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Half-living, half-synthetic bio-computers will soon be able to reason and multi-task like humans, paving the way for a world where computers can help solve ‘unsolvable’ problems, if QUT researcher Associate Professor Dan Nicolau has his way. Nicolau, who recently published ...

Universities should give more consideration to female academics caring for children, a new paper has argued. One way they could be doing this is by offering financial aid to cover childcare costs for those attending conferences. Another recommendation was that institutions ...

The nursing clinical placement is an essential part of the nursing degree and is an opportunity to solidify clinical knowledge and to get real life exposure to clinical settings. For almost all students, the transition from university-based learning to the ...

New research has revealed that almost half of university students don't believe their degree is worth the money it costs, despite most believing that completing a degree will help secure their dream job. The biggest concern, according to the research ...

Australia’s universities are celebrating their standing against an international benchmark but not all are happy with the overarching excellence in research for Australia (ERA) reports. Published by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the State of Australian University Research 2018–19: ERA ...

Australia should scrap the current census approach of NAPLAN and replace it with sample testing of students, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been told. In its submission to COAG's review of NAPLAN, the Gonski Institute for Education at ...

In an effort to encourage greater sun protection by elite athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, University of Southern Queensland researcher Nathan Downs has embarked on a world first study to determine which outdoor sporting disciplines pose the highest ...

A University of Queensland-led study has delivered alarming results, signalling the imminent extinction of up to 1000 species of birds, mammals and amphibians, unless the mostly human threats are actively managed. The team mapped destructive human activities including hunting, agriculture, ...

A Sydney university student wrongly accused of terrorism offences says he is suing Mark Latham for defamation, claiming tweets by the One Nation candidate "gravely injured" his character and reputation. Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen was charged in August 2018 with ...

After almost a decade of sluggish shuffling towards a cloud-based, digitally driven operating model, Australian education providers are collectively twigging to the benefits that can accrue from giving students and staff real-time access to information and services. Chief among these ...