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Academics and uni staff stressed and feel pressured to work in own time
University staff are increasingly working in their spare time, with new research showing that 50 per cent of academics and…
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Former Nationals deputy Fiona Nash appointed Australia’s first Regional Education Commissioner
The government has appointed ex-Nationals senator Fiona Nash Australia’s first Regional Education Commissioner. Created in the wake of the Napthine…
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Murdoch appoints new VC
Murdoch University has announced Professor Andrew J Deeks as its new Vice Chancellor, starting in April 2022. Deeks comes to…
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On The Move | November
BENNETT GETS THE GONG Professor Sue Bennett is the University of Wollongong’s new executive dean of the Faculty of the…
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Albanese proposes new free TAFE policy for Australian students under a future Labor government
School leavers eyeing off a future in hospitality, child care or a trade could soon receive free training under a…
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PM orders education minister to stand aside after Rachelle Miller allegations
Alan Tudge has been asked to stand aside while serious allegations raised by a former staff member are investigated. The Education Minister…
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Policy & Reform
How the Metaverse will re-energise the world of education
Facebook’s recent rebrand to Meta is a pretty clear signal that the Metaverse will soon be a serious business proposition.…
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Monash University says its vaccine lab is ‘perfectly suited’ to make special vaccine for Omicron variant
The first Australian lab to manufacture the mRNA vaccine has some good news for those concerned about the efficacy of…
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That two-a-day coffee habit could be keeping your brain young and healthy
A long black or three a day could be a helpful way to stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a…
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s intentions to attend Arizona State University Campus draws student ire, university now says he is ‘not enrolled’
An American teen aquitted of murder at a Black Lives Matter protest has casued controversy at Arizona State Univeristy by…
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Australia is in a housing crisis, with one vulnerable group ‘just trying to get out’ because of this issue: ACOSS, UNSW
Low and modest income earners are in the gris of a housing crisis as the Covid-19 pandemic causes rents to…
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Industry & Research
Morrison says universities should shift focus from ‘publish or perish’ towards commercialising research
The Morrison government is pushing for universities to shift from “publish or perish” incentives to focus on commercialising their research,…
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Government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill leaves room for refusing to hire gay teachers
The Prime Minister’s Religious Discrimination Bill, which will allow room for religious schools to refuse to hire gay teachers, is…
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RMIT settles in ‘payment dispute’, set to pay casual staff back $10 million in underpayments
Another horror week for the university sector ends with RMIT admitting underpaying thousands of casual staff members and agreeing to…
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Diet more powerful than drugs for anti-ageing
A nutritious diet could be more effective than drugs in preventing stroke, diabetes and heart disease, a new University of…
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Federation Uni to downsize, offer redundancies to all permanent staff
Federation University in Victoria will cut the number of its schools by half and offer redundancies to all permanent staff,…
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Iron deficiency linked to Alzheimer’s
A new study has found evidence that an Iron deficiency in the brain could be an important factor in developing…
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Monash again accused of wage theft by staff
Monash university is again at the centre of a wage theft scandal as it admits to underpaying professional staff this…
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Number of Aussies who think they’ll get Covid rising, ANU study shows
Two-in-five Australians think they’ll likely get Covid, according to a new survey, as the number of people reporting “severe” psychological…
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Australian universities continue to punch above their weight: ARTU global rankings
Australian universities continue to punch well above their weight, as a new ranking puts Australia third for the number of…
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Inaugural $100k global student prize winner announced
Jeremiah Thoronka, a Durham University student from Sierra Leone, has won the inaugural Chegg.org Global Student Prize, worth $100,000 US.…
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Return of international students is given the green light in NSW
Fully vaccinated international students entering NSW from overseas will not have to quarantine when they return to the state next…
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Students’ eyes on Musk prize
Three Australian university student teams have been awarded a total of $US750,000 ($A1,00,000) as some of the winners of the…
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Industry & Research
Aussies lose faith in governments and social media to protect private data: ANU research
Australians have become less trusting of how governments and companies use their private data following two years of using check-in…
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Multiple US universities on alert after bomb threats force evacuations
Multiple universities across the US faced bomb threats in the past week, including four Ivy league schools. Cornell, Columbia and…
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