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The rise and fall of Australian political leaders is less perplexing when viewed through the sociological lenses that have studied the inner workings of street gangs. The analogy might be an unfortunate reflection of our political system, but it’s one ...

Cutting-edge research facilities that can simulate the carbon-laden atmosphere of the future and study its impact on native bushland have been opened at the University of Western Sydney. The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Richmond will house up to ...

Talking to plants helps them grow — it’s the cardinal edict of gardening folklore the world over. But plants can’t really hear, and they certainly can’t talk back… Can they? According to new research from the University of Western Australia, ...

The federal government’s new MyUniversity website has created a face for the Australian higher education and conveyed it to the world. Trouble is, it’s not an accurate reflection, says the sector. Universities Australia (UA) could give only “cautious support” when ...

Some healthcare leaders argue that undergraduates need an extra year of study? Three experienced nurses share their views.  Nursing is a four-year program in many parts of the world but remains a three-year undergraduate degree in Australia and New Zealand. ...

Libraries are just as important today as they were before the digital revolution, says the former director-general of the National Library of Australia. Books last for 300 years but the obsolescence of some digital devices reinforces the need for experts ...

Australian graduates have good employment and salary rates, a study has found, tracking 11,000 students three years after they left university. The third Beyond Graduation report, conducted by Graduate Careers Australia, surveyed 11,807 people who had completed the 2008 Australian ...

Despite having been around since the 1970s, interdisciplinary research in Australia is still a relatively neglected field, but one that could achieve much more, a new report has found. The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) has just released Strengthening ...

Higher education management seems to have moved away from the basic idea of helping students successfully complete their courses.  I gave a little speech the other day on leadership in higher education. Much of it was pretty standard stuff until ...

The ACT government has denied an accusation that it is using COAG as a smokescreen to abandon plans for a proposed University of Canberra Institute of Technology (UCIT). The territory government put the proposal on hold until after the COAG ...