Employees looking to get a better night’s sleep and feel more productive the next day at work should turn to after-work activities like reading, going to the gym or volunteering, a new study suggests. The research, published in the Journal ...

The University of Warwick has reversed its decision to allow students back on campus after they issued rape threats. After a public backlash, the university in Coventry, England imposed a lifetime ban on two students. The original incident, which occurred last ...

Dr David Bottomley may look old, but he barely sounds it. Having recently completed his thesis, the 94-year-old now holds the title of ‘oldest PhD graduate in Australian history’. When he speaks, it is evident he’s learned. He is eloquent, ...

New Zealand scientists say they have found a USB memory stick containing holiday photos inside a frozen slab of seal poo. The scat, valuable for studying the health of leopard seals, had been stored in a freezer for a year ...

Numerous papers published on transplants involve organs unethically harvested from executed prisoners, a new review argues. Australian and international researchers investigated whether papers reporting research on transplants in China from 2000 to April 2017 comply with such international professional standards as excluding research ...

University students are being reminded of the importance of consent ahead of Orientation Week celebrations. Professor Margaret Gardner, chair of Universities Australia (UA), said while O Week is a time for new friendships and fun experiences before getting into study ...

A US director of graduate studies has obliged with Duke University’s request for her to step down from her position after two emails she penned to students leaked online. Screenshots of the emails – through which Megan Neely, Assistant Professor ...

India is closely monitoring the detention of several Indian students in the US, urging urged authorities there to not deport them against their will. Indian news reports say as many as 129 Indians were among those detained on January 30 ...

Asian rankings darlings the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University are suffering internal tumult after 10 professors openly criticised them. An article published in Singaporean newspaper Today detailed how several high profile academics in non-STEM fields left ...

The peak body representing Australia’s independent higher education providers is getting a new coat of paint. After 18 years of being the Council of Private Higher Education, its board has approved the new identity – Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA). ...