The University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a global leader in higher education. Across our campuses we convene brilliant minds from different disciplines and sectors to come together to address important questions and tackle grand challenges. In a disrupted world, that capacity has never been more important.

Our vision is to equip our students with a distinctive, future-facing education personalised around their ambitions and needs, enriched by global perspectives and embedded in a richly collaborative research culture. As active citizens and future leaders, our students represent our greatest contribution to the world, and are at the heart of everything we do.

We serve society by engaging with our communities and ensuring education and research are inspired from the outset by need and for the benefit of society, while remaining committed to allowing academic freedom to flourish. In this, we remain true to our purpose and fulfil our mission as a public-spirited organisation, dedicated to the principles of fairness, equality and excellence in everything we do.

We strive for an environment that is inclusive and celebrates diversity.

Beyond our campuses we imagine an Australia that is ambitious, forward thinking and increasing its reputation and influence globally. We are committed to playing a part in achieving this – building on our advantageous location in one of the world’s most exciting cities and across the state of Victoria, in a region rapidly becoming a hub for innovative education, research and collaboration.

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Para siswa sedang mengikuti Tes Kemampuan Akademik (TKA) secara daring. Maslan12/shutterstock

TKA: Mengukur capaian akademis atau mengukur privilese?

TKA menunjukkan hasil akhir, bukan perbedaan kondisi awal yang membentuk proses belajar murid. Sehingga perlu kehati-hatian dalam menjamin keadilan hanya berdasarkan prestasi agar tidak berujung pada legitimasi ketimpangan antarkelompok.
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The ultra‑processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it

Without policy action and a coordinated global response, ultra-processed foods will continue to rise in human diets, harming health, economies. It’s time to act.
John Bryers Ruddock was born in Australia but is a New Zealand citizen by descent through his Māori mother. However, his children are not citizens under the current law because they were born in the United States. John Bryers Ruddock

Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

Current citizenship laws have a narrow concept of nationhood and fail to acknowledge Indigenous ways of understanding belonging, identity and place.

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