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In its sense of “sparing”, frugal is not a new word, and it often works as a negative when applied to the amount of food on the table, as in a frugal meal. But Samuel Johnson’s C18 observation on the ...

Former vice-chancellor Professor Peter Rathjen engaged in “entirely inappropriate” conduct at a work function and treated two women employed by the University of Adelaide with “egregious disrespect”, an investigation has found. The former head of the university stepped down from ...

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants Australia to quickly develop a national plan to distribute a COVID-19 vaccination. AMA president Dr Omar Khorshid said it was pleasing to see that efforts of the medical and scientific community to fast track ...

NEWLY MINTED ROLE FOR KRUSKE Charles Darwin University and the NT Health Department have jointly appointed Professor of Primary Health Care Sue Kruske to a newly minted strategic leadership role in Alice Springs. Kruske will work across both institutions to ...

A Melbourne university is investigating after a video surfaced on social media that appeared to show a crowded party on campus during stage 4 lockdown. La Trobe University confirmed to Nine News it was investigating the alleged breach that appeared ...

A curious feeling of dismay is exhibited by many educators when PISA scores are released that show Australia’s seemingly intractable steady decline against the OECD average, and against other countries in our region. A similar feeling of dismay is also ...

It’s not often people are given money to actively do nothing but that’s what a German university is offering. The Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK) announced this week that it would give €1,600 “idleness grants” to three people committed ...

It happened again. On 31st July, the University of NSW tweeted an article which quoted Human Rights Watch's Australia director and adjunct law lecturer, Elaine Pearson, expressing her concerns over the erosion of human rights in Hong Kong. The tweet ...

Australia’s only top 50 institution in ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has climbed the list in its 2020 edition. Last year, the University of Melbourne slid three spots to land 41st but has this year gained that ground ...

I have been involved in development and implementation of e-learning systems and online courses for some years now and while there have been instances of building and delivering courses for the 'virtual campuses’, the lion's share of the work has ...