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Visitors to the JMW Turner exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia may come across scumble, a curious word from the C19 art world.  It refers to the technique of applying a thin coating over lighter paint colours, so they ...

A former Swiss Army mechanic is one of the three lecturers who joined the Charles Darwin University teaching team in Alice Springs for the start of semester two. Alex Eberli, who has joined the School of Trades, completed a motor ...

An internationally recognised expert in river ecology has been appointed Pro Vice Chancellor Research at the University of Western Australia. Professor Peter Davies has been acting in the position since September last year. Davies has won several major project grants at UWA, ...

Brendan McHugh has joined Charles Sturt University as the executive director information technology. McHugh will head a division that manages $28 million in funds annually and oversees 7500 email accounts, 4800 phones, 1200 computer laboratory and public access computers, while ...

After more than five years in service as the eighth vice chancellor of Monash University, professor Ed Byrne has accepted appointment as principal and president of King’s College, London. Byrne will return to London at the end of next year. ...

Professor Sarah Derrington has taken the position of dean of law at the University of Queensland. Derrington said she would seek to consolidate the law school's position among the best in the Asia-Pacific region. The UQ alumna is a practicing ...

The University of Newcastle has appointed Mark Pigot as its new chief information officer. Pigot, who began on June 25, was the director of ICT infrastructure and operations at the University of Sydney, which he joined in 2008 as the ...

Report, educators say restoring limits on university placements would unfairly cut access to university. By Antonia Maiolo A new report from The Grattan Institute has found it would be a “policy tragedy” to recap university places. The government is considering ...

Review suggests smaller role for national body and more coordination among all higher education regulators. By Antonia Maiolo A new review has found the higher education sector’s national regulatory body should have its functions reduced, amid concerns universities are being ...

  A stellar army career has provided a fresh approach to adding value to WA’s South West Institute future direction. By Duncan Anderson After accepting the offer of writing something for this publication, I then had to answer this challenging ...