Dylan Griffiths is the education officer for the University of Sydney Students Representative Council. He’s currently a lead instigator of an occupation protest at the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), which has been the centre of a merger and ...

Universities love to boast about the donations they receive, but a recent gift to the Australian National University is something special. It’s an $800,000 painting by Chinese artist Zhang Peili, which was previously thought to have been lost. Flying Machine, ...

Universities shouldn’t set up their own software systems, as they’re better off outsourcing them – a software company executive has advised. Matt Arnott, TechnologyOne’s general manager for education, said he’s seen many universities try to set up their own software systems ...

Rankings measuring student experience, graduate employment outcomes and starting salaries have placed Australia's regional universities on top. The Good Universities Guide 2017, published by the Good Education Group (GEG) and released on Monday, shows that while country and city universities have ...

The University of Technology Sydney has indicated it will commit to fossil fuel divestment by the end of the year. In a public University Council meeting, acting chancellor professor Brian Wilson responded to a question asking if UTS would commit ...

Purchasing a supercomputer is a trend, among the universities that can afford it. But a Dell executive has warned they attract hackers, and foreign government agencies, like moths to a flame. “We do know scientific data is very valuable, to both ...

Australia’s tendency “to make the unemployment experience as unpleasant as possible” could be heightening the risk of depression in those who don’t have a job, research suggests. The Australian National University’s Dr Laura Crowe, a clinical psychology doctoral student, found that ...

After high school, Nisha Pradhan wanted to be a hairdresser. Her male high school careers adviser thought “this was a great idea.” But when Pradhan, now a University of New South Wales fourth-year electrical engineering and commerce student, told her ...

With nearly one-third of people with epilepsy having forms resistant to current medication, some people turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope based on anecdotal evidence that it will work. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership with ...

Who is more qualified to tackle climate change, politicians or high school students? The answer may depend on which elected official you’re referring to. But the Australian National University’s Ian Chambers, a senior researcher at the Crawford School of Public ...