An Adelaide law firm announced its plans to charge law graduates A$22,000 up front for a job with them. While we are facing a problem of an oversupply of law graduates, this isn’t the way to go about solving it.
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New research challenges previously held views that the Ice Age, giant biblical floods or hunting by humans were the key drivers behind the disappearance of megafauna.
Animals that couldn’t adapt to rapid warming quickly succumbed.
I sometimes forget that people can feel embarrassed listening to me talk about my research on sperm. But often those same people can also be a source of amazement and inspiration.
Nigel Milsom has won the 2015 Archibald Prize for his portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet. It’s clear the regime of the Archibald Prize is quickly, and positively, shifting.
The Wynne Prize has been notoriously male-dominated. What does this year’s winning artwork by Natasha Bieniek tell us about the nature of this particular award and how we can improve it?
Some of the harassment women face while playing video games could be due to bully tactics employed by lower status men.
Now the flypast of Pluto is over the space probe New Horizons will begin sending the data back to Earth. It will take many months but what will it reveal about the dwarf planet?
The science about our special senses - vision, smell, hearing and taste - offers fascinating and unique perspectives on our evolution. Yet it remains patchy; we know surprisingly little for example about…
The New Horizons spacecraft is only hours away from its closest approach to Pluto. It’s hoped the brief encounter will help answer many questions about the oddball member of our solar system.
You wake up and feel under the weather. If you’re vomiting or have a fever, the decision to stay at home is probably clear cut. But what if you generally feel unwell but are torn about missing work?
It’s not a new theory, but it’s an essential component to the toolbox of modern economists - experimental economics.
Online infrastructure and business are becoming increasingly important, as is our need to focus research efforts on securing them from cyber-attack.
Pluto is one of the most enigmatic objects in our solar system, and its secrets are soon to be uncovered by the New Horizons probe.
While the extent of the problem is unclear, we know that hospitals doctors overuse diagnostic tests. Involving patients in decision-making may be one of the best options for improving the situation.
High university fees can make it difficult for graduates to pursue lower-paid public benefit jobs, sending them to the private sector.
Australia has a bright future in advanced manufacturing, but it will be a turbulent transition that we need to manage carefully.
Academic experts respond to the No vote in Greece’s referendum on whether or not to accept a bailout offer from their international creditors.
A little mathematics reveals whether the government really did ‘play god’ with the Vietnam draft, as suggested by former deputy Prime Minister Tim Fisher.
The draft guidelines for the new National Program for Excellence in the Arts have been released – now begins the work decoding of what’s written in the text and implied in the subtext.
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Ann Kayis-Kumar is a Friend of The Conversation.
Founding Director of UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Exercise Physiology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Policy and Leadership, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, ARC Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy, Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor Human Geography, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Ethics, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney
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PhD Student, Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney
