Researchers from Monash University say a nasal spray based on the "love drug" oxytocin has the potential to reduce the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth. The Monash team say the results from a small study using an inhalable ...

The federal government has repackaged and reiterated the National Innovation and Science Agenda that was announced in November 2015, with a National Science Statement delivered by Arthur Sinodinos in a keynote speech today. In his address to the National Press ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Meredith Nash completed her undergrad degree with the Fightin' Illini before stints at ANU and the University ...

Online jobs portal Seek will pay $119 million to increase its ownership of online tertiary education provider Online Education Services (OES). Seek will expand its stake in OES from 50 per cent to 80 per cent by acquiring some of ...

A meta-analysis of research literature has thrown into question the commonly held assumption that science exists in a culture of 'publish or perish'. Meta-assessment of bias in science, published in the journal PNAS, found “little evidence” that biases in scientific ...

The great debate about the use of student experience surveys in higher education has again reared its ugly head. Merlin Crossley from UNSW recently pointed out, in a News Corp editorial, that although flawed, student experience surveys still provide the ...

With the demand for higher education booming worldwide, particularly in China and India, will universities be able to satisfy demand? And can Australia become a serious player in this expanding field? Our international education industry keeps expanding, which is good ...

Victoria University has been accused of having a “manufactured deficit” to justify sweeping workforce restructures, a claim that university management has firmly denied. Paul Adams, president of the National Tertiary Education Union’s VU branch, said the 115 job losses that ...

You don’t often see a positive spin on unemployment figures. In this case, however, mums have cause to smile. The OECD has tipped them as the single largest potential contributor to Australia’s workforce. In a report, Connecting People with Jobs, ...

This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Hannah Duncan has a law degree from Bond University and is about to start at the Administrative ...