Academics are already expanding the use of computer-based role-play in teaching; what’s next? Whilst computer-based role-playing is never likely to replace traditional real-world practical training experience entirely, the continued sophistication of the medium is slowly revolutionising the way graduates prepare ...

Are you standing up while reading this? You should be. The negative health effects office workers suffer as a result of prolonged sitting are the subject of new research being undertaken by the University of Queensland’s school of human movement. As ...

A quarter-century-old speed record for electric cars has been smashed by a group of UNSW engineering students with a sleek-looking car dubbed ‘eVe’. The record, measured as an average speed of an electric car travelling a distance of 500km, was ...

The promise of a greater focus on links between research and industry and a new science council to advise government are at the centre of long-awaited reforms to the research sector unveiled yesterday. The new measures, announced by the industry ...

Social media-fuelled body image anxiety is putting an increasing number of teenage girls off the idea of sports participation,  research from Flinders University has shown. Based on interviews with 75 girls aged 13–17, researchers led by associate professor Claire Drummond ...

Cyclists who break road rules say they do so for safety, research has found. A survey-based study carried out at UNSW suggested that urban bike paths are often incomplete or disjointed and councils and urban planners need a greater focus on improving the overall ...

A 1970s-era, Finnish-designed, completely refurbished flying saucer has officially opened as the centrepiece of a $10 million project at the University of Canberra. Now open for staff and students as an interactive meeting space, the plastic and fiberglass structure is one of a ...

Graduating with a bachelor's degree from Australia’s prestigious sandstone and technology universities results in just 6 per cent higher earnings than other institutions over a 40-year career, research has shown. The analysis, Grattan Institute higher education director Andrew Norton released yesterday, indicates that ...

A fresh call for recovery of HECS-HELP debt from expatriate graduates and a hybrid repayment scheme were amongst several key amendments stakeholders urged during last week’s Senate inquiry into university deregulation. Addressing the Senate committee last week, HECS architect professor Bruce Chapman again ...

The maturation of global arrangements is creating greater opportunities than ever for Australian institutions. By Phil Honeywood Australian colleges, by and large, make excellent global partners. The foundation for this was laid over a century ago by Australians’ strong belief ...