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Australia’s rankings darling, the University of Melbourne, has dominated a series of subject ladders released by Times Higher Education. It was the nation’s best performer in seven of the eleven World University Rankings by subject. UniMelb’s best results were in ...

When a young David Blair arrived in the United States in the 1970s to help build a gravitational wave detector, he figured it would be a short-term project. "I thought I'd go there, spend a year or two, detect these ...

In the early afternoon of 8 November 2016 in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma) the results of the 2016 United States presidential election became available through radio and television broadcasts. A then 12- or 13-year-old Burmese girl, my former neighbour in ...

An Australian scientist has helped pioneer a new technique he says is a great leap forward in the international effort to thwart ivory poachers. Professor Adrian Linacre from Flinders University is part of a team developing forensic DNA technology to ...

As Year 12 students across Australia prepare for the culmination of their schooling, a proportion of over-achievers will be setting their expectations high and will likely be fearful about not reaching their perfectionist heights. The perfectionist syndrome led clinical PhD ...

The higher education sector is going through significant changes. Universities are facing financial losses and shifts in their teaching and research funding. The changes are so significant that some in the sector suggest that the purpose of higher education needs ...

The Group of Eight (Go8) has made a clean sweep of the top Australian spots in the latest global university ranking. The 2021 Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 1,500 top institutions across 86 countries ...

University students who choose a 'fruit salad' of subjects could see their performance deteriorate. New analysis by University of Sydney researchers found that low-performing students who select a diverse combination of subjects often see a further dip in their performance, ...

Lexicographers and linguists like to make graphs to show how the usage of words ebbs and flows. It’s a trivial comparison to make, but some of these charts showing recent trends have similarities to the graphics we’ve been seeing of ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, people globally have started using video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet for work, study and social meetings. 'Zoom' has become a verb, synonymous with video conferencing. Many Zoom meetings are recorded, ...