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 ...
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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 ...
More »Profile: Everything and more about gender with UniMelb lecturer
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 Hannah McCann parlayed an undergrad degree in psychology into a fascinating PhD in queer femme and ...
More »Consider the laksa: Rose Michael is an RMIT novelist with a taste for sci-fi and Penang cuisine
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Rose Michael is a nascent novelist who is passionate about Australian intellectualism and sci-fi cinema. Let's boldly ...
More »Oblivion? No just off-grid
The phrases off-grid and off-the-grid, in the strict sense of being unconnected to the standard electricity supply, took off in the 1970s when independent sources of energy (that is, solar power for remote locations) were first under discussion. Several decades later, ...
More »UWA, UTS, CABAH and UNSW: brief interviews with high-flying women and men
Fresh honour for Robert French The Honourable Robert French has been appointed the 15th chancellor of the University of Western Australia. French was most recently the chief justice of the High Court of Australia. French will succeed Dr Michael Chaney, ...
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