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Curtin University is Australia’s best young uni in the natural sciences, if a ranking of institutions under 50 years of age is to go by. Nature Index ranked Curtin 23rd in the world, above its closest homegrown competitors Queensland University of Technology (30) and ...

The Australian public is more likely to trust university researchers than banks, the government and the press. That was one of the findings to come from the 29th ANUpoll. The research team pitted researchers against a group of eleven occupations ...

It’s a lovely morning in the village… and you are a horrible goose. That’s how the creators of Untitled Goose Game described their work in a simple trailer for the game. Fast forward to its September release and it has ...

I was delighted recently when, through Commonwealth Minister Dan Tehan, I was asked by COAG’s Education Council to chair a review of how to improve senior secondary pathways into training, future education and work. So, I know, were the other ...

A British charity is bankrolling an international effort to free more of the knowledge housed in education institutions and publishers. The $540,000 project, led by Curtin University, will bring together an alliance of researchers who will work to build universities ...

There is not much doubt that we need a renewal of moral and intellectual leadership in Australia. Where might it come from? Perhaps from surprising places. While we have lots of bright young people committed to positive change, three additional ...

Australian universities will have to tick new research boxes to retain their status should proposed changes to category standards be adopted. The recommendations were made by former Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake in his review of the ways higher education providers ...

The adjective woke, in the sense of “being alert to social injustice”, has had a meteoric rise in the last two years. It originated in African-American slang in the phrase stay woke, first recorded in the 1970s. But its usage ...

It’s one of US president Donald Trump’s signature moves – an unusually long handshake. And if his intention is to generate feelings of anxiety among recipients, research out of Scotland has confirmed he’s right on the money. But the University ...

First Ministers met at COAG and agreed to a new Vision for Vocational Education and Training (VET) for Australia. The impetus for this was the Australian Government announcing its Skills Package Delivering Skills for Today and Tomorrow in its 2019/20 budget, responding ...