Sydney neuroscientist Glenda Halliday has always been “fascinated” by how the brain works. The University of Sydney professor, who is a world-leading expert in neurodegeneration, began her studies in the 80's and became captivated in how different chemicals in the ...

Monash University has run away with the honours in The Australian’s 2023 list of the nation’s top researchers and research institutions in 250 fields of academic endeavour. A Monash researcher was in first place in 31 of the research fields ...

Traditionally, competition between universities around the world has been based on history and achievements measured by conventional metrics. When Oxford and Cambridge and Harvard and Stanford dominate the top places again in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings, it illustrates the ...

A groundbreaking new study has shown how you can increase muscle growth while spending half the amount of the amount of time in the gym. The study, authored by Edith Cowan University professor Ken Nosaka, found that eccentric muscle contractions – the ...

Improved policies and communication around menopause at university could tackle the loss of senior academics’ expertise and recruit more women into leadership positions, an expert said. Health and wellbeing researcher at Macquarie University professor Rebecca Mitchell said while menopause impacts ...

Around 15,000 casual staff from the University of Melbourne will receive $22m in back payment after a new review revealed ongoing underpayment by the university over an eight-year period. The announcement made by Vice-Chancellor professor Duncan Maskell last week follows ...

Major changes to Twitter’s free speech and content moderation rules have presented new challenges for universities and academics. Last week, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk secured ownership of the world's largest social media platform, firing roughly half of Twitter's workforce and ...

The Group of Eight universities have asked the federal government to back a new plan that will bring universities closer to the defence industry and the defence forces in an effort to boost Australian capability. In its submission to the ...

Associate Professor Jack Wang of UQ was Australian University Teacher of the Year in 2020 outlines seven phases of teaching innovation in Australian universities. He believes universities have left us in "no mans land" as students decline to join staff in ...

Monash University has appointed former health and aged care minister Greg Hunt to be the chair of the Turner Advisory Council for Brain and Mental Health. The retired politician, who previously served under the previous Morrison government, will act as ...