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Madras University to start undergrad programme with Melbourne University

CHENNAI: The 164-year-old University of Madras will start its first-ever undergraduate degree programme Blended Bachelor of Science (BBSc) from the 2022-23 academic year. The curriculum for the science degree will be given by the University of Melbourne in Australia which is ranked 33 among the world universities.

The Times of India

Madras, Melbourne varsities to offer B.Sc. blended programme

The course will be offered from the academic year 2022-23

The Hindu

Number of women leaders in STEM growing: Experts

BENGALURU: In a welcome change, the influence of female leadership is gradually growing in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths), say experts.

The Times of India

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IISc. partners with University of Melbourne for joint PhD program

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal on a 3-day Australia tour, visits Melbourne University

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday paid a visit to the University of Melbourne as part of his three-day tour to Australia.

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Concussion researcher claims AFL hindered two-year research project into players’ health

Associate Prof Alan Pearce says he signed a $60,000 contract with league for tests on retired players but believes the AFL hindered his research’s progress for nearly 18 months

The Guardian - AU

Tensions are high between China and Australia over Solomon Islands, but it’s in everyone’s interests to simmer down

Angry rhetoric over China’s deal with the Pacific nation hides the mutual interest all sides have in stability in the Pacific region

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'I will not hide': Helen Garner's radical gift is the shock of plain-speaking

Most readers of Helen Garner will be able to pinpoint a first personal encounter with her work: a book, or even a sentence, that cut through like sharp light; a local landmark suddenly immortalised on the page; an unsayable bodily experience transformed into the unabashedly said.

The Conversation

The problem with pandemic warnings is people

If there is one thing the pandemic has made obvious, it’s that Covid-19 is as much a socially determined disease as it is a medical one.

Newsroom.co.nz

The AFL, the concussion doctor and the groundbreaking brain study that never appeared

In 2014 the AFL announced a study into brain injuries in players. No report has ever been published and the league is unable to answer questions

The Guardian - AU

Which university is safest? This is how every Australian uni performed in a survey about sexual violence and harassment

A survey investigating sexual harassment and sexual assault among students across 39 Australian universities reveals some institutions are recording results three times the national average. All 39 universities have been collated and ranked here.

ABC News

Choice blasts Airbnb for using ‘secretive algorithm’ that judges if users are ‘trustworthy’

CHOICE has called out Airbnb in a report questioning the lack of transparency around its use of an algorithm that judges if users are ‘trustworthy’.

The New Daily

The problem with pandemic warnings is people

Social modelling to prepare for pandemics needs more emphasis on the social.

360info

Union calls for backpay and apology after University of Melbourne faculties cut PhD rates for casuals

The National Tertiary Education Union says three faculties at the University of Melbourne have stopped paying casual workers with doctoral qualifications a higher "PhD rate" for all of their work, with a lecturer calling it a "significant loss of income".

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From tackling loneliness to ending stigmas: How can Australians live better in older age?

With a rapidly ageing population, here's what can be done to make sure all Australians stay happy and fulfilled in later life.

The Conversation

Can we resurrect the thylacine? Maybe, but it won't help the global extinction crisis

Last week, researchers at the University of Melbourne announced that thylacines or Tasmanian tigers, the Australian marsupial predators extinct since the 1930s, could one day be ushered back to life.

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Snow Medical Research Foundation bars University of Melbourne from funding program after 'six white men' sole recipients of honorary doctorates

Australia's largest medical research foundation says it is suspending the University of Melbourne from its multi-million-dollar fellowship program because the university has only awarded honorary doctorates to men over the past three years.

The Guardian - AU

Donor breaks ties with University of Melbourne after ‘six white men’ awarded honorary doctorates

Snow Medical, one of Australia’s largest philanthropic donors to medical research, says university’s actions do not align with its values on diversity and equality

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Flood havoc as Central Coast braces for 4.5m swells – as it happened

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University of Melbourne accused of ignoring female students allegedly harassed in class

Students at the Victorian College of the Arts claim they were told they would never make it in the industry if they complained about alleged sexual harassment.

ABC News

University of Melbourne report praises Shepparton's Wise Well Women multicultural health program

University of Melbourne researchers highlight the success of Shepparton program Wise Well Women which empowers refugee and migrant women to improve health literacy.

The Guardian - AU

Anger after News Corp and Google Australia set up journalism academy at university business school

Academics at University of Melbourne say they were not consulted and move is ‘reflection of antagonism News Corp has for university journalism’

The Conversation

News Corp's deal with Google and the Melbourne Business School questioned by journalism academics

News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne. It will provide digital skills training for News Corp journalists and other media outlets.

ABC News

Gunditjmara stone tools found in University collection sparks art exhibition and hopes of repatriation

Stone axes, grinding stones and other core parts and cutting implements have been rediscovered in a University of Melbourne collection. The items were taken from Gunditjmara country by amateur collectors and sold to museums in the 1950s.

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