Expulsion threats,defiant students and orders to leave as tensions rise on uni campuses

Expulsion threats,defiant students and orders to leave as tensions rise on uni campuses

Melbourne,Monash and Deakin universities continue to grapple with defiant students staging protests over the war in Gaza despite requests to leave and dismantle their camps.

  • byTom Cowie,Melissa Cunningham andAlex Crowe

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Students have a right to protest. Peacefully. On campus. Universities must be defended

Students have a right to protest. Peacefully. On campus. Universities must be defended

Calls for “intifada” are antisemitic,but it is not clear that police should end an entire protest in response to isolated criminal offences.

  • byAlan Finkel
Uni protests are messy,but they prove that campuses have come back to life

Uni protests are messy,but they prove that campuses have come back to life

A sad legacy of lockdowns is that too many of us are unable to stop and listen to another side. But the noise of the encampments shows that campuses have come back to life.

  • byAlexandra Wake
Warning as universities refuse police help with pro-Palestine camps

Warning as universities refuse police help with pro-Palestine camps

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said police were having daily meetings with security staff,worried by a growing risk of violence.

  • byRobyn Grace
University orders removal of ‘Zionist not welcome’ signs as protests escalate

University orders removal of ‘Zionist not welcome’ signs as protests escalate

As scuffles broke out at a pro-Palestine encampment at an Australian university,the institution confirmed it was acting after days of pressure on vice chancellors.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAlex Crowe
NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

Indigenous science students have been learning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and brought their skills and experiences home to Australia.

  • byStephen Brook
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‘I’m not cheap’:Burlesque star speaks out on university Christmas party show
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‘I’m not cheap’:Burlesque star speaks out on university Christmas party show

The star performer at a Monash University end-of-year party was shocked to hear attendees had been offered counselling after her show as questions remain over how exactly she was hired.

  • bySherryn Groch
Criminologist driving sexual violence reform named Monash Uni vice-chancellor

Criminologist driving sexual violence reform named Monash Uni vice-chancellor

Some universities have been pushing back against regulation to govern how they respond to sexual violence. Sharon Pickering was part of the group that designed it.

  • bySherryn Groch
Australia underspends on this key area. It may put national security at risk
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Australia underspends on this key area. It may put national security at risk

Australia’s underinvestment in research is becoming a national security issue,some university heads argue,ahead of a landmark review and the AUKUS deal.

  • bySherryn Groch andDaniella White
How November 11,1975,sparked a siege that imprisoned a prime minister

How November 11,1975,sparked a siege that imprisoned a prime minister

After governor-general John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam government,new prime minister Malcolm Fraser became the target of students activists at Monash University.

  • byTony Wright
Audrey was too young to say she could hear you. But her brainwaves could
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Audrey was too young to say she could hear you. But her brainwaves could

Scientists have been using invisible,near-infrared light to measure how babies hear,in research they hope will fast-track treatments for deafness,and expand our understanding of language development.

  • bySherryn Groch