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A planned protest at Prime Minister Tony Abbott's electorate office in Sydney has been unexpectedly stalled after a group of students became stuck in a lift. The group of 10 from the NSW Education Action Network (EAN) fronted Mr Abbott's ...

Keep an open mind; perhaps the best way for the majority of public universities to get over the hump is to let a few go to the wall. By Paul Oslington Something that cannot be spoken of in higher education ...

Harvard University has told professors not to have sex with students following a review into sexual harassment policy. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee said it was prohibiting "romantic or sexual relationships" regardless of whether a faculty member was ...

The education minister, Christopher Pyne, said on Friday he can't rule out a party room spill next week on Prime Minister Tony Abbott's leadership. Pyne was responding to a Sky News report three ministers believe there will be a vote ...

Feedback from parents of school aged children across the country are being sought by a researcher as part of project aimed at understanding and improving relationships between families and schools. CSU research student Kathryn Dalton is investigating how parents and ...

Adam Giles has struck quickly, sacking the organiser of the failed bid to oust him as Northern Territory chief minister. Education Minister Robyn Lambley was dumped from the ministry after helping rally nine members of the Country Liberals parliamentary wing ...

Go8 chair professor Ian Young has announced he will not seek a further term as vice-chancellor of ANU when his current term expires in February 2016. In a statement released on February 4, Young said he planned to turn his ...

Debate has long raged over journal rankings systems and their sway over academic careers; here, a panel assembled from across the seniority spectrum gives arguments for and against the status quo and discusses strategies for success. Jason Sharman professor of ...

Toad-proof fences around man-made dams could stop the spread of the toxic pests in some arid parts of Australia, scientists say. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of NSW examined the long-term control of cane ...

The secrets of life could be revealed by a powerful new microscope, the only one of its kind in Australia. The $5 million, 3-metre-tall microscope, unveiled at Monash University in Melbourne, allows researchers to see molecular structures at very high ...