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 Kate Umbers describes her life as like living in a nature documentary and her love of Australia's ...
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Worst cyberbullying platform revealed
If 'likes' are Instagram’s currency, having none of them can be humiliating. Worse yet, vicious comments, ‘hate’ accounts and sharing and doctoring of people's photos without permission can be damaging at best, and life-threatening at worst. While the latter situation is ...
More »Melbourne’s tragedy given meaning with colour: Deakin
In typical Melbourne fashion, street art has brought academics, the public and politicians together. Bollards, stumpy posts that prevent traffic from entering an area, have been affectionately renamed 'bollarts', following their zhuzhing-up by passers by. According to Deakin University urban design researchers, this ...
More »Dogs are the new purist coffee
'Single origin' is a phrase you'd likely see at your local cafe, along with smashed avocado. Now, it applies to pooches, too. Researchers from Stony Brook University in the US have found that, contrary to previous thought, all domesticated dogs probably share ...
More »Profile: Campus Review news editor signs off with gratitude and guiding words
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher outgoing news editor to learn more about them and their work. Today, we visit with Campus Review news editor and journalist Patrick Avenell, on his last ...
More »Harvard may not go Greek for much longer
In popular culture, there's nothing that signifies the American college experience more than fraternities and sororities. Now, perhaps America's most famed university, Harvard, is considering banning them. In a recently-released 22-page report, a Harvard faculty committee has recommended that, from 2018, ...
More »Vigilance required to combat online infinite pest
Universities are higher education facilities are rich targets for hackers because they keep so much sensitive information on file; have networks that are constantly being accessed by students, a demographic famous for its caprices; and because they often don't have dedicated ...
More »Swinburne PhD brands Timor-Leste
"Selling for good" is not a phrase you often hear in the marketing world, but that's what Sara Currie is doing. The Swinburne alum is using her PhD to put Timor-Leste on the tourist map. A chance encounter with former Timorese president ...
More »Academic warns anorexia film cuts to the bone
To the Bone is rated MA15+, meaning children under the age of 15 may not legally watch, buy or hire it unless they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian. According to Deakin psychologist, associate professor Ross King, for this film ...
More »Binge drinking on campus? There’s an app for that
VicHealth and Victoria University want college students to drink in moderation, and what better modern way to attempt this than with an app? The students, from four unnamed residential university colleges in Melbourne, were chosen as easy-access candidates for a ...
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