The research landscape in Australia is complex. Funding is labyrinthine, and even industry professionals struggle to stay abreast of every possible rule change, roll-out, new initiative or reporting requirement. In this industry, recent years have seen abrupt or strange changes to funding rules, new demands on research administration, and unexpected changes to expected reporting requirements.…

The award recognises those who have made outstanding contributions to their area of science with a prestigious honour and $250,000 in cash.

A ranking of the top 1000 women in science has been released. Australia hosts 36 of them.

Health and medical research is one area in which Australia excels. We look at three recently published studies focusing on health and medical research in Australia.

For the first time the Student Experience Survey has undertaken to measure perceptions of freedom of expression on campus, but it seems students themselves are broadly more concerned with the quality of their education.

Conditions in traditional academic roles drive researchers to seek alternative ways to conduct research.