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Hundreds of students occupied a building at the University of Melbourne protesting the war in Gaza on May 3.

University students face expulsion over pro-Palestine protests

Several Victorian universities have threatened disciplinary action against students for joining campus protests against the bloodshed in Gaza.

  • Alex Crowe

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Counter-demonstrators clash with university security at Monash on Wednesday.

Warning as universities refuse police help with pro-Palestine camps

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said police were having daily meetings with security staff, worried by a growing risk of violence.

  • Robyn Grace
Chris Lucas at the site of Batard, in Bourke Street.

Star chef adds laneway to multimillion restaurant property empire

Restaurateur Chris Lucas is building up a tidy property portfolio to underpin his hospitality empire.

  • Nicole Lindsay
First year university students, Hardi Patel and Tobey Nunn enjoyed RMIT’s O-week “street festival” down Bowen St on campus on Thursday.

O-week brings back a buzz, but where are all the university bars?

Just three Melbourne unis still have a dedicated campus bar. But will 2024 finally bring campuses back to life after COVID?

  • Sherryn Groch

They fixed a ‘broken’ ballet star. Now these researchers are schooling footy players

Inside the ballet’s rehab centre, dancers spin with trackers teaching La Trobe researchers about the limits of the human body. And saving dance careers.

  • Sherryn Groch and Nicole Precel
Professor Jenny Graves.

Sex chromosomes to oratorio: Scientist says it’s time to stop singing about Adam and Eve

Evolutionary geneticist Jenny Graves has dedicated her life to pioneering global scientific breakthroughs. But for years, another creative pursuit was bubbling away in her head.

  • Melissa Cunningham
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Inside the university wage theft crisis.

Inside Australia’s university wage theft machine

Casual and sessional workers tell their stories of being underpaid and exploited by some of Australia’s most respected and prestigious institutions.

  • Ben Schneiders
First-year arts student Georgia Gillies supports Melbourne University’s directive to mask up in classrooms, but questions why it has dropped its vaccination mandate.

Melbourne Uni in mask push, La Trobe extends vax rule as students return

Despite the surge in COVID infections and Victoria’s acting chief health officer urging a return to remote learning, university staff and students are back on campus this semester.

  • Adam Carey
Academics at LaTrobe University have suggested bias may have caused a large number of women on maternity leave to be offered redundancies.

Maternity leave redundancies at La Trobe Uni spark human rights 'bias' complaint

Academics believe "conscious or unconscious bias" against women on maternity leave could be behind a disproportionate number of redundancy offers to mothers.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Adult male pot-bellied seahorses in the laboratory.

Seahorse males left holding (and feeding) the baby

Male seahorses transport nutrients to their developing babies in their pouches during pregnancy, a team from the University of Sydney has found.

  • Tim Barlass

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