New life has entered the ‘oldest scientific academy in continuous existence’. The London-based Royal Society has inducted fifty new Fellows and 10 new Foreign Members into its hallowed community for their “substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, ...

University of Sydney business students are set to rub shoulders and minds with some of the world’s most innovative thinkers. In July, a group will venture to America to immerse themselves in its startup culture. Designed in collaboration with global ...

Businesses around the globe are seeking a competitive advantage from the use of ‘big data’ – and the data scientists who can unlock its secrets are reaping the benefits of this growing demand. Nearly all key business processes and systems ...

I am a middle-class woman, aged between 40 and 59, with a postgraduate education. Except I’m not. That was a prediction of my identity, based on my cultural tastes, by a global team of researchers. They shared a sample of ...

It is very difficult to dispute the need for teachers to possess sounds literacy skills. Communication and literacy are central to teaching success and personal literacy competency is an obvious prerequisite for much of a teacher’s work. Not only do ...

Most university students simply need to pass all their subjects to graduate. Teaching students, however, have to score in the top 30 per cent of the adult population in literacy and numeracy, in addition to passing their regular exams, to earn their ...

A young woman sprinted through UTS’ Ross Milbourne Sports Hall, muscular legs pumping, blonde ponytail swishing. Weaving her way through the crowd, clutching a Frisbee, she suddenly flung it into the air. The woman was Gabriella ‘Bella’ O’Grady. A student ...

Before #Barnabye, there were two apologies from the man himself. In the first one, delivered in mid-February after his affair went public, Barnaby Joyce took “full responsibility” for the dissolution of his marriage. “I’d like to say to Natalie how deeply ...

High speed racing drones with cameras capturing sports action, an app to help hotels better manage resources and a digital platform that enhances the humble post-it note with augmented reality … these were just some of the creative business ideas ...

Jenna* could barely talk about her grandmother. She paused to wipe away tears and catch her breath before tremulously recounting how the woman who raised her had died, having not seen her in years. Jenna had defected from North to ...