An Australian professor has shone a light on the Covid‐19 variant that is wreaking havoc on Victoria. UNSW associate professor Stuart Turville said the Indian strain, as it has become known, was one of three that had spread throughout the ...
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In higher education, we pride ourselves on being evidence-based decision-making entities. We promote our missions to serve our communities and to create a better world and better futures for all. There is strong evidence that diversity drives better organisational outcomes. ...
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CampusReview · Unpaid placements must be reconsidered - Podcast Professional placements are in many, if not most, university courses these days, with the goal being to strengthen students’ industry knowledge and links. But what is the price of these placements, ...
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Apart from disciplines like law, medicine and education, others can provoke bemused looks among the public and “dismissive frowns” from academics in other departments. In this special piece from Times Higher Education (THE), several academics demystify their fields and explain ...
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The findings of this research should be useful to consider by those affected by an acquired brain injury, including the person, their family, friends, and health practitioners. Plus, this brain-based neuroscience multimovement therapy study should also be useful for consideration ...
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Leading epidemiologists are warning that Australians will not be fully vaccinated by Christmas, based on the current speed of the sluggish rollout, as Victorians were on Sunday turned away from getting the jab. The state’s struggling vaccination program was blasted ...
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Every other week, two types of articles about online exams seem to come out: either students are being caught cheating remotely, or students (and some teachers) fear that the online vigilance of remote exams has the potential to be taken ...
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Most Australians support paying more tax to fix the nation’s scandal-plagued aged care system, a survey has revealed. The Australian National University study involved 3200 respondents, with 85.4 per cent backing an aged care improvement levy. “A third of those in favour, ...
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Shanghai Rankings has released its full list of academic subject rankings overnight, showing that Australia has a host of top-100, top-20 and top-10 subjects appearing in the rankings. Griffith University is the top-ranked Australian university coming in at number two ...
More »New mental health clinical trial network to connect researchers
A new five-year, $12 million clinical trial network has been announced to improve mental health research and treatment in Australia. The Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network, known as MAGNET, will connect over one hundred researchers, advocates and stakeholders, ...
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