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Australian scientists have praised the Obama administration’s move to lift America’s ban on embryonic stem cell research. But they’ve warned it will put US scientists on a fast track and Australia must respond by cutting red tape around its own ...

Fishing for science The changing habitats of marine species along the Tasmanian coast is to come under the spotlight. The Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) has received funding to implement the Coastal Climate Change Range Extension Database and Mapping ...

The fame game .... Celebrity (original, huh) that examines why certain individuals – Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jerry Springer, Hitler – make such an impression on the public consciousness. In the book, he also creates two new sub-categories of celebrity: ...

It may not be the ideal meal ticket, but the arts degree is a pathway to many careers, reports Jeremy Gilling. Question: What do you say to an arts graduate? Answer: Yes, Prime Minister. UQ’s Deanne Gannaway, principal investigator and ...

Indigenous content and cultural awareness have been part and parcel of teaching and learning in most of the so-called helping professions for some years. But psychology is one discipline that has been slow to catch up.n expression of grief and ...

The two key structural changes to higher education announced last week by education minister Julia Gillard – a student entitlement funding system and a national regulatory and quality agency – will relieve some of the main “pressure points” in the ...

The government is unlikely to accept the Bradley panel’s finding that universities must conduct research in all broad fields in which they teach, innovation minister Kim Carr revealed last week. And he revived talk about mission-based compacts and a “hubs-and-spokes” ...

“Like an Apple Mac and a PC, our university and VET sectors need the right bridging software to connect effectively. The seamlessness of qualifications, fees, income support and regulatory oversight will all have to be re-examined as we look to ...

Having already committed itself to a virtually unlimited number of vocational training places, the Victorian Government will now commit to over 100,000 more under a special deal which will see the Victorian Training Guarantee effectively merged with the federal government’s ...