MAJOR UNION WIN 🥳 The federal government will implement a new set of university governance principles to strengthen accountability, transparency and public trust following recommendations from the Expert Council on University Governance. Read more: nteu.info/majorwin @alisonbarnes.bsky.social

The Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD) issues papers have failed to address declining investment in fundamental research, instead implying research is only important if it can be commercialised by industry. Read our response: https://bit.ly/4hhDZZJ https://bit.ly/4nWaEXu

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED! Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold. Please click below, sign, & share. #DefendHigherEd

This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry. 👉 theconversation.com/pr-firm...

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

New #SSRN #Preprint on #OxygenIsotopes and #TraceElements in Ancient #Teeth led by the amazing @jnavila.bsky.social and funded by @griffith.edu.au & #AustralianResearchCouncil #FutureFellowship. #ArchaeologicalScience #BiologicalAnthropology & #EarthScience for the win! dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

"I think the solution is going to come from the people, from us: community action, collective service, connection and empathy. What we do need are examples of people who understand the strength in empathy and the power of fair and even-keeled discussion." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? Official report reveals a hotter, harder future if we don’t act now theconversation.com/is-this-aust...

Great to see Senior Sergeant Donna MacGregor receiving the serious respect she deserves. We are lucky to have her as a member of the @aushumanbiology.bsky.social community!

"If we want democratic universities then...When meritocrats consult, we must deliberate. Where meritocrats cherish distance, we need to seek proximity. If meritocrats show contempt, we ought to foster dignity—talk and listen respectfully, observe and act deliberately." www.abc.net.au/religion/anu...

Some interesting ideas here ~ would love to see the end of journal dominance, particular the pay-to-play ones! How to be a scientist in a post-journal world open.substack.com/pub/thescien...

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

Looking forward to returning to the University of Wollongong tomorrow to talk about #Teeth as Proxies for Understanding Water Inputs and Past #Seasonality. #ArchaeologicalScience #BiologicalAnthropology #HumanEvolution #WomenInSTEM Zoom link for 12:30pm AEST talk: www.uow.edu.au/events/2025/...

Grateful to @science.org.au for creating the 2020 STEM Women Changemakers program, and giving three of us a chance to reunite five years later at #SAGE2025breakingsilos! Awesome to see Ruwangi Fernando & Mary McMillian and to meet Anna-Maria Arabia. Onwards!!

Timely article as I storm Sydney for the #SAGE2025 conference to reunite @science.org.au 2020 STEM Women Changemakers & push for systemic change in Australian #DEI / #EDI work. Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer theconversation.com/universities...

Incredible courage from @drdemography.com - so needed this powerful example in our sycophant post-truth world. (Please DM me if you ever make it to the Gold Coast so the @nteunion.bsky.social can celebrate you here too!)

I urge every Australian scholar, and every Australian citizen concerned about the future of our public universities, to sign this petition initiated by the Australian Historical Association.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Emeritus Professor Charles Oxnard on the 27th of June at the age of 91. We extend our deepest condolences to Eleanor and their sons, Guy and Hugh, and to their extended families.

More #TalesTeethTell - including a new study of #Climate from #OxygenIsotopes!

As a former American scientist hired as a-target-of-opportunity in Oz nine years ago- this piece lacks important nuance. See Susan Forde's ‪@aunz.theconversation.com review from June 30th before entertaining romantic ideas of an easy academic life Down Under. theconversation.com/american-sci...

This was such a pleasure to record with @hlusko.bsky.social! Great to consider the ways that #BiologicalAnthropology and #Paleoanthropology research evolves, while also celebrating the power of #Collaboration, #Friendship, and #TalesTeethTell. Timely topics for #AcademicExpats and #Tooth People!

"To maintain the quality and reputation of higher education in Australia, we need to have an open and honest discussion about grade inflation in our universities." Not just a problem in Australia- when I taught @harvard.edu average was one mark below perfection! theconversation.com/the-customer...

