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Rosalind Dixon has joined the University of NSW law school as one of the youngest law professors to accept this type of role at the university. Prior to taking up her new role, Dixon served as an assistant professor at ...

Bond University has announced the appointment of Professor Nicholas Saunders to the position of deputy vice-chancellor. Saunders was previously the vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle for eight years. Prior to this he held several senior academic roles including dean ...

A project led by the University of Canberra to help guide the application of technology interaction at art galleries and museums has won a prestigious $225,000 research grant. The group headed by Byron Keating, Professor in Service Management, has been ...

Scientists in Australia and Italy have joined forces in trying to produce better quality pasta that’s also good for you. University of Adelaide researchers from the ARC centre of excellence in plant cell walls are working with colleagues from the ...

A study on mixing alcohol and energy drinks has thrown up contradictory findings, with young people found to be less likely to partake in risky behaviour. In an online study the University of Tasmania surveyed more than 400 Australians aged ...

A committee of British MPs has called on the government to exclude overseas students from figures on net migration, warning that current policy risks "undermining a world-class export market". Parliament’s Business, Innovation and Skills committee makes the call in a ...

The new plan for the university is not about reducing staff, says the vice-chancellor, but about using their resources better. With his sights firmly set on securing the University of Wollongong a place in the world’s top 1 per cent ...

The University of Newcastle has defended its procedures to protect the safety of international students following the release of a report revealing Asian and Middle Eastern students are the main targets of physical and verbal abuse. More than 160 incidents ...

Dolphin-like dinosaurs suffered from decompression sickness or “the bends” as a result of their deep dives, Melbourne researchers have discovered. The study by University of Melbourne pathologist Associate Professor John Hayman, published in the journal Naturwissenschaften: Science of Nature, found ...

Monash University philosopher Dr Robert Sparrow says military organisations are funding a significant amount of robotics research that is making war more likely by lowering the threshold of conflict. Sparrow, from the school of philosophical, historical and international studies, in ...