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University rises to the challenge of AI
As artificial intelligence transforms society, the most pressing challenge is ensuring that technology is guided by ethics, human dignity and the common good, according to experts at the launch of Australian Catholic University’s Human and Digital Futures initiative.
Catholic students have a ball at annual conference
Australian Catholic Students Association president Antonio Ryan-da Cunha was “extremely encouraged” after the association’s annual conference saw the largest attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Universities will have to define antisemitism under new standards
Universities will be required to define antisemitism and create transparent processes for complaints of racism as part of an overhaul of higher education standards being rolled out by the Albanese Government. Source: ABC News.
Scholarship enables Indigenous students to study at home
A 24/7 study hub in Broome and increased scholarship funding are giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Kimberley something the system has long denied them: the chance to build a career without leaving home. Source: Mary MacKillop Today.
Indigenous ACU students take up scholarships in Rome
Proud Dharug students Tanisha Sonter and Hayden Atkins have taken their culture, community and aspirations to Rome as recipients of Australian Catholic University’s 2026 Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship.
Notre Dame receives $3.5m grant for research project
The University of Notre Dame Australia will host a $3.5 million share of a prestigious grant in its Centre for the History of Philosophy for a project examining methods of logical argumentation across the Abrahamic philosophical traditions.
Labor to add 230,000 uni places for disadvantaged students
Taxpayers will spend $3.6 billion in student subsidies for an extra 230,000 poor or country students to enrol at university over the next 10 years, as the Albanese Government funnels funding towards disadvantage. Source: The Australian.
Departing Apostolic Nuncio receives ACU honorary degree
The Pope’s ambassador to Australia has accepted an honorary doctorate from Australian Catholic University days before his four decades of diplomatic service come to an end. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Mental health system lacking skilled counsellors: expert
Australia’s mental health system cannot rely on crisis response alone; it also needs skilled counsellors who can provide early support, a counselling academic says. Source: The Catholic Leader.