Although many argue there are already too many medical graduates in Australia, today another medical faculty was launched. Macquarie University unveiled its four-year, full-fee postgraduate Doctor of Medicine program, set to commence next year. “Building on the success and great reputation ...

UK researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology have identified a possible new treatment for Parkinson’s. The research, published in The Lancet, shows that from a small safety trial of 62 people with Parkinson’s, the 32 participants injected with exenatide (a ...

The annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey bears bad news for graduates. Released this week, it shows that while the more educated generally fare better across several social and economic outcomes, such outcomes aren’t as good as ...

An Australian team competing in the Amazon Robotics challenge in Japan has won first prize. The team from the Australian Centre for Robotics Vision (ACRV), led by Dr Juxi Leitner, came from behind to win the final round of the ...

A woman who was kissed on the cheek by a teacher on the bus on the way to uni. A woman from a residential college who went out partying and was encouraged to drink by a male friend and fellow ...

Since ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 it’s had various medical and recreational uses. Normally used as an anaesthetic, it has particular value in veterinary science due to its ability to sedate animals without suppressing respiration nor cardiovascular functions. Now researchers at the ...

Learning in the clouds isn't as fantastical as it sounds. Passengers on Virgin Australia flights have been doing courses for just over a year via Open2Study. Now, 50,000 enrolments later, Open Universities Australia's free online course provider has taken stock of students' ...

This is Campus Review‘s Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Kate Umbers describes her life as like living in a nature documentary and her love of Australia's ...

If 'likes' are Instagram’s currency, having none of them can be humiliating. Worse yet, vicious comments, ‘hate’ accounts and sharing and doctoring of people's photos without permission can be damaging at best, and life-threatening at worst. While the latter situation is ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher outgoing news editor to learn more about them and their work. Today, we visit with Campus Review news editor and journalist Patrick Avenell, on his last ...