Doctoral students are a lifeblood of Australia’s universities, estimated at contributing some two-thirds of research output. Recent years have seen a global growth in the number of students enrolling into PhD programs, but this growth has been accompanied by a ...
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As of 2019, Australian universities produced about 10 thousand PhD graduates each year, a number that kept growing in the previous 20 years while increasing the competitiveness of the academic job market. A recent study from the University of Sydney analysed over ...
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Even though the heavy metal music industry is a money-making machine and the fastest growing music genre in the world, it hasn’t been seen as a topic of serious academic inquiry in Australia. Until now. Last week the University of ...
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A Queensland astrophysicist is hoping to use a newfound platform to spread his love of space with everyday Australians – and tackle tough topics like pseudoscience. The University of Queensland’s Samuel Hinton hit screens last night on Network Ten’s Australian ...
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