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The evergreen pine is one of the proverbial “friends of winter” in China and Japan, and still a symbol of Christmas celebrations in the southern hemisphere. In German tradition, the persistently green needles of evergreen trees are symbolic of fidelity ...

Professor Anne Kelso has been appointed chief executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council and will begin in April. Kelso succeeds professor Warwick Anderson. In her previous role as director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on ...

Adjunct professor Tim McCormack has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to take up the prestigious position of Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. McCormack begins his one-year appointment ...

Professor Martina Möllering has been appointed as the executive dean of Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts. Macquarie University professor Bruce Dowton said he was delighted with the appointment. “Her many leadership roles at the university throughout her career, and her ...

Award-winning producer Richard Fabb has been appointed as the new creative director of Griffith Film School’s commercial student enterprise LiveLab. “To come into the film school with no academic background and be part of the industry yet within the university ...

University of Western Sydney vice-chancellor professor Barney Glover will take over from current Universities Australia chair Sandra Harding on May 19. Harding said Glover has “demonstrated a deep knowledge and executive leadership role in research and a passionate commitment to ...

Professor Boyen Huang is the new head of the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Huang joins CSU from James Cook University, where he held the position of dentistry director of international affairs and associate professor of ...

In an extended interview education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke to Dan Ratner, branding expert and managing director of uberbrand about how universities must think about better telling their story to stand out. Ratner who has worked with higher education institutions ...

Four Australian health centres rank amongst the world’s best at using medical research to improve patient care, following assessment by an international panel of experts. The minister for health, Sussan Ley, yesterday announced all four as the first ever National ...