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Seven Australian universities are celebrating top 100 positions in a global academic ranking – one for the first time. The 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was released today by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Despite sliding three spots down the list, ...

Any university student will tell you that the experience comes with both highs and lows, with the pressures of academic study often causing significant levels of anxiety and stress. Well, a new study has found that a simple change in ...

In today’s technologically advanced society, many students have built a digital personal brand prior to applying to university using popular social media platforms. Growing up with unlimited access to technology has allowed our newest generation to not only benefit from self-directed ...

The High Court will be asked on Friday to hear the case of an academic seeking the release of the so-called “palace letters” between the Queen and the former governor-general who played a crucial role in Gough Whitlam’s dismissal. Historian ...

The government will fast-track visas for 5000 industry leaders every year as part of a global headhunting program. Immigration Minister David Coleman announced details of the Global Talent Independent program this week. Coleman said the goal of the program was to identify ...

FOR THE KIDS The former pro-vice-chancellor (health) and current research professor at Griffith’s School of Medicine has been appointed chair of the Children’s Health Research Alliance. Professor Allan Cripps has been well recognised for his contributions to science and research, ...

The University of Tasmania was founded to serve an entire state and its people, and we remain the only university specifically for our society. Against that backdrop, place takes on particular importance. It was the theme of being ‘place-based and ...

A request by China for staff at the University of Technology Sydney to hand over their passport numbers and dates of birth has been refused by concerned academics. The request came via an email from the science faculty’s associate dean ...

The decline in platypus numbers has likely been underestimated, according to research from the University of NSW. The study, which examined data on the species from the past 258 years and compared it with recent data, was published in Global ...

Parental licensing has long been mulled over by academic philosophers and political scientists, but a social work researcher says the idea is fraught with problems. James Cook University’s Dr Frank Ainsworth reviewed international studies on parental licensing – the idea ...