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22 Feb 2023

McKinnon Prize shortlist reflects 2022 as the Year of the Citizen

The shortlist for the 2022 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership was announced today, featuring a variety of achievements in leadership but with one strong theme. Leaders who responded to the needs of their communities – and demands for action on key issues – were recognised by the shortlisting committee, validating 2022 as the Year of the Citizen.

22 Feb 2023

New research reveals 12 ways aquaculture can benefit the environment

Aquaculture, or the farming of aquatic plants and animals, contributes to biodiversity and habitat loss in freshwater and marine ecosystems globally, but when used wisely, it can also be part of the solution, new research shows.

20 Feb 2023

Record number of students set to flock to Melbourne Orientation

Students from Victoria, around Australia and across the world returned to University of Melbourne campuses today for Melbourne Orientation Week.

17 Feb 2023

Fourth – and largest – cohort of Hansen Scholars join the University of Melbourne

Twenty-three students from across Australia have been awarded the 2023 Hansen Scholarship, the University of Melbourne’s most generous and broad-based undergraduate scholarship.

16 Feb 2023

Ending discrimination of disabled workers key to improving screen industry diversity, future success: report

Disabled people working in Australia’s screen industry face prejudice and systemic discrimination, including lower pay, greater casualisation and stigma and stereotyping, a new report finds.

14 Feb 2023

Greencross Vet Hospital officially opens at the University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is pleased to announce the official opening of the Greencross Vet Hospital at its Werribee campus.

7 Feb 2023

Developing nations face 'devastating cost' of future coastal flooding, new study says

New global modelling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa and Egypt facing severe costs in the coming decades.

6 Feb 2023

New research reveals lessons from Black Summer bushfires to avoid future biodiversity devastation

The Australian Black Summer bushfires caused extraordinary losses of Australian biodiversity. Comparable losses can be avoided in future fire events with enhanced funding, planning and management, a new book reveals.

1 Feb 2023

McKinnon Prize selection panel revealed

A former Premier, a former Federal Government Minister and the CEO of one of Australia’s leading children’s charities are some of the leaders who will select the 2022 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.

25 Jan 2023

No link between IVF-assisted conception and school-age childhood development outcomes, study says

A comprehensive study of more than 400,000 children - with over 11,000 conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) - has found no link between IVF conception and adverse developmental outcomes for school-age children.