Mislabelling, spreadsheet errors and incomplete data are just some of the basic mistakes in medical research that can cost lives – but they can be avoided if scientists are aware of how easily it can happen, an expert has said. ...

Success in innovation is determined by culture, a report from Microsoft argues. Australia stands at No. 17 on the Global Innovation Index and the federal government has just released a $1.1 billion package to boost Australia’s innovative capacity. Accelerating Australia’s ...

The government’s innovation reforms will bring the shift in cultural mindset Australia needs, Universities Australia has said. The government’s innovation agenda, announced this week, contains a suite of schemes to incentivise commercialisation of university research. This includes reviewing the existing research ...

Universities are supporting the government’s innovation agenda, and Labor has said of the sector that its “political judgement's not always been the strongest". Labor Senator Kim Carr, shadow minister for higher education, said yesterday’s innovation policy announcement was underwhelming and ...

New research has found it can take young people 10 years to secure full-time work, but through no fault of their own. The Life Patterns study from University of Melbourne’s Youth Research Centre followed a cohort of just under 4000 ...

Business Council of Australia president Catherine Livingstone will be the next chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney. Livingstone’s term will begin in December 2016 so she can serve her the remainder of her term as BCA president. UTS deputy chancellor Brian Wilson will ...

Almost all of Australia’s tech start-ups are in Sydney and Melbourne, but the federal opposition is hoping to change this. Labor has just released its third package of innovation reforms, including a Regional Innovation Fund. The announcement, made on Friday, came ahead of ...

The Australian National University has topped the Excellence in Research Australia rankings, amid a strong showing nationwide. The ERA results, compiled by the Australian Research Council and released today, showed 95 per cent of ANU's broad-field research was rated above ...

Life's about to get more expensive for university students after savings measures cleared parliament. The measures save $1.1 billion by replacing student scholarships with loans and scrapping a 10-per-cent discount on HECS-HELP up-front payments. The laws were the last to ...

Teachers and administrators at Sydney Navitas English colleges have taken industrial action as part of a long-running pay dispute. The Independent Education Union and Navitas have been in negotiation since February. The college has offered staff a 2 per cent ...