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13 May 2020
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are conducting a first-of-its-kind survey in Australia to find out how the time we spend on paid work, care and housework has changed because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
21 Apr 2020
University of Melbourne researchers are joining forces with Arizona State University and a network of overseas intuitions to create an archive of people’s experiences during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
30 Jan 2020
New Zealand and Australian media coverage of the Christchurch mosque attack was poles apart, according to new research.
26 Nov 2019
Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research.
8 Nov 2019
Dr Andrew Leigh MP has officially launched AIMOS (the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science), an organisation founded by academics from the University of Melbourne, Swinburne and Deakin Universities to promote the new academic field of meta-research aimed at improving scientific culture and practice in Australia and New Zealand.
31 Oct 2019
Three bioethicists have today published an argument in The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, in favour of a global kidney exchange (GKE) program that matches donors and recipients across low and middle-income countries with pairs in high income countries.
23 Oct 2019
Richard Frankland is not surprised his 2002 play about deaths in custody, Conversations with the Dead, is being restaged or that the story is still topical.
9 Sep 2019
Steven McGregor and David Tranter have been announced as winners of the 2019 Kate Challis RAKA Award for their script Sweet Country, a sweeping outback Western where justice is put on trial.
16 Aug 2019
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts has reimagined Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, with the launch of a transmedia, immersive digital experience titled #ItWasGreekToMe that incorporates Virtual Reality, chatbots and a game app.
15 Jul 2019
Almost 100 of the state’s most inquisitive young minds gathered this week at the University of Melbourne to discuss free speech and their role in society.
9 Jul 2019
Research findings by archaeological scientists from the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, James Cook University and the Lao Department of Heritage have helped ensure the Laos Plain of Jars has at last been included on the World Heritage List.
30 Apr 2019
The University of Melbourne School of Government, in partnership with the newDemocracy Foundation and the Susan McKinnon Foundation, has produced a new paper entitled ‘Reforming our Democracy’ outlining a list of 15 reform options designed to improve the Australian democratic process.
3 Apr 2019
In response to the 'replication crisis' in a number of scientific fields, a major international research program seeks to develop Artificial Intelligence to help evaluate the credibility of scientific evidence we use to make decisions.
28 Feb 2019
Applications for two $40 000 Regional Journalism Scholarships at the University of Melbourne will open this week to encourage more regional and remote students to undertake journalism courses.
25 Feb 2019
Three University of Melbourne graduates have been named 2019 Fulbright Scholars, recognising the potential international impact of their research aspirations.
4 Dec 2018
Leading Aboriginal artists and arts workers from across northern Australia will spend the next two weeks taking part in a ground-breaking Indigenous education program at the University of Melbourne.
1 Dec 2018
Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher will today launch a new collaboration that will explore the challenges that impact on the relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians.
30 Nov 2018
Three Fellows from the Melbourne School of Government’s Pathways to Politics for Women Program have been elected inthe 2018 Victorian election.
20 Nov 2018
Emerging Indigenous artist Yhonnie Scarce has been named the 2018 Kate Challis RAKA Award recipient for her contribution to the visual arts using blown glass.
19 Nov 2018
Eight Fellows from the University of Melbourne’s Pathways to Politics Program for Women will contest seats in this month’s Victorian election.