When was the last time you read a poem? For many of us not directly currently involved in the teaching, study or creation of literature our answer might well be when we were finishing school, or during our undergrad days ...

A University of Queensland-led study has delivered alarming results, signalling the imminent extinction of up to 1000 species of birds, mammals and amphibians, unless the mostly human threats are actively managed. The team mapped destructive human activities including hunting, agriculture, ...

A Sydney university student wrongly accused of terrorism offences says he is suing Mark Latham for defamation, claiming tweets by the One Nation candidate “gravely injured” his character and reputation. Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen was charged in August 2018 with ...

The age of kings is going co-ed at the University of Queensland. Next year, the institution’s King’s College will be opening its doors to women for the very first time. After exclusively housing male students for over a century, the ...

A central registry of human gene editing research plans should be set up to ensure transparency, World Health Organization (WHO) experts say. After its first two-day meeting in Geneva, WHO’s panel of gene editing experts on Tuesday said it would ...

After almost a decade of sluggish shuffling towards a cloud-based, digitally driven operating model, Australian education providers are collectively twigging to the benefits that can accrue from giving students and staff real-time access to information and services. Chief among these ...

Do students who live near factory pollution have more trouble learning than those in cleaner neighbourhoods? Will they be less likely to attend class if they have to pass through a rough area on their way there? These are some of ...

As New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is receiving global praise and respect for her action and dialogue following the terror attack on mosques in Christchurch, questions about the quality of Australia’s leadership deepen. Comparisons between Ardern and local political ...

A recent study predicting a global skills deficit of 4.3 million workers by 2030 has prompted RMIT Online to enter into a strategic partnership with the Singaporean government’s SkillsFuture program. SkillsFuture Singapore is a government-backed initiative that plays a key ...

The University of Southern California says it may expel students tied to a US college-admissions scam after reviewing their records. The school said it has already “placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged ...