Katie Rose Guest Pryal is very different from me. Firstly, she’s a woman with a prolific career in a range of industries. Second, she’s an adjunct professor of law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, so she’s ...

Two Curtin University researchers have received more than four million dollars to tackle the prevalence of vitamin D deficiencies among Aboriginal people and identify early signs of cognitive impairment to commence early intervention. Funding for both projects was announced today ...

A UNSW academic has pointed to classroom disruption and disrespect as key causes of Australia’s poor Programme for International Assessment (PISA) results this year. Associate Professor Jihyun Lee from the school of education said PISA measures the disciplinary or disruptive ...

Back in September 2017, Campus Review highlighted changes being made in the humanities and social science areas at the University of Newcastle, which involved the development of a new structure built around four multidisciplinary ‘clusters’. Aligning organisational changes to the ...

EGAN’S SUCCESSOR Macquarie’s longest-serving chancellor, Michael Egan, has left some big shoes to fill. Stepping into them is Dr Martin Parkinson, a public servant of more than 30 years who served as secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister ...

Negotiations between the University of Sydney and the Ramsay Centre have broken down, with the funding body announcing it will not work with the university on Western civilisation education. Early last year, the University of Sydney put forward a proposal with ...

The Minister for Education is threatening cheating services with jail time under new laws introduced to parliament this week. Minister Dan Tehan introduced the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Prohibiting Academic cheating Services) Bill 2019 into the House of ...

The University of Tasmania has formally apologised to the island state's indigenous people, acknowledging the institution has been built on "the proceeds of war and dispossession". More than 600 people including Aboriginal leaders, university staff and students gathered at Domain ...

Schools value research more than they actually use it. In its raw form, after all, it can be notoriously abstruse. Not only are scholarly papers replete with hard-to-penetrate jargon, but often the research base is hard to access, and abuzz ...

Severe diets, fasting, diet pills and gastric bands. These are some of the lengths people with obesity have gone to in order to lose weight and regain their health. But now there may be more effective treatments on the way, ...