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Australia’s tendency “to make the unemployment experience as unpleasant as possible” could be heightening the risk of depression in those who don’t have a job, research suggests. The Australian National University’s Dr Laura Crowe, a clinical psychology doctoral student, found that ...

After high school, Nisha Pradhan wanted to be a hairdresser. Her male high school careers adviser thought “this was a great idea.” But when Pradhan, now a University of New South Wales fourth-year electrical engineering and commerce student, told her ...

The Australian Research Council has defended its funding of humanities studies, following media reports criticising the body for spending taxpayer dollars on “absurd and obscure” research. The Daily Telegraph today lambasted the ARC for its latest wave of funding to humanities research ...

Australia’s immigration detention centres are many things, divisive being one. This week, the nation watched as guerrilla protestors crashed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s first major economic speech since the federal election. One stormed the stage, holding a sign directed at news ...

With nearly one-third of people with epilepsy having forms resistant to current medication, some people turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope based on anecdotal evidence that it will work. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership with ...

Who is more qualified to tackle climate change, politicians or high school students? The answer may depend on which elected official you’re referring to. But the Australian National University’s Ian Chambers, a senior researcher at the Crawford School of Public ...

A report predicts that Charles Darwin University, Western Sydney University and Federation University may challenge Australia’s old and elite universities by 2030. The Class of 2030 from higher education consulting firm Firetail, argued there is a new generation of universities who ...

Last Christmas, 900 academics signed a letter, addressed to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, calling for the immediate release of asylum seeker children in detention. Eight months later, this movement’s ranks have doubled. Now they’re calling for all immigration detention centres ...

The Australian National University vice-chancellor, professor Brian Schmidt, has thrown his support behind academics’ calls for a formal treaty to deepen the economic relationship between Australia and China. These proposals are tabled in the Australia-China Joint Economic Report, a joint ...

American television pundit John Oliver once said: “not all scientific studies are equal …some … may be subtly biased because of scientists being pressured to come up with eye-catching positive results.” This may, unfortunately, be the case with a recent ...