'Stink from the corpse':WA universities caught in vicious cycle for rankings,research and revenue
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'Stink from the corpse':WA universities caught in vicious cycle for rankings,research and revenue

Academics are calling for a royal commission into higher education as an obsession with rankings and publishing research overtakes universities'fundamental mission.

  • byAja Styles

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Ethiopian forces capture towns,near Tigrayan capital

Ethiopian forces capture towns,near Tigrayan capital

Thousands of people are already believed to have been killed following air strikes and ground fighting.

'Train crash in slow motion':Why Ethiopia is on brink of civil war

'Train crash in slow motion':Why Ethiopia is on brink of civil war

Its Prime Minister,Abiy Ahmed,received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his sweeping reforms,but he is now a leader at war.

  • byCara Anna
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed says troops ordered to move on Tigray

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed says troops ordered to move on Tigray

The government had given the Tigray People's Liberation Front 72 hours to lay down their arms or face an assault on Mekelle,the regional capital of 500,000 people.

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Military-backed opposition rejects election result as Suu Kyi heads for victory

Military-backed opposition rejects election result as Suu Kyi heads for victory

It's called on authorities to hold another contest"in order to have an election that is free,fair,unbiased and free from unfair campaigning".

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Two Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for new auction formats

Two Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for new auction formats

The economists won the Nobel Prize in economics for “improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.

  • byDavid Keyton andFrank Jordans
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World Food Program awarded 2020 Nobel peace prize

World Food Program awarded 2020 Nobel peace prize

The United Nations'World Food Program has been awarded the 2020 Nobel peace prize in Oslo.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
'Unmistakable voice':American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize

'Unmistakable voice':American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize

The Yale University professor is seen as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature.

  • byAnna Ringstrom
From the Archives,1970:Nobel for banned Soviet writer

From the Archives,1970:Nobel for banned Soviet writer

On October 8,1970,exiled Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel prize in literature,but it would be four years before he was presented with it.

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Two female scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
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Two female scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry

Emmanuelle Charpentier,from France,and American Jennifer Doudna developed of a method for genome editing.

  • byDavid Keyton,Christina Larson andFrank Jordans
Three scientists share Nobel physics prize for cosmology findings

Three scientists share Nobel physics prize for cosmology findings

Roger Penrose,Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for black hole discoveries.