The University of Melbourne has come under fire from the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) for allegedly trying to axe indigenous staff targets by cutting clauses from its union agreement. In allegations that the University describe as "baseless", the NTEU ...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard finally unveiled the federal government’s reaction to the Gonski review, but her response has left many wondering how the new education model will be funded and how much control the states will have to give over ...

A group of theoretical physicists has poured water on current theories on the creation of the universe and embraced quantum graphity. Researchers from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University suggest our universe began not as a big bang but ...

The latest shooting massacre in the United States has revived the gun control debate, but neither President Barack Obama nor Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pushing for tougher laws. The issue of gun control has been a hot topic ...

Researchers hope a supercomputer simulation of the common cold virus will help in drug development Melbourne researchers are now simulating in 3D the motion of the complete human rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, on Australia’s fastest ...

Thousands of chickens have been killed by a new virus caused by live-vaccine recombination Research from the University of Melbourne has shown two different vaccine viruses have combined to produce new infectious viruses. The vaccines were used simultaneously to control ...

Melbourne University has developed a system to give a clearer picture of higher education around the world by including information such as what resources are put into universities. By Ross Williams. While there are any number of well-regarded global rankings ...

It might be one of the best cities in the world to be a student, according to international rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, but Melbourne is not all it’s cracked up to be say some residents. Melbourne was beaten only by Paris, ...

As unis, TAFEs and private providers move into each other’s territory some interesting challenges arise, writes Nick Fredman. It is not news that broad economic and social change, and government policy, are eroding the barriers between vocational and higher education. ...

Australian researchers should not waver in the face of scurrilous attacks on climate-change action, says adjunct Professor Roy Neel, the long-time chief of staff to former US vice-president Al Gore. Neel is visiting Australia for a month at the invitation ...