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Friday 18 September 2026
Teacher Education retains Australia’s top undergraduate ranking
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Future Fellowships back UOW research on society’s biggest challenges
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Where do giant volcanic eruptions come from? New study finds missing link to ‘blobs’ deep within Earth
Pillars of hot rock connect moving BLOBS in the deep Earth to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface
A lost woman looks for purpose in a Guatemalan lakeside town
In The Sun Was Electric Light, Ruth arrives at Lake Atitlán a loner-searcher. But the people she meets are crucial to her struggles with the question of how to live
Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans
300,000-year-old wooden tools found in southwestern China reveal surprising sophistication from the ancestors of modern humans
Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ
Roland Barthes’ notion that the author is dead has been incredibly influential, though it was not as original or revolutionary as it seemed
A new ‘prac payment’ has just kicked in. But it ignores many uni students
Some nursing and teaching students will have access to a new $331 a week payment. But medical, physio and psychology students all miss out
‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help
From needing tougher penalties to stopping non-disclosure agreements silencing people, a new report shows Australia is falling behind on protecting workers