“…we are rapidly burning through our next generation of university teachers and researchers.” - Graeme Turner Timely and on point review of his book by my awesome colleague @griffith.edu.au Susan Forde theconversation.com/australias-u...

@drtanyamsmith.bsky.social presenting on inferring stress histories from trace elements, their promises and pitfalls from tooth histology. Referred to the neonatal line as a birth certificate - we love it! #isph2025

Ancient #Teeth People for the Win!

Always enjoy hearing the state-of-the-art on #bone #biology from @natalieasims.bsky.social ~ currently delivering a great keynote at #isph2025 [email protected]

On my way up to awesome #Brisbane for #isph2025 @isph2025.bsky.social & sharing my 10:30 poster on #BiologicalRhythms & #ToothHistology - look forward to chatting over a cuppa.

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

One year ago, Australia scrapped a key equity in STEM program. Where are we now? theconversation.com/one-year-ago...

Impressed to hear from Dr. Jim Chalmers that we have three @griffith.edu.au educated federal ministers in the government. Loved the story he told about Patrick Weller’s private faculty parking spot!

The failure of the National Academy of Sciences USA to make a clear and unequivocal statement about the disastrous Trump administration science policies — it lets all of us down and dooms them to eventual irrelevance.

Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt is ‘scared’ about Australia’s research capacity – this is why theconversation.com/nobel-laurea...

We have less than 10 days to stop this. I've just signed the petition calling on the new Environment Minister to reject Australia's biggest fossil fuel project. SIGN NOW! nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north... #rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas

"What happens when funding is interrupted, or cut? Scientists start to leave science, permanently, after as little as a month of interrupted funding. They certainly can find work, but it will probably be work that underuses their skills." Listening, Australian Research Council?

Dear @nature.com - it would be great to add something to this Pollyanna story that includes how often men force their way onto academic publications versus women, and how many of your journal editors don't seem to mind. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Trump’s tariff gaslighting has a name: It’s DARVO" by @sarahharsey.bsky.social & me "Trump’s attempts to deflect responsibility and blame . . . are calculated efforts to distract and confuse you. By exposing DARVO . . . we can ensure that his gaslighting does not win." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Cheering on my local independent @erchana4mcpherson.bsky.social for the win May 3rd!! www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorize...

With more than 285,000 members between them from early childhood, school, TAFE and university, unions are calling on the Coalition to end the vilification of education and research workers and the teaching profession. Read in full: nteu.info/edustatement

Awesome night w/ the @erchana4mcpherson.bsky.social volunteer crew watching the amazing film 150 & hearing from our Independent candidate herself! Inspired & excited to support someone so deeply committed to Australian #biodiversity and the environment that they would run 150 marathons in 150 days!

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By @donnadlu.bsky.social

ICYMI: McPherson Independent has a candidate! 🥳💛 “I’m definitely personally inspired by the independent movement,” @erchana4mcpherson.bsky.social told the AFR. "There’s a big appetite here for progression in the climate space and making sure we’re doing more." www.afr.com/politics/why...

A real pleasure to connect with @erchana4mcpherson.bsky.social during her visit to the Currumbin Ecovillage today! Glad to have an Independent voice advocating for our stunning natural environment in the southern #GoldCoast. #AusPol #DontRiskDutton

Our annual BAWMN Happy Hour is happening tomorrow @bioanth.org #AABA2025 - please amplify if you're in Baltimore!

Thank you David Putrino ‪@putrinolab.bsky.social‬ for such great communication! "...you have no right to attempt to erase an illness simply because you find its existence to be politically inconvenient." Wish #auspol was listening to its finest clinical ex-pat!

If Dutton gets in, everything that's happening in the US is coming down the line for us. #auspol

Hey Triple M - time's up! #FireSheargold Misogyny isn't funny or excusable.

New review of #AcademicBullying and suggestions from @griffith.edu.au colleagues. #TLDR alternative below: Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution theconversation.com/two-in-five-...