BENNETT GETS THE GONG Professor Sue Bennett is the University of Wollongong’s new executive dean of the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Bennett has been acting executive dean since May this year, and brings nearly 30 years’ ...

School leavers eyeing off a future in hospitality, child care or a trade could soon receive free training under a proposal designed to help sectors smashed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In an address to Labor faithful in Sydney, Anthony Albanese ...

Research conducted by the University of Newcastle has revealed “previously misunderstood effects that sperm RNA has on an embryo” — a discovery that could potentially change fertility treatment for males and fundamentally change science’s understanding of human reproduction.  Up until now, ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by tech giant Siemens and Flinders University to collaborate in critical areas such as energy efficiency, defence and food and beverage. The broad scope of the agreement, which has been called “critical to ...

Alan Tudge has been asked to stand aside while serious allegations raised by a former staff member are investigated. The Education Minister went public with his extramarital affair with former staffer Rachelle Miller last year. But on Thursday, Miller came forward with ...

Facebook’s recent rebrand to Meta is a pretty clear signal that the Metaverse will soon be a serious business proposition. And with its imminent expansion comes opportunities limited only by our imagination. But what is the Metaverse? Put simply, the ...

In October 2021, the Australian College of Applied Professions (ACAP) asked YouthGov to undertake a nationally representative sample of 1000 Australian workers to ascertain attitudes within Australian workplaces. Formerly the Australian College of Applied Psychology, ACAP is a higher education ...

Despite the further uncertainty arising this week from the latest Omicron variant, there is still some prospect of domestic and international students returning to Australian campuses in 2022, allowing us, to some extent, to catch up with other parts of ...

The first Australian lab to manufacture the mRNA vaccine has some good news for those concerned about the efficacy of the Covid-19 jab against the new Omicron variant. The Monash University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences on Tuesday said it was well prepared ...

A long black or three a day could be a helpful way to stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new long-term study. Researchers from Edith Cowan University investigated whether coffee intake affected the cognitive decline of more than 200 ...