The Melbourne Newsroom

Residents in East Gippsland will soon know for the first time just how much the arts is worth, with a group of University of Melbourne Masters students beginning work on a tool to determine its monetary value.

Nick Sharman discusses the likely outcome of the New Hampshire Republican primary vote on ABC 24.  

Mr Sharman is an expert in the intersection of US politics and the media, and is based in the Media and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. 

The United Nation estimates that at any given time 2.5 million people are in forced labour as a result of human trafficking, with 56 per cent of these people in the Asia Pacific region.

The Hon Gareth Evans AO QC from the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences has been named as one of Foreign Policy magazine’s Top Global Thinkers of 2011.

A major study into young Australians’ attendance at live theatre, launched 14 November, shows a love of theatre remains alive in our youth.

Well known feminist and University of Melbourne academic Professor Sheila Jeffreys has questioned the impact of region on women’s human rights.

Professor Ian Anderson spoke about the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Symposium held on Thursday 3 November.

Alaskan Inuit leader William Iggiagruk Hensley – who is best known for his extraordinary contribution to the Alaska Native Land Claims Movement – visited the University of Melbourne this week to participate in a number of events including the annual Narrm Oration. 

Alaskan Inuit leader William Iggiagruk Hensley – who is best known for his extraordinary contribution to the Alaska Native Land Claims Movement – will visit the University of Melbourne this week to participate in a number of events including the annual Narrm Oration.

Renowned Melbourne composer and Professor at the University of Melbourne Barry Conyngham’s symphonic tribute to the former Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Hiroyuki Iwaki (1932-2006), will have its Melbourne Premiere by the MSO at the Melbourne Town Hall on 18 November 2011.