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With an increasing number of people doing their courses via the internet a leading academic says we are risking losing students to overseas providers. Australia’s higher education quality regulator is obstructing advances in educational technologies and is jeopardising the nation’s ...

Scientists at Murdoch University have shown that it is impossible to reconstruct dinosaurs from ancient DNA, with the new findings revealing that genetic material can’t survive beyond 6.8 million years. The study has busted the myth in Steven Spielberg’s film ...

A pilot work experience scheme for gay and lesbian students has shown promise and may be extended next year. A new program known as Pride Mentoring is successfully pairing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students at RMIT University with ...

British universities should take millions of pounds set aside for bursaries and tuition-fee discounts for poor students and use it to fund a new education allowance for teenagers, a report says. The study by Alan Milburn, the British government's social ...

A group of nursing students from Victoria University has drawn a lot of positives from a challenging two weeks working in some of the most disadvantaged hospitals and orphanages in Vietnam. The 10 students volunteered at Hanoi's National Paediatric Hospital, ...

The University of Ballarat has announced that it will offer its first online qualification next year. The new program, Graduate Certificate in Tourism Futures, will be delivered by the university's business school. "The university is well-known for its first-rate, face-to-face ...

The Friends of Victoria University group says the latest TAFE cuts announced by Victoria University (VU) will "impact most heavily" on those already disadvantaged. More than 13 full-time positions related to youth support and education will be cut at VU ...

A substance used in medical procedures and cosmetically to erase wrinkles, could also treat bladder related problems of women, a new study has found. Botox injections work in the same way as daily pills do to treat urinary incontinence. It ...

Students attending the University of Chicago are no longer required to swim for their degrees, ending a 60-year tradition that upset a number of undergraduates. They will no longer have to pass a swim test or take a swimming course ...

Scientists at two British universities are working on a project to create a simulated bee brain to implant into robots, in the hope that the machines will mimic the actions of a real bee. The project is being led by ...