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Jan 20, 2011

Rebuilding Higher Education in post-conflict Iraq

The University of York’s Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), in partnership with the Institute for International Education (IIE) ba...
Jan 14, 2011

Ocean scientists to investigate humpback whales’ Kimberley nursery

Researchers from the Oceans Institute within The University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are to embark o...
Jan 12, 2011

Medical training in critical condition

By Professor Bruce Robinson. First published in the Sydney Morning Herald. In my office recently I saw a patient with a large pituitary tumour. It wa...
Jan 12, 2011

The Battle of the Sexes

Scientists have uncovered a rare insight into a war between genes to control the sex of a plant....
Jan 12, 2011

New Life for Old Coal

Researchers at the University of Leeds are exploring a greener, safer and cheaper way of using coal from deep underground seams as an energy source....
Dec 22, 2010

Seeing double: Africa’s two elephant species

Contrary to the popular belief of many scientists and members of the public, new research confirms that Africa has two—not one—species of elephant...
Dec 14, 2010

New vaccine to assist worldwide eradication of polio

Scientists at the University of Leeds are joining the global fight to eradicate polio by developing a new type of vaccine that can trick the body to d...
Dec 13, 2010

Students Lead Global Expansion

The energy and commitment of five postgraduate researchers helped make this year’s White Spaces research network conference a huge success, attrac...
Dec 09, 2010

UWA Business School Campaign Wins Fundraising Institute Award

The University of Western Australia Business School’s Tomorrow Starts Here fundraising campaign has been named a state winner in the Fundraising Ins...