Firstly some housekeeping: we missed last week’s episode of Talking Eds because two-thirds of the team was on annual leave but we are back this week with a special presentation. The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce today curated a fascinating roundtable discussion ...
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USYD sports psychologist smashes five specious sporting cliches
As Australia's team of 419 athletes head over to Rio de Janeiro to compete in 26 sports at the 2016 Summer Olympics, University of Sydney senior lecturer in skill acquisition and sports psychology, Dr Steve Cobley, has poured some cold ...
More »‘We entered in good faith’ responds UNSW to failed art colleges merger
University of New South Wales vice-chancellor professor Ian Jacobs has responded to his University of Sydney counterpart Michael Spence's comments yesterday regarding USYD's decision to unilaterally back out of a decision to merge the two universities' premier art colleges. UNSW ...
More »Profile: Anna Nowak mixes cancer research and clinical care
This is Campus Review's Profile series, where we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Today, it's Anna Nowak's turn to tell us about her important work researching cancer treatment, her love of ...
More »USYD cans College of Arts deal, chides UNSW for vision differences
University of Sydney vice-chancellor Michael Spence has today written to students declaring that he is cancelling USYD's agreement with the University of New South Wales regarding the future of the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA). USYD had planned on ...
More »Beat unhealthy food cravings with targeted tapping
Dr Peta Stapleton, a clinical psychologist at Bond University, has been researching whether Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can help people overcome unhealthy food cravings. EFT involves a series a taps on certain points of the face, head and upper body, ...
More »Profile: Libby Connors, revealing the truth of Australia’s brutal colonial frontier
In a new series at Campus Review, we visit with academics and researchers to discuss their studies. At the University of Southern Queensland, there is a doctor specialising in tales from the Australian colonial frontier. Her name is Libby Connors ...
More »Victoria allocates $27 million to train STEM teachers via Deakin
With federal Labor pledging $393 million to train 25,000 specialist STEM teachers, their Victorian state counterparts have already allocated $27 million to train these teachers – via a program to be rolled out through Deakin University. James Merlino, Victorian education ...
More »Swinburne Online’s great strides in spreading education to non-traditional students
Sue Kokonis directs the academic team at Swinburne Online, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary. In her role, she provides leadership and support to the educational department at Swinburne Online. Kokonis spoke with Campus Review to discuss the progress the online university ...
More »Profile: Lachlan Kang, UoA online fingerprinting expert’s quest for privacy
In a new series at Campus Review, we visit with academics and researchers to discuss their studies. In Adelaide, there lives a researcher named Lachlan Kang, an expert in computer sciences dedicated to exploring safe and private ways to surf ...
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