverage they have never had before. There was the man who told this masthead's Traveller in April he had been sent home from New York for taking a circuitous route to the US (which he said he did because it was cheaper). And a former NSW police officer travelling to Hawaii to visit her American husband was expelled in May for taking three suitcases, which the Daily Mail reported made officers suspicious she would stay longer than allowed in the country. Whether these deportations were caused by the Trump administration's aggressive new approach to screening remains unclear. What is obvious is that its rhetoric has shifted. The US Department of Homeland Security issued a statement on social media questioning the circumstances of the marriage of the former police officer who had travelled to Hawaii, Nikki Saroukos. The department said Saroukos met her husband the same day her former partner left her, and that they had married one month later. 'I never want to return back to the United States,' Saroukos said, even before the statement was issued. Loading It has barely dented other travellers' appetite to go stateside. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 56,770 Australians travelled to the US in April 2025, down from 60,520 in April 2024. Kitchen, the writer who was denied entry, says the US government has immense discretion that it uses to keep out people it doesn't like. 'The question [on the visa waiver application] asks if you've consumed illicit drugs in the past,' Kitchen said. 'If every Australian flying into Los Angeles International Airport answered honestly, the lines would get very short, very quickly.' Chaplin's exile deeply hurt the star, who never returned to the heights of success he had enjoyed in America. He would not go back to the country for 20 years, but was greeted as a hero with a 12-minute standing ovation at the 1972 Academy Awards. Loading Lennon stayed in America and was slain five years later. Kitchen is back with his family in Castlemaine, north-west of Melbourne, and has achieved a dream of many young writers: The New Yorker published his account of his deportation.
ABC News
16 hours ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare refers concerns about Australian National University to regulator
The federal education minister has referred concerns about the Australian National University in Canberra to the country's tertiary education regulator. Independent ACT senator David Pocock wrote to the minister, Jason Clare, on June 16 to raise concerns about governance and financial management at the ANU, which is pursuing a controversial restructure to save $250 million by 2026. There has been widespread staff and community outcry over the university's ongoing plans to slash hundreds of jobs, after it revealed a cumulative deficit of around $600 million. Senator Pocock's letter, which also includes other unspecified serious allegations, has now been referred to the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), which regulates higher education. Mr Clare said he had also written to ANU Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell on June 6 after hearing of "significant concerns" from his ACT Labor colleagues and the broader community about the university. "I wrote to ANU seeking assurances that they are managing these issues appropriately," Mr Clare said in a statement. Federal Member for Canberra Alicia Payne said she welcomed the minister's intervention. "Over many months I have been meeting with ANU staff and community and have become increasingly concerned about the situation there," Ms Payne said on social media. More than 400 people attended a town hall address at the ANU campus and online on Tuesday night hosted by Senator Pocock, who said he had no confidence in the ANU's leadership. "You're trashing an amazing institution," Senator Pocock said in a response to crowd questions about ANU executives. "It's probably one of the things people have stopped me in the street to talk about the most over the last few months. "People who have put their lives into the ANU, love it as an institution, recognise how important it is to our nation and have very, very serious, and I think valid, concerns about what is happening here." The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said the minister's referral to TEQSA was a significant escalation in oversight of ANU's process. "Problems have been mounting at ANU, so we're looking at wage theft, conflicts of interest, job cuts, financial mismanagement and more going on at the ANU over a period of time. "Those problems have mounted to such a significant extent in our national university that the education minister, who is understandably wary about ministerial intervention, has decided that he could no longer look away." The ANU is a Commonwealth authority, which means it is subject to public governance and public interest disclosure responsibilities, and is the only university over which the federal minister has jurisdiction. Renew ANU, which has spearheaded the university's financial overhaul since October 2024, said change plans had so far saved the university $12.5 million. In a statement, TEQSA confirmed it was considering Minister Clare's referral. "TEQSA gives consideration to all concerns received, including those from the minister, and where warranted, outcomes can include undertaking regulatory processes to assure provider compliance." "As this is ongoing, it is not appropriate for TEQSA to comment further until these processes are concluded." The ANU has been contacted for comment.
New Indian Express
a day ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Yoga essential for health, says Guntur Collector
GUNTUR: Guntur Collector S Nagalakshmi on Wednesday emphasised the importance of incorporating yoga into daily routines for physical, mental, and overall wellbeing during the Yogandhra 2025 event at Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU). The programme, part of the lead-up to International Yoga Day on June 21, was inaugurated with a lamp-lighting ceremony. Joining Collector Nagalakshmi were AP Higher Education Council Chairman Prof. K Madhumurthy, Krishna University VC Prof. Ramji, ANU VC Prof. Gangadhar, and Joint Collector A Bhargav Tej. She said over the past month, yoga awareness drives have been conducted across the district, including master-trainer training at village secretariats. She announced plans for mass yoga demonstrations at 5,000 sites on June 21. Prof. Madhumurthy highlighted that PM Narendra Modi, CM N Chandrababu Naidu, and Dy CM Pawan Kalyan will take part in the main International Yoga Day programme in Vizag, reinforcing yoga's role in promoting physical and mental health globally. Prof. Gangadhar thanked affiliated colleges and staff for organising the district-level celebrations, which saw over 8,000 students and faculty performing yoga under the coordination of E Radhika. Following the demonstration, all participants pledged to practise yoga regularly and lead drug‑free lives. Key attendees included Dr. Vijayalakshmi (Yoga Nodal Officer), AP Skill Development Corporation MD S Ganesh Kumar and others.
