The class of 2015 will find themselves entering a very different world of work than their predecessors of even a decade ago. Val McFarlane meets the men examining how we work now – and what the future might bring.
From boat to schoolyard to Australian future, a new research project will examine the history of our child refugees.
Education expert Glenda Fisher and commerce student Cassandra Yam might not look like they’ve got much in common – but after being paired trough a mentoring program, they have formed a strong bond that benefits them both.
He’s a former IT specialist; she’s an eminent psychiatrist. Now Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are a literary couple, parlaying their original careers into second lives as novelists.
Audette Exel has deployed her skill in global finance to help the poor in the world’s remotest areas.
Its mission is to help shape Australia’s big policy debates — and so far the Grattan Institute seems to have hit the mark. Gay Alcorn goes inside the think tank.
Can Ronny Chieng and a new generation of comedians rekindle a University tradition that began with Barry Humphries?
It’s a cold and blustery day in Melbourne, so Odgerel Ochbold should feel right at home. Yet these conditions are not what she anticipated when she left Mongolia’s capital, Ulan Bator, in January to start a two-year Australia Awards Scholarship at the University.
The ‘living laboratory’ of Dookie Campus gives students a high-tech grasp of our future food needs.
One student is determined to be on Sydney Harbour to experience a fierce contest.