Psychopathic traits can now be detected in children as young as three with the help of a new diagnostic tool. A team of researchers at the University of New South Wales, led by developmental psychologist Dr Eva Kimonis, has developed tools ...

James Cook University researchers have played a role in a discovery that may alter the known history of humankind. JCU’s professor Paul Dirks and Dr Eric Roberts were part of an international team that discovered Homo naledi – an extinct, ...

The federal government may soon begin recouping millions of dollars in unpaid HECS loans following the introduction of legislation that would force many overseas-based Australian graduates to make repayments. Under long debated existing laws, Australians living and working overseas are ...

Western Sydney University has announced a $500,000 scholarship fund to assist refugees, with plans to raise $12 million through a fundraising campaign. The scholarships are valued at $7500 a year and are to be used for study and living expenses. ...

Staunch opponent of fee deregulation professor Stephen Parker is stepping down as vice-chancellor and president of the University of Canberra. Parker will step down in July next year, after leading UC for nine years, to spend more time with family and to ...

The installation of Malcolm Turnbull as the nation’s latest prime minister is unlikely to change the government’s higher education reform plans, despite the touted movement of Christopher Pyne to the defence portfolio as part of a Cabinet reshuffle. Answering questions ...

More dementia training is necessary in degree courses for undergraduate RNs, a dementia care leader has argued. General manager of residential services at dementia and aged-care specialist HammondCare, Angela Raguz, said some RN graduates employed in dementia-specific services had received as ...

Integrating mathematics into Indigenous cultures and backgrounds is key to quality teaching, a Queensland University of Technology mathematics professor has said. Professor Tom Cooper, who is director of QUT’s YuMi Deadly Centre (YDC), which works to improve mathematics outcomes for Indigenous children, ...

The Australian National University has become the nation’s first to crack the world’s top 20 higher-education institutions as judged by the QS World University Rankings. In the latest ratings, released overnight, ANU climbed six spots on its 2014 result and in ...

here is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms?  We have ...