The newly appointed director of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland, professor Sheena Reilly, will start in June. Reilly is associate director of clinical and public health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and professor of speech pathology at the University of Melbourne. Her ...

Professor Brian Yates has been named the University of Tasmania’s new dean of the faculty of science, engineering and technology. Yates has been the executive director at the Australian Research Council since 2013. He oversaw the grant awarding processes as ...

Bond University has appointed associate professor Shannon Springer as its academic lead for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Springer, a prominent Aboriginal doctor, will oversee the university’s Indigenous health curriculum, develop clinical placement opportunities and engage with the Indigenous ...

Thousands of students from the Australian National University today presented a petition to the university’s vice-chancellor calling on him to ‘divest the rest’ of ANU’s holdings in fossil fuel companies. The campaign by student-led group Fossil Free ANU has handed ...

The University of Tasmania today announced a record number of domestic and international students, as the institution paves way for further growth. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Mike Calford said the strong growth in student numbers was testament to the institution’s vision, ...

Navitas Limited has today announced a new million-dollar deal with the University of Western Sydney to open an international college. Under the joint venture, a pathway college for international students will be established on UWS’s Parramatta campus from October to ...

The University of Sydney has announced it will set up a taskforce to investigate academic misconduct following revelations of new methods of cheating, including students using essay writing services. In an exclusive interview, we spoke to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Dr ...

New student accommodation and retail outlets feature among key developments proposed in The University of Queensland’s new draft master plan for its St Lucia campus. UQ property and facilities director Alan Egan said the university recognises that they need more ...

The candidate was qualified to fill the role of women's officer at a university student union. With one exception: he is a man. James Ritchie has resigned from the position at the Tasmanian University Union following mounting opposition and an ...

Professor Anne Kelso has been appointed chief executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council and will begin in April. Kelso succeeds professor Warwick Anderson. In her previous role as director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on ...