Professor Helen O’Neill has been named the chair of immunology and stem cell biology at Bond University. The newly created position is part of a plan to expand the university’s medical research expertise. O’Neill, who has worked in medical research ...

Queensland researchers are aiming to lift the lid on Australian university students’ use of so called ‘study drugs’ in an effort to provide a clearer local picture of an issue said to already be commonplace in the US. Led by University of ...

Leading business executive Joanne Metcalfe has been appointed to the University of Canberra Council by Andrew Barr, the ACT chief minister. Metcalfe is the ACT and Southern NSW operating centre manager for consulting services firm GHD and has experience in ...

Professor Peter Bartlett, from the Queensland University of Technology, has been named a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Each year, 20 fellows are elected to the academy for their achievements and excellence in science. Bartlett was appointed in ...

Professor Sandra Harding has been re-appointed James Cook University’s vice-chancellor and president through the end of 2021. Lieutenant-General John Grey, chancellor of JCU, said the university council recognised Harding’s strong leadership of the university and that she “is held in ...

Griffith University has welcomed Henry Smerdon as its new Chancellor following the retirement of Leneen Forde. With a long career in finance – including a stints in senior executive roles at both Queensland Treasury and the Queensland Investment Corporation – ...

Professor Craig Jeffrey has been appointed the next director of the Australia India Institute (AII) based at the University of Melbourne. The AII is Australia’s only national centre for research and analysis on India and is a hub for dialogue, ...

Dr Tony Birch will join Victoria University from July this year as the first recipient of the Dr Bruce McGuinness Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The Bruce McGuinness Fellowship is named for one of Victoria’s most respected Aboriginal Elders and supports ...

ANU staff and students are set to begin breathing a little easier from next month with the university announcing a blanket smoking ban set to come into force across all its campuses and facilities. The move, announced yesterday as part ...

Macquarie University has withdrawn the degrees of two former graduates, and prevented a further 10 current students from graduating, following an inquest into academic fraud. The inquest – which the university said was carried out by an independent party – was launched after ...