This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Federation University Australia's Marcia Devlin is an Irish-Australian focused on using education to impart equity for socially disadvantaged ...

Two words, 10 syllables: 'transdisciplinary innovation'. It's the new buzz-phrase going around the University of Technology Sydney. So much so that the institution has created a whole new faculty dedicated to it. And what is transdisciplinary innovation? It’s when people from ...

Chinese technology brand Huawei hosted its Asia-Pacific Innovation Day – which is actually two days – labeled 'The Brilliance of Exploration in Sydney', on November 2–3. Speaking on the importance of science and co-operation was University of Technology Sydney deputy vice-chancellor, research, ...

The first of a series of studies may confirm the belief that food industry-sponsored research is more likely to favour the sponsors, though there is insufficient evidence to make a firm conclusion. The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analysed ...

The Australian Research Council has allocated $416.6 million for 989 new research projects in the latest wave of federal government research funding. Monash University was the biggest winner in this round, with $47.9 million to be pumped into its coffers for ...

The inaugural Women in Research Citation Awards were presented this week at the Australian National University, honouring the top dozen early- to mid-career Australian women researchers. The list was compiled by Clarivate Analytics, formerly the intellectual property and science branch of ...

Adam Brimo is the chief executive of OpenLearning, an online start-up in which students can enrol for free and pay only for certification. OpenLearning recently signed a partnership with TAFE NSW's Hunter Institute to launch a new VET platform called ...

A cane toad pioneer, an innovator who developed a $100 million software program that detects stock market fraud, a researcher looking to re-engineer peptides and protein into cures for diseases, and a conservationist working to help governments to find the ...

The university graduates of 2025 will be need to be socially intelligent, subject matter experts, independent learners, highly innovative, creative, and collaborative; they will need portable skillsets, a solid CV with relevant work experience and new media literacy. All this, plus they will need to ...

University of Queensland researchers have linked ADHD and conduct disorder (CD) to a trajectory of disadvantage, as these children are more likely to drop-out of high school and not enrol in tertiary education. A study published in the Journal of ...