Have you seen the television commercial which ends with the arrival on screen of a blue work van with the yellow letters MEGT emblazoned across it? The modestly designed ad commences with some worried looking characters fretting in the office. ...

Just seconds after the referee blew full-time in the final of the Rugby World Cup, television showed a brief glimpse of the engraver setting to work on putting the name of the winning team on the William Webb Ellis Trophy ...

It is concerning when poor research about teachers is made public. When that poor research is taken up by the media there is cause for greater concern. When poor research is taken up by policy makers then it is time ...

Research on blood flukes, wound healing, and how gas changes into stars are among the projects being funded by the latest round of grants for collaborations between staff at the University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland. More ...

The Australian Research Council has appointed eight Australian academics to head up the evaluation committees for Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012. The new chairs will lead committees of up to 20 members that will grade research quality in ...

There are signs that Australia’s international student sector is on the up again, with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s latest data showing increases in visa applications and grants, with applications from India on the rise. From January to September ...

Staff, students and alumni of Charles Sturt University (CSU) were saddened last week to learn of the death of Professor John Carroll, the Professor of Communication at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst. Carroll died in the ...

A hundred new doctors a year are expected to graduate from the University of Western Sydney’s new clinical medicine school, which has been opened by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Based at Blacktown Hospital in Sydney’s west, it is hoped that ...

Nicholas Saunders had to make big cuts to save Newcastle University but seven years later it is on firm ground, writes Jennifer Bennett. When Professor Nicholas Saunders arrived at the University of Newcastle in 2004 as its vice-chancellor, it was ...

Universities will be asked to demonstrate they are taking on student input when it comes to the spending of funds collected under the new Student Services and Amenities bill passed recently by the Senate. The National Union of Students will ...