Monthly Archives: February 2016
UA, ‘The Hunting Ground’ team up against sexual violence
Universities Australia and The Hunting Ground Australia Project have launched a sector-wide campaign to prevent sexual violence. The Hunting Ground Australia project is a philanthropic effort to end sexual assault and harassment in Australia’s universities. It takes its name from critically ...
More »New Murdoch Uni VC to start role in April
Murdoch University has confirmed that its new vice-chancellor Eeva Leinonen will commence in the role in April 2016. Leinonen is heading west to Perth from the University of Wollongong, where she is the deputy vice-chancellor (academic). Before that, Leinonen spent 19 ...
More »Wise women: females in science tell their stories
To celebrate the UN Day for Women and Girls in Science during February, Campus Review spoke to ten women engaged in the field. The women are studying, researching, teaching and promoting fields including biology, biophysics, chemistry and paleontology, among others, at ...
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Eureka! Einstein’s gravitational waves found
Scientists said they had, for the first time, detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by physicist Albert Einstein a century ago. The landmark discovery opens a new window for studying the cosmos. Researchers said on Thursday they detected gravitational ...
More »Young guns from UQ, UNSW and ANU off to exotic locales to consult, innovate and moot for Australia
High achieving students from the University of Queensland, the University of New South Wales, the Australian National University will soon be jetting off to exotic locations to take on the world after winning national titles in their chosen fields. To Brisbane, ...
More »‘People without jobs, jobs without people’
Rhetoric around youth unemployment must change, an expert has argued. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures rest youth unemployment at 12.44 per cent, although it declined in the last quarter. Debate on the issue has centred on the notion of a skills gap – education ...
More »Master’s thesis goes down the toilet, happily
A University of New South Wales student has used the toilet seat to marry two of his passions in a master's of philosophy thesis – architecture and altruism. Nick Papas partnered with the Sago Network to research how to rollout low-cost, eco-friendly toilets ...
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