A vice-chancellor has downplayed the relevance of the ATAR as a measure of potential student success – especially when it comes to teaching degrees. Professor Peter Dawkins, of Victoria University, argued that ATARs are often meaningless when measuring a student’s potential in university. ...

Scientists have made the grim discovery of a 10,000-year-old massacre site on the shores of a Kenyan lake. The Cambridge University-led expedition recovered 12 skeletons, of men and women, at Nataruk near Lake Turkana. Some skeletons had their skulls crushed, ...

Young people can be hamstrung in the job hunt by their own pessimistic attitudes, an expert has warned. An international survey by IT consultant Infosys found that Australian youth are not confident they have the tech skills needed to get ...

Sixteen is certainly sweet for two universities this enrolment season. The University of the Sunshine Coast has offered 3688 course places to prospective students – up by 16 per cent compared with last year – breaking its own record. Likewise, demand ...

More than 900 academics have called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene personally after a senior government senator rebuffed the group's recent efforts to secure release of all children remaining in onshore and offshore immigration detention. As at December 2015, it was understood that 95 ...

Researchers have developed a smart pill that may sniff out the human gut’s reaction to fibre. RMIT scientists have finished animal trials of a gas sensing pill. The pills send data about what is going inside the gut directly to ...