Australia’s $100bn investment in health and medical research across the past two decades has failed to produce a strong local biopharmaceutical industry according to a new report, raising questions about whether the investment can be justified on a value for ...

University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt joined HEDx to share his vision for the research and innovation ecosystem. Parfitt also discussed the unanswered questions about lifelong learning as a Universities Accord and ARC Review process get underway. CampusReview ...

There is much talk in both the media and dispatches from government agencies about the idea of mandating the return of students to campus – in fact a number of providers (both public and private) have attempted such a thing ...

Over 400 research projects from 32 major Australian universities have been greenlit for more than $221 million dollars as part of next year's round of the ARC Discovery Projects scheme. The 2023 ARC Discovery grants were distributed in all states ...

ANU experts have chosen ‘teal’ as the 2022 Word of the Year, following independent candidates scooping away eight Liberal seats across NSW and ACT during the federal election. Usually associated with dark greenish-blue colour or a breed of duck. In ...

Australia’s need for educators has been driven by an interplay of salary, burnout and dissatisfaction, but new research will seek insight from a largely overlooked stakeholder - ex-teachers.  Experts from three major universities will survey people who have quit teaching ...

An academic urges universities to return to ‘traditional’ face-to-face exams to lessen students' cheating.  Universities across Australia have seen student cheating explode since the Covid-19 pandemic, with UNSW detecting more than double the amount of cheating since 2019. According to ...

Our 40 or so Australian universities are not unlike those in other parts of the world in having distinct histories and legacies that shaped their evolution but are now parts of systems that have encouraged them to be more alike. ...

University researchers from UNSW, ANU and the University of Melbourne have been recognised for their excellence at Australia’s most prestigious science awards. The 23rd Annual Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, held on Monday evening, recognised outstanding work from the nation’s ...

A former NSW chief scientist, an international banking heavyweight and one of the nation’s leading Indigenous rights academics will lead the most significant review of Australia’s higher education system in over a decade. Education minister Jason Clare announced key details ...