Professor Julie Leask from the University of Sydney argues proposals for mandatory vaccinations must be supported by a “strong justification” and less draconian measures must be “meaningfully attempted” first, in a co-authored article in the Medical Journal of Australia. In ...

University of Sydney staff and students met with the dean of the university’s faculty of arts and social sciences (FASS) Professor Annamarie Jagose on Thursday to ask her questions and oppose a program titled “Future FASS”, but a spokesperson for ...

Two legal academics from Flinders University say Canada’s ongoing push to create an independent body to review wrongful convictions highlights significant shortcomings in Australia’s legal system. Both lawyers and Adjunct Associate Professors from the university’s college of business, government and ...

New research from the Australian National University has found that individuals who base their thinking on “first instincts” are more likely to believe and share misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic.  COVID-19 misinformation has appeared and been shared since the beginning ...

The University of Melbourne is Australia’s sole top 50 entrant in the latest ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), landing at 33. Other Australian universities to crack the top 100 this year include the University of Queensland (51), UNSW ...

It’s unequivocally our most important yet problematic relationship we share with another country.  And on Wednesday, former Australian prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull recommended the coalition government dampen the domestic political rhetoric against China that has been building ...

One of the country’s leading epidemiologists says crucial information is missing when NSW’s daily Covid-19 case numbers are announced that could help paint a clearer picture of how the virus is spreading. Professor Mary-Louise McLaws from the University of NSW said Sydney’s ...

Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) were standout performers in the Good Universities Guide 2022, with both institutions recording a string of perfect ratings during a period of significant disruption. ECU achieved a remarkable feat this year, receiving ...

Melbourne and Sydney have been named among the top 10 student cities to live in worldwide, according to the QS Best Student Cities Ranking.  The latest set of rankings sees Melbourne takes out 6th place, down from 3rd last year, ...

A group of Sydney teenagers have been busted staying at a holiday home on the NSW south coast, where they met during the university holidays. Police visited a rental home at Catalina, near Batemans Bay, on Wednesday and found eight teenagers, aged ...