Prominent researcher Professor Emma Johnston has been appointed as the University of Melbourne’s 21st vice chancellor, becoming the first woman to step into the role. The CSIRO director will depart her position as the University of Sydney’s deputy vice-chancellor (research) and make the move home ...

The University of Melbourne has committed to a radical shift in the profile of its student body, aiming to lift the proportion of undergraduates from key disadvantaged groups from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2030. Provost Nicola ...

Business figure and philanthropist Jane Hansen will be the next chancellor of the University of Melbourne following the decision of current chancellor, barrister Allan Myers QC, to step down after his second three year term. Ms Hansen, who is currently ...

Skunkworks was the term given to a secret, small team of R&D engineers at Lockheed Corp in 1943 tasked with finding breakthrough innovations in jet fighter technology, in the heat of battle. They generated a new design in a month ...

Melbourne University and the University of Queensland have ranked alongside the world’s top 50 universities in the latest round of higher education rankings.  Released annually by the Shanghai Consultancy, this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) featured seven Australian ...

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us as a society, it is to be humble. Despite our collective wealth, advanced scientific knowledge and unprecedented technological capacities, we have been struck and wounded globally by a tricky virus. The ...

Findings from an international genetic study involving the University of Melbourne mean it may now be possible to predict which children are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life based on their genotype. The study looked at febrile seizures ...

Global higher education experts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the 2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings, what the company calls “their annual deep dive into the relationship between university choice and graduate employment outcomes".  QS states that the rankings “offer a ...

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 ...

The life-threatening and economic hazards of relaxing Covid-19 restrictions before zero community spread is reached validates the decision by NSW to extend its lockdown, researchers suggest. A team of economists, public health experts and modellers from the Australian National University found the ...