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A Perth PhD student has turned to online crowdsourcing in an effort to raise funds to finance her latest research. She aims to use GPS tracking devices to monitor the effects of urbanisation on local reptile populations. Curtin University's Ashleigh Wolfe hopes ...

A handful of junior senators hold the key to the future for Australian universities. In the coming weeks and months, our federal politicians will decide the future of higher education in this country. Parliament will be asked to vote on ...

Refined video communication is taking distance learning to new heights; universities need to embrace this technology to maximise the gains for all. With digital technology such as tablets and smartphones continuing to infiltrate every aspect of our lives, together with the ...

Researchers are trying to gauge the impact of messages highlighting the links between alcohol and cancer. A team of Flinders University researchers, led by Dr Emma Miller, have launched the first phase – in the form of an online survey – of ...

Internships in the US House of Representatives or Senate, health work in Vietnam, and working with rescued orangutans in Indonesia are just a few of the opportunities flagged for Australian students under a new $16.5 million federal government initiative. Announced ...

Deakin University has dominated Victoria’s second-annual International Education Awards. The institution took out the Premier’s Award recognising the state’s International Education Provider of the Year, along with two other major accolades. Along with the feature award, Deakin took out the prize ...

GP-managed cases of genital warts amongst young women have dropped by 61 per cent since the national launch of the HPV vaccination campaign in 2007, according to data released by the University of Sydney. Researchers at the university’s Family Medicine Research ...

VET sector groups have welcomed new federal government initiatives aimed at improving apprenticeship completion rates. Under the arrangements set to begin from July next year, the government will provide $200 million a year to the newly announced Australian Apprenticeship Support Network, which ...

Melbourne researchers are hoping to increase public awareness around grocery shopping and meal planning in an effort to reduce the estimated 40 per cent of all purchased food that is discarded by Australian households. A study carried out by RMIT, commissioned ...

Research by an Australian academic revealing the extent to which non-native flora are taking over parts of the iconic Galapagos Islands could help local authorities combat the plant invasion. University of Western Australia PhD researcher Mandy Trueman spent four years ...