The word binge is derived from an old English dialect verb meaning ‘to soak’, hence its association with (alcoholic) liquid over-indulgence. Since its first recorded use in this sense, in the mid-19th century, the range of binge- worthy activities has ...

In this digital age, a professional online presentation of your skills is more important than ever. With LinkedIn offering a virtual CV that can be accessed by hundreds of thousands of employers, does this mean the end of the traditional ...

Newstart data from 2011 has just been released by the ABS, showing that the majority of allowance recipients don't, in fact, have degrees. Of the ones who do, however, the bureau helpfully broke down what they studied. Management and commerce graduates accounted ...

The phrases off-grid and off-the-grid, in the strict sense of being unconnected to the standard electricity supply, took off in the 1970s when independent sources of energy (that is, solar power for remote locations) were first under discussion. Several decades later, ...

Teachers have continued their trustworthiness winning streak against university lecturers, a recent Roy Morgan Research survey shows. Since the survey was first conducted in 1976, teachers have consistently ranked above university lecturers for ethics and honesty. This gulf now stands at ...

In an about-face, the Commonwealth government has announced it will make 457 visa concessions for academics. Back in April 2017, it equally abruptly scrapped the skilled migrant visa, leaving foreign academics, and the university industry generally, bewildered and frustrated. Here is a ...

Petrichor was coined by CSIRO scientists Isabel Bear and Richard Thomas in 1964, as the name for the oily liquid they had discovered to be released from the earth when moistened by humidity or rain. It’s also the name for ...

I’m not at all confident that the university or anything like its current form will be here for even 20 years. Australia has too many universities for its population. So what is the biggest shaping force in Australian higher education? ...

The Australian university community has coalesced to tongue-lash United States President Donald Trump, following his announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, commonly known as the Paris climate accord. Signed by almost 200 UN climate body-member countries ...

What will a reliable career look like in 2022? According to the Good Education Group’s 2017 Good Careers Guide, it will be in early education, special education, social work, occupational therapy, speech pathology and audiology. Though 30,000 positions will be ...