Most Australian parents are happy to get their children vaccinated, according to a new analysis by the Australian National University. A survey of over 3000 adults found that four in five parents were likely to get their children vaccinated if ...
More »Bloody oath mate, I’m fair dinkum: speaking good Australian linked to trustworthiness
As a Londoner living in this strange land, I've spent a good decade navigating the Aussie accent and the peculiarities of Aussie 'English'. An English accent can often stop an Aussie in their tracks, and not fully grasping Aussie slang ...
More »NTEU submits FOI over $40 million in cuts at UWA
The National Tertiary Education Union has submitted a Freedom of Information application over The University of Western Australia's $40 million ‘Structural Reform Program’, which they say could cost up to 400 jobs. The union is demanding transparency over the details ...
More »White supremacist convicted of terror offence escapes prison, sentenced to reading the classics
A white supremacist convicted of terror offences has escaped a custodial sentence as a judge instead ordered him to stop reading right wing material and pick up some Jane Austen. Ben John was handed the 24-month sentence, suspended for two ...
More »THE rankings: Australian Institutions continue to be strong – analysis
The recent Times Higher Education world rankings (THE) 2022 marks the final of the main three rankings for the year, the other two being QS and Academic Ranking of World Universities. What does the THE 2022 tell us? At the ...
More »THE World University Rankings 2022: UniMelb tops Australian list again, 12 unis make global top 200
The influential Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 have been released, with 12 Australian Universities making the top 200. The rankings take in over 1,600 institutions across 99 countries and is measured on 13 performance indicators that measure an ...
More »Dianne Jolley: former professor fighting to avoid jail for crimes
A former high-ranking academic at a Sydney university is fighting to avoid ending up in jail after she was found guilty of masterminding a mystifying hate mail campaign targeting herself that caused the institution to stump up for a ring of security ...
More »Uni profits plummet by $1.6bn to $669 million in 2020
A new report from the Mitchell Institute finds that Australian university profits took a nosedive in 2020, dropping $1.6 billion to just $669 million. Nearly half of Australian unis reported a loss and most struggled to break even. Only three ...
More »Deakin to lose 200 jobs, fears a second wave of job losses to come
Deakin university will axe up to 200 staff as the university goes through another round of redundancies. Vice Chancellor Professor Ian Martin announced a plan to cut between 180-220 jobs as the pandemic continues to bite into the sector's bottom ...
More »Pandemic pressures affect affluent women the most: research
New research from Flinders University has found that during 2020 women from affluent backgrounds had higher levels of mental health complaints, compared to women of other social classes. The survey looked at 799 Australian women aged 45-64 years at two ...
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