Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has named four of six members of an expert panel charged with reviewing Australia’s Qualifications Framework (AQF). The panel was set up to examine changes in the nature of work and developments in ...

'Just do it’ has been a mantra for entrepreneurs for decades. However, the question remains as to whether or not it is possible to teach and learn entrepreneurship. If yes, then what is the best way to teach it? Does a ...

Feral cats are raising a skink with the discovery that they're mass reptile killers. Researchers from the government's Threatened Species Recovery Hub, which comprises 10 universities and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, analysed around 10,000 cat dietary samples. What they found shocked them. ...

Picture a cube. People will likely have varying responses to this command. For some, the cube will be large. They might imagine that it’s floating. Others will use their answer to infer something about their personality through an online quiz. But for ...

A small farm on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh, about halfway between Melbourne and Ballarat, is the birthplace of a self-described 'unlikely entrepreneur'. But it took decades for Alan Manly to get to that point. The managing director of Sydney-based private tertiary ...

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are considering merging to create a new, leading Australian university in a move welcomed by both the state and federal governments. Both universities have agreed to explore whether a merged ...

They may constitute only approximately 1.2 per cent of the population, but until recently, transgender individuals have been excluded from society. In a 2015 speech, former Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson said that of LGBTQI people, "...the lingering and most extensive discrimination ...

Much has been made of the inadequacy of careers advice in schools. Regardless, some young people simply know what they want to do for a living earlier than others. Erin, from Bondi in Sydney’s east, knew she wanted to be a ...

As the Socceroos prepare for the first game of their fifth World Cup campaign, the foundation named in honour of the captain in their first World Cup appearance is sponsoring a new PhD scholarship at The University of Sydney. The ...

JCU Singapore VC retires James Cook University has announced the retirement of its deputy vice‑chancellor for the Singapore campus, Dr Dale Anderson. Anderson has served the university for 12 years, and will leave his role on December 31. Vice-chancellor Professor ...