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Megan Weier is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland's School of Psychology. She recently took the lead in researching drug use among young Australians across a 16-year period, from 1998 to 2013. Every three years, 14-to-25-year-olds were surveyed ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a real medical condition, not merely poor behaviour. That's the message from Dr Helen Boon, a researcher at James Cook University. Whether ADHD is caused by nature or nurture, or a bit of both, ...

The higher education sector has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s release of an options – or discussion – paper to garner feedback from stakeholders as to the direction of policy. The paper has been referred to as a reset button that ...

The Government has pulled back from deregulation of student fees but retains its aim for significant savings in higher education. It wants to balance the amount the government pays with the amount students pay. Major changes will not take place ...

A University of Sydney marketing scholar is $6000 to the good this week having pocketed Canon's annual Honours Scholarship. Declan O'Neill picked up the purse for his seminal research on the anthropomorphism of consumer brands, such as a battery that ...

Jan Thomas is the vice-chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland, based at its Toowoomba campus, and the chair of the Regional Universities Network (RUN), comprising Central Queensland University, Federation Universities Australia, Southern Cross University, University of New England, University ...

Only three Australian universities have been included in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings for World Reputation in 2016. Last year, there were five. Eight institutions from the US, along with the Oxbridge pair, make up the Top 10. The University of ...

Caroline McMillen is the vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle. As the chief of a regional campus, she has a vested interest in promoting the interests of non-metropolitan Australia, centres that are often overlooked in favour of the bright lights and huge ...

The 2016–17 federal Budget confirms that Commonwealth investment in Vocational Education and Training (VET) will fall by more than $500 million in 2017–18, when the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform expires. There will also be reductions of $50 million over four years ...

Delirium: The Final Frontier. Cellular Senescence as a Reversible Cause of Ageing. Limits to Longevity: The Still-Changing Face of Death. These are three of the talks that will take place at the Australian Biology of Ageing Conference being hosted by the University of ...