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International Education
Our universities face change. Perhaps it is time for some international realism? Opinion
Academic freedom remains a matter of concern for academics throughout Australia and beyond, however this needs to be put in…
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Industry & Research
The uni library that discovered a 200-year-old vampyre and Charles Sturt’s travel reading
The University of Queensland has uncovered a near 200-year-old first edition of the first known vampire novel in one of…
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Industry & Research
Arts vs Science? The Job-Ready Graduates package and beyond
The higher education sector in Australia has been through a rapid cycle of change and disruption over the past two…
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News
Study finds 28m more years of life lost during 2020 pandemic
Over 28 million more years of life were lost in 31 countries last year than expected, based on a study…
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News
Cleo Smith found in Carnarvon house, criminologists say rescue came against all odds, psychologists say she must be ‘watched carefully’
The chances of finding children who have been abducted often lead detectives on a cold trail to an unhappy ending,…
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Policy & Reform
Rethinking the future of nursing education
Student nurses and midwives will be critical to assisting Australia’s recovery from COVID-19, but have gone largely unrecognised by the…
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News
Dairy rich diets drastically reduce fractures in aged care residents
Adding extra dairy into the diets of residents can drastically reduce fractures and falls in aged care, according to a…
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News
Vaping weed on the rise among teens: UQ research
New research has found that vaping cannabis is on the rise among teens in Canada and the US, and experts…
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News
Illicit drug use on the rise over the last year: UNSW drug trends reports
A new report into the trends of drug use in Australia has found that the use of many illicit substances…
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News
Dianne Jolley: Academic avoids jail after waging fake hate campaign
A former senior Sydney academic has narrowly avoided being sent to jail for a bizarre hate mail campaign that included…
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News
Nursing emerges as top career choice, Victorian uni data reveals
Interest in nursing has surged despite the pandemic, with the career choice topping other fields in applications received by five…
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Policy & Reform
The goals of a university: engagement challenges for Australian higher education – opinion
The reality of university life is that it is complex and diverse. Universities are often huge institutions which impact massively…
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News
Women working in STEM are underpaid and want to leave the industry, according to new report
Women who work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are often underpaid, under-represented and unsupported, according to a new…
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Policy & Reform
Tudge tears into education system, unis, teachers, loves Australia
The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech…
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News
Fresh challenge to NSW vaccine mandates ‘very different’ to those dismissed last week, court told
A fresh legal challenge to Covid-19 vaccination mandates for health workers in NSW is “very different” to the two lawsuits knocked back…
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Industry & Research
Why we stress more at 3am
Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have…
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News
Lower blood pressure could be the key to slowing brain ageing
Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure – albeit within the safe recommended range –…
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News
UQ: Labor pain could soon be treated by water injections
Women in Labor could soon have another alternative for pain relief — water. Researchers at the University of Queensland are…
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News
Heavily redacted documents reveal the ‘disturbing’ details of a NSW animal experiment
An experiment in NSW where dogs and cats were forced to endure being bitten by up to 50 paralysis ticks…
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News
USyd accused of wage theft by casual staff
Wage theft accusations are following the University of Sydney again this week, as 80 casual staff allege that they have…
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News
Coronavirus: Government wins landmark Covid mandatory jab lawsuit
The NSW government has won a landmark Supreme Court challenge to the state’s lockdown measures to combat the Covid outbreak.…
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News
YourGround: New study allows Melbourne women to plot unsafe streets, parks
A new study has allowed Victorian women to plot the locations and streets where they feel most unsafe. The crowdsourYourGroundced survey by…
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Opinion
Universities depend on safe and secure IT infrastructures more than ever, but who will be left behind?
Pre-pandemic, there was already widespread acknowledgement that the traditional higher education business model was seriously outdated. 2020 represented a tipping…
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News
Former JCU academic Peter Ridd loses High Court case, but academic freedom gets a win
The High Court has upheld the sacking of controversial academic Dr Peter Ridd by James Cook University, putting an end…
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News
Australia to be completely cashless in a decade, experts predict
Australia will become fully cashless by 2031 as Covid-19 hastens the death of physical currency, according to most experts surveyed…
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