Fifty new places funded to train doctors
The Federal Government has opened 50 new government‑funded university medical places to help lift the supply of General Practitioners (GPs).
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Read more10 March 2026Higher Education
Racism rife in Australian universities
A staggering 70 percent of university students and staff have experienced indirect racism, including hearing or seeing racist behaviour directed at their community.
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Read more18 February 2026
Universities facing ‘imperfect but essential’ changes
By Alex Zelinsky
Lasting policy reforms, almost always, have difficult beginnings. Think Medicare, the Superannuation Guarantee, or the National Disability Insurance
Read more12 February 2026
‘Active sitting’ can improve brain health
New research has found that there are different types of sitting with varied impacts on health.
Activities such as watching television were linked to worse memory and
Read more20 January 2026
Adelaide’s analogue astronauts in world’s largest mission
Australia is in the middle of a two-week space mission involving 25 countries across the globe.
A team from the University of Adelaide and international space testing,
Read more14 October 2025
Aussie professor wins Nobel Prize for MOFs
By Deanna D’Alessandro
The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large
Read more9 October 2025
Research might unites in new Brisbane centre
A Brisbane university has created a new cross-faculty centre to address the world’s most pressing environmental and societal challenges.
Professor Jonathan Rhodes said
Read more8 October 2025
Students at risk from lawless “shadow education” industry
An unregulated billion-dollar shadow education system is exposing students to deepening educational inequity, according to a new study.
The research, from the University
Read more30 September 2025
Global spike in young people with tertiary qualifications
Education in the developed world has reached an all-time high with almost half of young adults now completing a tertiary education.
The latest analysis by the OECD found
Read more12 September 2025
39,000 purpose-built student beds in the pipeline
Dedicated student accommodation is set to top 144,000 beds over the next two years, with almost 39,000 beds in the current pipeline.
The latest Urbis Student
Read more9 September 2025