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Jill Rowbotham is an experienced journalist who has been a foreign correspondent as well as bureau chief in Perth and Sydney, opinion and media editor, deputy editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and higher education writer.

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University of Wollongong's Professor Simon Ville is to take up Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University.Picture: Paul Jones / University of Wollongong

New Harvard chair in Oz studies

University of Wollongong’s Simon Ville plans to spread the message about Australia’s place in American perspectives.

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Higher Education

Large group of happy college students sitting in lecture hall and learning.Picture: istock

Campus living works for bush kids

New research shows rural, regional and remote student satisfaction with university is linked to living on campus.

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Businessman Andrew Forrest of the Minderoo Foundation addresses the media at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Melbourne, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Australia has secured an extra 10 million COVID-19 test kits and pathology equipment through a partnership between the federal government, businessman Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation and private Pathology providers. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Twiggy tackles toxic plastics

Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation is funding the University of Queensland to examine the effects of plastics on human health.

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Higher Education

RMIT Uni appoints new chief

Professor Alec Cameron is returning from the UK’s Aston University to become vice-chancellor of RMIT.

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Former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas has joined the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as Industry Professor. Picture: Supplied.

Nick Kaldas appointed to UTS

The former NSW deputy commissioner of police will use his experience to help create relevant crime-fighting courses at UTS.

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Higher Education

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 17 2020: The Hon Alan Tudge MP - Minister for Population, Cities and Urban InfrastructureActing Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairsspeaks to the media in Treasury Gardens to discuss changes to the Australian Citizenship Test. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray

$74m for research, training centres

A $74 million federal government investment is intended to create stronger research and industry connections.

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Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University has been awarded the 2021 International Cosmos Prize for his research that changed the way we think about early human life (Image: Jamie Kidston/ANU).

Australian archeologist awarded top honour

Top award once won by David Attenborough and Jane Goodall goes to Peter Bellwood for uncovering humanity’s deep history.

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Daubney to be ACU’s chancellor

The Australian Catholic University has turned to a Queensland Supreme Court judge to be its new chancellor.

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on campus daily blogHigher Education

MENTAL HEALTH - Business man Having Headache While Working Using Laptop Computer. Stressed And Depressed man Touching Head, Feeling Pain While Sitting At Wooden Tabl, Work Failure Concept. Picture: Istock

Why online lectures are failing

Students learning from a video can drift into a surface understanding of mathematics and not gain true mastery, says new research.

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A pioneering mathematician has received the top award at the Prime MinisterÕs Prizes for Science, receiving $250,000 in prize money.Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger has profoundly influenced the mathematics that underpins computer cryptography used for secure banking, digital signatures and internet connections. Her algorithms have been incorporated into powerful computer systems used in algebra research and teaching. Picture Gary Ramage

Lasting harm to women in STEM

Job insecurity may be the Covid era’s legacy for women in the STEM workforce, says the Australian Academy of Science.

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