14 Feb 2024 Fifth cohort of Hansen Scholars join the University of Melbourne Eighteen students from across Australia have been awarded the 2024 Hansen Scholarship, the University of Melbourne’s most generous and broad-based undergraduate scholarship.
12 Feb 2024 HILDA data shows psychological distress rising, loneliness highest amongst young people Younger Australians are experiencing higher psychological distress and more loneliness compared to older age groups, according to the latest HILDA data.
6 Feb 2024 Effort to cure corneal blindness globally welcomes $35 million support University of Melbourne researchers addressing the global challenge of corneal blindness – caused by disorders that damage and scar the transparent layer of our eyes – have welcomed a $35 million grant from the Australian Government Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support the development of a world-first tissue engineered cornea.
2 Feb 2024 Blind spots: impacts for half the world’s mines are undocumented, risking global harm Australia has joined other large mining nations such as Russia, China and Brazil at the top of a list of countries with the biggest areas of undocumented or undermeasured mine impacts, according to a satellite image analysis of the world’s mines.
31 Jan 2024 Australia’s largest ‘living biobank’ to preserve our unique wildlife Australia’s precious wildlife biodiversity will be preserved and species safeguarded against extinction thanks to a new ‘living biobank’ being developed by the University of Melbourne and Museums Victoria Research Institute.
24 Jan 2024 New Science Gallery exhibition explores growing friction between the natural and artificial As many people question our increased reliance on AI and technology, the growing friction between what we consider natural and artificial will be explored at NOT NATURAL, a new exhibition at Science Gallery Melbourne open from 17 February 2024.
5 Jan 2024 Australian Government grants $1.125 million to University of Melbourne for Indo-Pacific study programs The University of Melbourne has been granted $1.125 million by the Australian Government to deliver fourteen study overseas experiences and internships in the Indo-Pacific region through the New Colombo Plan Mobility Program. In a first, the University has achieved a significant milestone in securing funding for all the projects it submitted.
21 Dec 2023 Offers celebrate new Narrm Scholars to join the University of Melbourne in 2024 The University of Melbourne has today offered 5,953 domestic undergraduate students a place in the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) December offer round, an increase of 956 offers on the same time last year.
20 Dec 2023 Study finds one fifth of Australian smokers plan to keep smoking A new study has revealed one in five Australian smokers (21%) would prefer to still be smoking in the next 1-2 years, only 59% would prefer to quit smoking all together, and the remainder would either prefer to switch to a lower harm alternative (12%) or are uncertain.
20 Dec 2023 Students recognised with Chancellor's Scholarship and inaugural Narrm Scholarship offers The University of Melbourne has offered its first Narrm Scholarships to eligible students who have received their Year 12 results today, alongside its esteemed Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship offered to students who achieved academically outstanding results.