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The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.
The experience of truth-telling and reconciliation confines Aboriginal people to being known in relation to outsiders. We need a different way forward.
The relationship between universities and performing arts training in Australia has often been uneasy or contentious.
Trans activists are running a campaign against University of Melbourne philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith. It raises a host of challenging ethical questions.
Does Australia benefit from Google paying for News Corp training?
When Flos Greig first entered law school, it was illegal for women to become lawyers. Undeterred, she lobbied for change and became the first woman admitted to the legal profession in Australia.
Academic freedom is routinely recognised as an important principle that is enshrined in a range of governance policies - but staff at one university say it is under threat.
Patients from minority groups in the United States may face interpersonal racism that can affect their medical care, a joint…
This week’s launch of the two-volume Cambridge History of Australia comes just as the Coalition government fires the opening salvo of a new battle in the Australian history wars. Over the past 12 months…
Tobacco damages more than just human health – it has now been linked to deformed insects and pesticide pollution, according…
A new tool that predicts the path of volcanic debris and oil spills has been developed by a researcher at the University…
New genetic mutations which cause severe epilepsy have been identified. Analysing 4,000 genomes from epilepsy patients, two…
Researchers have developed a new understanding of how bacteria intrude into implanted medical devices. The bacteria cells…
Researchers from the University of Toronto have designed a new way to mature heart cells, which do not usually reproduce…
The fig has been found to be consistently useful for multiple purposes globally. The fruit, in fresh and dried form, provides…
The fallout from an event at the University of Melbourne where women and men were asked to sit separately has been intense. The media coverage so far has focused on the issue of segregated seating in a…
Last week, there was a troubling news item about possible gender-based “segregation” at an event held at the University of Melbourne. The event was held by an external Muslim group, on the university campus…
Last week The Australian reported that female attendees at a recent Islamic studies event held at the University of Melbourne had been directed to sit at the back of the lecture theatre, in breach of the…
Research funding has never been more important to Australian universities say experts, after Australia gained ground in the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University of Melbourne…
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Vice-Chancellor and President, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law at the University of Houston, University of Houston
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Associate Professor of History, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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