Monash has become the latest university to own up to wage theft, announcing that they owe casual academics millions in underpayments. After an internal investigation Monash VC Margaret Gardner has admitted that between January 1 2014 and 30 June 2020 ...
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Researchers issue warning for unvaccinated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, caused by inequity issues
More than half (59 per cent) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) adults are at a high level of “developing severe illness from COVID-19”, resulting from inequities in health, a study led by ANU has found. Health factors including ...
More »Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton inaugurated chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast
One time Democratic presidential candidate and former US first Lady Hillary Clinton will finally be inaugurated as the chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), as reported by the BBC. Clinton, a former senator for New York and Obama-era Secretary of ...
More »USyd: COVID vaccine mandates must be ‘fair’ and justified to succeed, but could be problematic
Professor Julie Leask from the University of Sydney argues proposals for mandatory vaccinations must be supported by a “strong justification” and less draconian measures must be “meaningfully attempted” first, in a co-authored article in the Medical Journal of Australia. In ...
More »How Australian schools and unis can overcome the challenges of cloud migration
The benefits offered by the adoption of cloud computing are now well understood, however many of Australia’s education institutions are still struggling to put a clear migration strategy in place. For some, it’s a case of not knowing where to ...
More »Should I stay or should I go? Academics facing this dilemma should ask themselves 3 questions
This year my partner and my brother both left academia. They are part of a nation-wide changing of the guard at most universities in Australia and many overseas. Over 17,000 Australian university jobs disappeared in 2020, Universities Australia estimated. It ...
More »A weekend sleep-in could help fight depression
A weekend lie in could go a long way to fighting depression, according to new research. Academics from Yonsei University in South Korea looked at the sleep of 5500 people to see if there is an association between weekend catch-up ...
More »Who will have the fast mover advantage? opinion
Much of the commentary on university strategy within our public universities in Australia and globally is noteworthy more for how little is changing. We remain to see radically different strategies and business models. The feelings of observers, and many staff ...
More »La Trobe first Australian uni to mandate vaccines for staff, students
La Trobe university will become the first Australian university to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 for all staff and students. Vice chancellor John Dewar announced a two-staged approach to safely reopening its campuses later this year once the nation hits vaccine ...
More »Woolworths partners with ANU, CSIRO for plastic-eating enzymes trial, aim to create infinitely recyclable plastic
Australia will soon welcome its first commercial recycling plant that uses enzymes to “eat” plastic and break it down into its core molecules so they can be reused. Recycling start-up Samsara’s first 5000 tonnes of recycled material – equivalent to ...
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