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October

Studying a flexible MBA is an attractive choice for those looking to get ahead, build their knowledge and enhance their career.

An MBA: a stepping stone to becoming a business leader

Ambitious professionals who are interested in moving into managerial roles are increasingly using a master of business administration (MBA) as a catalyst for getting there.

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This is the top business school for the third year in row

University of New South Wales has been named The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business School for 2024, just ahead of University of Melbourne.

  • Sally Patten

August

Andrew Forrest with Dr Jessica Meeuwig, whose parents he gushingly thanked in his PhD thesis.

Twiggy fills the ranks with his PhD advisers

For billionaires, nothing counts so much as loyalty.

  • Myriam Robin

January

Dr Michael O’Leary is an associate professor at the University of Western Australia. 

Battling Santos, a university scientist lied to Tiwi Islanders

Climate geoscientist Michael O’Leary wanted to help Indigenous Australians stop a gas pipeline. A judge found he and other outside experts went too far.

  • Aaron Patrick

September 2023

The University of Melbourne remains Australia’s highest-ranked university.

Isolation warning as Australian unis slide in international rankings

The Times Higher Education world rankings has Australia’s universities going backwards for the first time in years.

  • Julie Hare
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The new $3b robot factory shooting for the moon

Advanced Navigation, a Sydney deep-tech company backed by Malcolm Turnbull, is scaling up a factory that helps NASA navigate when there’s no GPS.

  • John Davidson

August 2023

Melbourne University is Australia’s best, again, but slipped from last year.

Melbourne University named Australia’s best despite ranking dip

Australia has seven tertiary institutions in the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, although all but one has gone backwards.

  • Julie Hare

July 2023

“It has been 15 years in the making, the typical time for translation from bench to bedside, “says professor Brooks.

Aussie team leads ‘life-saving’ prostate cancer breakthrough

Using novel technology, a new test aims to sharpen predictions about the aggressiveness of individual prostate cancers.

  • Jill Margo
Universities are not breeding grounds for left-wing radical ideology, says Ray da Silva Rosa.

Unis are bastions of conformity, not radical thinking: academic

Universities may be perceived as left-leaning, but that couldn’t be further from the truth, says Raymond da Silva Rosa, a professor of finance.

  • Julie Hare
Universities might find they have to trade off autonomy for funding certainty.

Universities ‘sleepwalking’ towards more government control

The interim report into higher education has been lauded by vice-chancellors, but it contains a sting in the tail.

  • Julie Hare

June 2023

The University of Melbourne has leapfrogged into pole position on the new QS ranking.

Three Australian universities in the global top 20

But the rise is more about methodology than dramatic improvement in teaching and research.

  • Julie Hare

Got a degree? That may no longer be enough to get a job

It may not be long before, on top of a degree, employers will want evidence that recruits picked up specific skills in areas like project management or cyber risk.

  • Sally Patten

Virtual classrooms a hit with employees as businesses turn educators

Companies are turning to universities to dial up the in-house learning amid the ongoing talent shortage.

  • Nina Hendy

May 2023

Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt says Governments need to embrace ethical controls over data usage similar to what universities have developed over 50 years.

Governments ‘lack ethics controls for data’

Australian governments should emulate university research procedures in the handling of data, says Nobel laureate and ANU vice chancellor Brian Schmidt.

  • Tom Burton
The five-bedroom houseon St Georges Road, Toorak has just sold for about $23 million.

‘Who needs a day job?’: $23m Toorak mansion adds $4m in two years

A string of trophy home sales have revealed a buoyant prestige market, with homes in Sydney and Melbourne gaining millions as deep-pocketed buyers step up.

  • Bonnie Campbell
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Outgoing Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce questioned the relevance of his private life to his performance as a CEO in a newspaper article in 2022.

Why investors should care about the private lives of CEOs

When CEOs go through big life events such as births, deaths and marriages, it can affect company performance, academics are discovering.

  • Euan Black

April 2023

A Hazer Group demonstration facility in Western Australia which could be replicated in Japan under the terms of the deal.

Hydrogen company Hazer strikes deal for Japanese expansion

The deal is a major boost to Hazer’s ambitions, sending its shares up more than 8 per cent.

  • Colin Packham

January 2023

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Corporate Australia’s dirty hidden secret

Business crime may be endemic across big companies, and law enforcement is doing little to stop it.

  • Aaron Patrick
Dreadnought Resources CEO Dean Tuck.

Homeless for three months, Dean Tuck is now a CEO

The Texan’s success shows why Australia needs to actively seek out talented foreigners.

  • Aaron Patrick

November 2022

Michael Kingsbury and Dr Julia Reisser plan to open a commercial facility by 2026 that will produce 10,000 tonnes of Uluu each year.

Rock star and model among backers of seaweed ‘plastic’ start-up

A Perth start-up called Uluu has raised $8 million, as it tries to make a plastic replacement from seaweed, with famous faces joining VC investors in the round.

  • Tess Bennett

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