Australia’s largest body of medical students has today released a document giving in-principle support to legalising euthanasia. Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is currently still illegal within all Australian states and territories, but the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) has published ...

The University of the Sunshine Coast is celebrating its success, after its psychology program was ranked best of all public universities in Australia. USC Professor of psychology Mary Katsikitis said the recent ranking in the 2018 Good Universities Guide had ...

Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has fielded questions regarding his plan to enforce a higher standard of testing for prospective international students. The minister was quizzed on the changes by ABC journalist Sabra Lane, before laying out the ...

Australian troops will receive virtual reality (VR) resilience training before deployment provided by the University of Newcastle. The project was made possible after Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne announced $2.2 million for Associate Professors Rohan Walker and Eugene Nalivaiko to ...

A La Trobe University professor has been honoured as the first woman to receive the Prime Minister's Prize for science. Geneticist and professor Jenny Graves was presented with the coveted science prize during a dinner with the prime minister at ...

The federal government's proposed higher education reforms have hit a wall and failed in the senate, after the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) rejected the key elements of the controversial package yesterday. The three-senator and one MP team has effectively ruled out ...

An internationally renowned sustainability program from Harvard will be offered in Australia at Griffith University. The Executive Education in Sustainability Leadership Program (EESLP) will be available in Australia from March next year, and aims to help executives from across all sectors ...

Universities are increasingly looking to Indonesia for research partnerships and international study opportunities, experts say. The Australian International Education Conference, held in Hobart last week, saw professionals gather to discuss the state of the education industry, with a focus on ...

In a new initiative by Curtin University, young people will help create and then take part in new social groups to foster connections between those with autism. Dr Marita Falkmer from Curtin's Autism Research Group said teens still had a ...

The Business Council of Australia has released a discussion paper which proposes an overhaul of the tertiary education sector. The paper, titled Future-Proof: Protecting Australians Through Education and Skills, argues that as the world of work is rapidly changing, Australia ...