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Overt sexism remains prevalent in many Australian workplaces – and within the political bubble – and its affecting employees’ emotional and physical health, experts warn. Writing for The Conversation, lecturer Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Professor Paula Brough, who both ...

A group of 66 Royal Society of New South Wales fellows has added new weight to calls by scientists to pardon Kathleen Folbigg. Folbigg is serving a 30-year jail term for killing her four children, who were aged between 19 days and ...

After suffering widespread disruption during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, Australian universities are now coming to terms with what the future might hold for tertiary education. While many international students have been unable to return, lectures and tutorials are cranking ...

University of Auckland staff and students will be 'infected' with virtual tokens to help study the way COVID-19 spreads through communities. The study will see the University of Queensland-led “virus spreading” Safe Blues app uploaded to between the phones of ...

Universities Australia (UA) might look a little different in the coming months, as the peak picks through a review into whether it is fit for purpose in 2021.   Among the recommendations from the PhllipsKPA review, which UA’s board commissioned late last year, was that ...

February 21 2021 (to use the historic present tense) is the 344th anniversary of the death of philosopher Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632–21 February 1677). This article will comment on only a paragraph in one of Spinoza's letters. Stretching a ...

Higher education providers around the globe are re-examining the way they conduct student assessments. Smart universities are looking to online proctoring as part of their efforts to futureproof their programs. Both the impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions and ...

Higher education levels are linked to higher levels of wellbeing among Australian women, according to new research.  Vietnamese-German University researchers used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey during 2002–2015.  They found higher education levels resulted in ...

Mobile phone bans in public schools have been rolled out across several states in the last two years – but what does the evidence say about the move? In a 2015 paper co-authored by Louis-Philippe Beland, an assistant professor of ...

Australian biomedical experts have warned antibacterial soaps are behind a global rise in superbugs that can cause untreatable and even fatal infections. Monash University has been tracking the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to cleansing by antimicrobial treatments. The bacteria have ...