The Australian Human Rights Commission has today unveiled an Australian-first survey into the experiences of sexual harassment and assault by students at Australian universities. The survey is being conducted at the behest of Universities Australia. This survey is the latest ...
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Profile: Dr Russell Sinclair, scientist monitoring vegetation, mentoring young botanists
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Russell Sinclair has been researching botany at a single reserve for the past 40 years. We ...
More »ARC defends humanities research funding
The Australian Research Council has defended its funding of humanities studies, following media reports criticising the body for spending taxpayer dollars on “absurd and obscure” research. The Daily Telegraph today lambasted the ARC for its latest wave of funding to humanities research ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 12: Childcare scams funding terrorism, #LetThemStay and old age myths
In a packed program this week, Loren from Early Learning Review talks about how childcare rorting might be funding terrorism, James from Education Review and Campus Review discusses the #LetThemStay movement among academics and Dallas Bastian from Aged Care Insite ...
More »#LetThemStay unites academics
Australia’s immigration detention centres are many things, divisive being one. This week, the nation watched as guerrilla protestors crashed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s first major economic speech since the federal election. One stormed the stage, holding a sign directed at news ...
More »Study examines cannabis treatments for children with epilepsy
With nearly one-third of people with epilepsy having forms resistant to current medication, some people turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope based on anecdotal evidence that it will work. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership with ...
More »Profile: USYD’s Scandinavia raver exploring the power of Treasured Possessions
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Dr Kimberley-Joy Knight is an expert in all this Scandanavia, focusing on the region's rich and diverse histories, cultures ...
More »Synergy in tough times: how UTAS is regenerating itself and the island state
The University of Tasmania and the state it serves have a powerful connection; revitalising higher education can be the key to a return to prosperity. At a time when regional campuses in Australia appear under threat, the news that the ...
More »ANU helps teens plan for the planet
Who is more qualified to tackle climate change, politicians or high school students? The answer may depend on which elected official you’re referring to. But the Australian National University’s Ian Chambers, a senior researcher at the Crawford School of Public ...
More »Personalising the education experience, one tech advance at a time
John Baker is the founder, president and chief executive of D2L (née Desire2Learn), the Canadian learning management system (LMS) provider responsible for the Brightspace brand of educational tools. Last week, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, D2L hosted a regional conference, bringing ...
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