The recently released QS World Rankings 2023 leaves much to consider. At the global level, there is increased competition and engagement in the rankings. It includes 1422 universities in 2023 compared to 1300 in the 2022 QS rankings. By broad ...

Melbourne university students, affiliates and alumni have now the opportunity to bring their research to life thanks to two major funding partnerships, which UniMelb calls a first in Australia at this scale.  The university has secured two partnerships with Breakthrough ...

Whether it is students or staff, the higher education sector includes people of all ages and all backgrounds, yet age discrimination still occurs.  According to Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne Law School Alysia Blackham, universities may make an ...

When international student Charlotte* chose to study at the University of Sydney, she did it for the prestige and the promise of a world class education, yet she feels like she has been treated as a “cash cow”.  For years ...

Older people are being portrayed as being in ill health, victims, or being a burden on society in the Australian media, leading experts to call for broader changes in how society perceives ageing. A new QUT study 'Visibility and invisibility ...

Australia’s environmental issues such as floods and bushfires will now be monitored and tackled from space thanks to artificial intelligence. A new Space Tech hub in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology and Ernst & Young Australia aims to prevent ...

Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...

Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against viruses like Monkeypox and COVID-19. Boase and his team from QuT have been given the green light to develop a ...

Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link between unstable weather and mortality.  From 2000 to 2019, Monash experts have determined that an average of 1.75 million deaths ...

Experts have called to establish specialised peer review panels to help close the gender funding gap in academic research. A recent survey from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found work disruptions to be the main reason why ...