The running of the state’s universities is “not fit for purpose” as institutions continue to avoid transparency while using taxpayer funds for complex commercial deals. This is the scathing conclusion ...

Australia's universities are paying external consultants and contractors an estimated $1.8 billion a year without disclosing which firms they are hiring and what the money is being spent on.

Today, President Donald J. Trump appointed the first members to his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Established by Executive Order, PCAST brings together the ...

The National Student Ombudsman has upheld a complaint from an undergraduate student over the University of Technology Sydney's lack of action on sexual assaults. The ombudsman has strongly criticised ...

The Pentagon's new Science, Technology, and Innovation Board—a merger of the decade-old Defense Innovation Board and the 70-year-old Defense Science Board—is meant to “streamline” the department's ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

On Wednesday last week about 150 people, mostly University of Technology Sydney (UTS) staff, rallied outside the campus in central Sydney after the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) called a ...

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. By Aatish Bhatia, Amy Fan, Jonah Smith and Irena Hwang In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health ...

Purdue University's online master's in Artificial Intelligence will mold the next generation of AI experts and engineers to help meet unprecedented industry demand for skilled employees. The ...

UTS engineering researchers have been backed by Chinese manufacturer Beijing Electric Vehicle Co to help deliver a pure electric vehicle aimed at setting a new standard in driving performance. A team ...

Personal data has become a highly sought-after commodity, exploited by individuals, companies, and state-sponsored actors, according to security experts. The pervasive collection of data through ...