The strategy to build six-month short courses, or microcredentials, into a new arm of Australia’s international education sector has received a boost from this week’s visit by Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan, who has held talks with the federal ...

Monash University is leading a DNA screening study that aims to detect inherited genes that increase the risk of cancers and eventually introduce a nationwide genetic screening program. The pilot project will be working in collaboration with researchers and clinicians ...

The University of Sydney has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a former staff member who claims he was discriminated against because of his race.  Award-winning Iranian-Australian philosopher and translator Professor Omid Tofighan filed a federal lawsuit against the ...

In the quest to send astronauts to Mars, ANU space medicine experts have developed modelling to predict the impact of prolonged exposure to zero gravity on the body. The model can be used to determine the impact of space flight ...

More than a quarter of staff at the University of New England have reported experiencing severe or extreme symptoms of anxiety, depression and/or burnout, a union workplace survey has found. The UNE branch of the National Tertiary Education Union surveyed ...

A Monash casual academic has said being owed tens of thousands from the university has forced him to go into debt between semesters to pay rent. Michael Lazarus, a casual lecturer in political and social inquiry, has taught at Monash ...

Thirty-nine professors at the University of New England have called on its governing body to take urgent action to “heal” the university following the resignation of former vice-chancellor Brigid Heywood. In a letter to the university council the professors, who ...

Melbourne University and the University of Queensland have ranked alongside the world’s top 50 universities in the latest round of higher education rankings.  Released annually by the Shanghai Consultancy, this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) featured seven Australian ...

Australian retail workers are being left behind as rapid shifts in technology reshape the industry, a new study has found. Retail workers, who make up about 11 per cent of the Australian workforce, are being subjected to increased surveillance, a ...

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against The University of Melbourne over allegations of coercion and adverse action against two casuals who tried to claim the extra hours they had worked. The watchdog alleges, in documents filed in ...