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Claim comes after former festival board member Tony Berg accused Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah of ‘hypocrisy’ in their accusations of repressing freedom of speech

With Gen Z students struggling to read, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling” the next generation of workers.

Researchers identified some unexpected symptoms that could put people at a higher risk of developing dementia

Black women are underrepresented in senior roles in British academia. As of May 2024, there were only 70 Black women professors.

AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’

Political intrusion in US universities threatens academic quality, mirroring an academic 'brain drain' seen in authoritarian states. Learn how governing board overreach is driving faculty to flee and jeopardizing research excellence.

Wall Street loves to complicate simple ideas. The efficient market hypothesis crowd will tell you that stocks trading at 5 times earnings must be broken, damaged goods that deserve their basement valuations. The momentum traders avoid them entirely, chasing whatever is moving up and to the right on their screens.…

Monash University will repay thousands of casual academics more than $10 million after settling a Federal Court wage theft claim which ran for almost a decade.

Higher education regulator investigates Catholic institute after comments by academics, including endorsing the White Australia policy