For Warumungu and Warlmanpa man Ethan Taylor, the opportunity to travel and study at one of the world’s oldest and most elite universities brings mixed emotions. The 23-year-old Melbourne university honours student was born in a small country town in Western ...

Lecturer and researcher Adam Ritchie spent his high school years in detention, but more recently the academic played a major role in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine distribution, saving millions of lives.  On his school report cards, Ritchie was described as ...

As the race to make a COVID-19 vaccine safe and commercially available gathers steam, new research has revealed University of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s potential jab produced promising results in older adults. Full trial results are expected by Christmas but late-stage ...

You can always tell an Oxbridge graduate. How? They tell us, of course. This is not a mere ancient educational establishment. It may be the 21st century, but Oxbridge is still considered a class bastion of white, privately educated, wealthy ...

With graduation season approaching, academics and students will soon don caps and sweeping gowns. The contrast between the gravity of academic rank and odd costumery can be startling; you respect a Dean but find it hard to reconcile that with – despite ...

Malala's bestie is everything you would think she would be. Oxford University student. Activist. Vlogger. Zimbabwean-born Varaidzo Kativhu aka Miss Varz, 20, from Birmingham in the UK is using her social media capital to try to increase diversity at her ...

The 900-year-old Oxford University has changed the laws about its academic dress code following concerns they discriminated against transgender students. Students taking exams or attending formal occasions will no longer have to wear ceremonial clothing that is specific to their ...