University of Melbourne
2013 Human Rights Graduate Research Scholarships, University of Melbourne, Australia
Share University of Melbourne, Australia is offering scholarships international applicants. Local or international can apply for this scholarship. Scholarship is available for students who wishing to undertake graduate research studies at the University in the human rights field and who ... Read More »
Australian universities improve world standing
Share Australian universities have improved their international standing in the past year and now enjoy the third highest ranked reputation in the world. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, to be released today, found Australian now lags only behind ... Read More »
RMIT University joins defence research effort
Share RMIT University is joining forces with the Defence Department and the University of Melbourne to collaborate on projects aimed at strengthening Australia’s capabilities in defence science. The arrangement will be formalised today in a Memorandum of Understanding between the ... Read More »
2013 Anna Lodewyckx Icelandic International Scholarships, Australia
Share University of Melbourne is offering Anna Lodewyckx Icelandic International Scholarships. These scholarships are available for graduates or final year honours undergraduates of an Australian university or any university in the world and who have knowledge of a Scandinavian language. About ... Read More »
Australia: Metal nanoparticles may improve cancer treatment
Share Research led by RMIT University has shown that cheap, non-toxic nanoparticles can enhance radiotherapy treatments for cancer. An international team of researchers led by RMIT has investigated alternatives to gold nanoparticles, which have been shown to concentrate radiation used ... Read More »
Melbourne University signs landmark agreements with Belgian universities
Share Crown Prince of Belgium has overseen the signing of the University of Melbourne’s first university-wide agreement with a Belgian university. In Melbourne for the Belgian Government’s trade delegation to Australia, His Royal Highness Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, witnessed ... Read More »
Australia: Unis face pressure to cut fees for online teaching
Share Julie Hare Universities will come under increasing pressure to charge lower fees for online courses and units. A conference in Melbourne has heard that the wave of free, high quality online content is likely to drive students to question ... Read More »
US: 17 more top universities offer free cyber courses
Share Seventeen leading universities in the U.S. and abroad will start offering free cyber courses through the online education platform Coursera. The announcement by Mountain View-based Coursera underscores the rapid expansion of so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, that ... Read More »
World ranked Australian universities go for gold
Share More Australian universities are now in the top 100 ranked universities in the world, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities released. Five Australian universities – University of Melbourne, the Australian National University (ANU), University of Queensland (UQ), ... Read More »
Adelaide University may slash number of undergraduate degrees
Share Adelaide University is considering cutting the number of its undergraduate degrees as part of its strategic plan for the next 10 years. Vice chancellor Professor Warren Bebbington released a discussion paper for staff and students, which stated the university ... Read More »
