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Crommelin to lead Melbourne Law School Professor Michael Crommelin has been appointed as dean of the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. Crommelin’s appointment follows the recent decision of the current dean Professor James Hathaway to return to ...

New approaches to healthcare training will focus on teamwork and individualised medicine, writes Julie Hare. Being named one of the best hospitals in the US is no small feat. But for the accolade to be afforded 20 years straight – ...

Inadequate regulation and compliance might be copping much of the blame for the problems in international education. But education and training still suffer from “excessive and duplicative reporting requirements”, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission. The sector ...

Journal debates The nature of academic publishing is changing rapidly and young humanities academics are struggling to find their place, writes Toby Miller. I just spent a couple of days with (predominantly) junior faculty in Salt Lake City, the Mormonic ...

Australia’s institutional and governmental commitment to mobility is paying off, writes Rob Malicki. Small changes in the way we measure things can sometimes make a big difference. In the case of the mobility of Australian students, a decision by Open ...

The wisdom of some of the world’s best researchers is now freely available following another step toward open access by Harvard University. Last week, the university launched its digital access to scholarship at Harvard (DASH) – a university-wide, open-access repository ...

Practice-led research is changing how we approach humanities research. Now we need to consider what this might mean for ways in which the humanities evolve in universities, says Graeme Harper. Universities in Australia and Britain discuss it regularly, though the ...

Chubb, CSIRO ride high on best-paid list ANU vice-chancellor Professor Ian Chubb is the sixth-best-paid Commonwealth public servant, according to a list compiled by crikey.com. with a remuneration package of around $985,000 – miles ahead of the best-paid politician (Kevin ...

In a study that could be instructive for Australian universities, Israeli academics are torn by conflicting attitudes towards the marketing of their universities and their own roles in that marketing process. h; and to achieve that, we needed to develop ...

Internet studies provides plenty of scope for researchers to stake new ground, writes Beverley Head. Internet studies represent a great way for young academics to carve out a stellar reputation. This is the considered opinion of Dr Vicki Nash, director ...