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 ...
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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 ...
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Will the next great painter be AI? As algorithms get smarter, computers will play more of a role in creating music, art and other cultural artifacts, says a UNSW researcher. Associate Professor Oliver Bown, co-director of the Interactive Media Lab ...
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Activist Drew Pavlou painted himself as a victim and the university as a villain amid ongoing tensions between the former student and the University of Queensland, its chancellor has told a senate inquiry. The university suspended Pavlou after he held rallies against human rights abuses in ...
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Higher education providers have been forced to think differently about course delivery and whether a full return to face-to-face learning will be achieved. How that paradigm shift is maintained longer term will determine the fate of our higher education institutions. ...
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EducationReview · Dr Seuss: Sensible decision or cancel culture? podcast The Dr Seuss Foundation's decision earlier this month to cease publishing six books in the collection has been applauded by many but also derided by others, who see this latest ...
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Terror expert Greg Barton has warned international partnerships, like universities, can act as a ‘trojan horse’ for terrorists. His comments follow word from Australia’s top intelligence agency that a “nest of spies” working in Australia had been disrupted. The Deakin University professor ...
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“You can’t live on instant noodles for three years.” That was the call from one university student who took part in a food insecurity project at the University of Melbourne. Researchers recruited four students who had all experienced food insecurity ...
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Australians living with mental illness are being given the opportunity to shape future models of care under a new $10m program. The National Health and Medical Research Council will fund ALIVE, the Academy of Lived Experience and Co-Design Living Labs, ...
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A psychology theory known as the “bystander effect” might explain how an elderly man slumped dead in his car outside a busy Perth supermarket went unnoticed for four days. The man’s body was found in a four-wheel drive outside Herdsman ...
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