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Potential partnership aims to strengthen theological education
Australian Catholic University and Catholic Theological College Melbourne are exploring a new partnership that would strengthen Catholic theological education across Victoria and Tasmania.
University deepens relationship with Indonesia
Australian Catholic University has signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs that further deepens engagement with Indonesia on human flourishing.
Australia’s ambassador says Holy See ‘the original influencers’
Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, visited University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus for a special lecture on diplomacy, international relations and Australia’s engagement with one of the world’s oldest and most influential diplomatic institutions.
ACU honours departing Notre Dame vice-chancellor
Australian Catholic University has conferred an honorary doctorate on Francis Campbell, the outgoing vice-chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
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.