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Australian Centre Prizes Now Open: Playwriting, life writing and poetry

1979. A year of pivotal transition, as the counterculture seems to be losing its relevance.

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Why does our wealthy nation find it so hard to balance the books, and what economic policies should Australia consider? These were just some of the questions the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Glyn Davis,

9x5 NOW exhibition receives huge response by Australia's leading artists

Masters student Jemma McDougall believes she hit the jackpot when Nick Sher came into her life to offer guidance.

Brewer Paul Holgate is quite emphatic. ­ The new subject he helps teach at the University, An Introduction to Beer Styles, does require students to swallow, not spit.

EXIT puts the displacement of peoples, and Australia’s own refugee policies, into a daunting global context. But the installation’s ‘thunderous’ data on loss and climate is empowering.

Australian football, part of Melbourne’s fabric, has long been dominated by men – until this year, when the sport was gripped by a revolution. By Peter Hanlon.

Soon parents around the country will start receiving reports that assess their child against the new Digital Technologies curriculum.

Cabs, meals and even romantic partners are only a swipe away these days – what’s next? We spoke with three University of Melbourne business and economics alumni who are leading innovations in the

Beyond the big idea, the next issue of 3010 - Melbourne University Magazine features an eight-page report on innovation.

A product of the internationally renowned El Sistema ('The System') program, the Simón Bolívar String Quartet is storming the bastions of classical music with its virtuosic and startlingly fresh

Melbourne Knowledge Week (MKW) is the City of Melbourne’s unique annual festival for a smart and innovative city, bringing the future city to life, today.

The hidden beauty of complex formulas is brought to life in a new exhibition at the University of Melbourne.

Patricia Piccinini’s work is specific and universal, enticing and discomforting, recognisable and elusive – what are the driving forces behind her art?

Jason Glanville has been appointed as the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity.

British consumers were put out in February this year when supermarkets temporarily began rationing lettuce and zucchini after flash flooding and snow wiped out crops in Spain.

A rich multitude of human experience exists within a single city block. City Songs is an exhibition featuring people of Melbourne, through the eyes of photographer Zoe Ali, writer Christos

Australia’s most acclaimed writers will be celebrated with a new series written by their peers.

One in three women in Australia have experienced physical violence since the age of fifteen. Worldwide in 2012, of all women who were victims of homicide, almost half were killed by intimate partners

The University of Melbourne has launched a new trust designed to harness public support for conservation, with acclaimed author and conservationist Tim Winton announced as patron. 

A new two-year postgraduate degree will provide greater employment opportunities for classical musicians.

Dutch voters will be the first in Europe to go to the polls this year. Will the Netherlands elect the man many refer to as ‘the Dutch Donald Trump’? Here are four things you need to know before this