‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.’ It’s one of the most commons pieces of nutritional advice people shill out unprovoked, but they might be leading dieters astray. A new review, published in the BMJ, has revealed daily ...
More »Deakin takes softer approach to get older adults back to work
To keep up with the push to see Australians in the workforce for longer, older jobseekers will brush up on their soft skills through an Australian pilot. Deakin University has invited older adults looking to get back into the workforce to ...
More »Australian research counters commonly-held orthodontics belief
Contrary to popular thought, orthodontic treatment will not prevent future tooth decay, researchers have argued. The University of Adelaide team assessed the long-term dental health of 448 people and discovered that those who had orthodontic treatment did not have better ...
More »University criticised over student blackface video
A sorority has expelled one of its members following the upload of a video showing a woman in blackface using what sounds like a racist slur. The video shows a student covering her face and hands in black paint and ...
More »Communicating more effectively with students? There’s an app for that
Students who feel engaged with their courses and institutions are more likely to succeed and less likely to drop out; key considerations for providers in Australia’s competitive vocational and higher education sector. So, how can providers leverage digital technology to ...
More »China’s emerging economies uni ranking success makes it the model to emulate: THE
China has again dominated a ranking of universities from emerging economies. Unsurprisingly, seven of the top ten positions on Times Higher Education’s (THE) Emerging Economies University Ranking 2019 were held by Chinese institutions. Tsinghua University took out the top spot ...
More »No more Australians needed: ANU poll
The issue of population growth made headlines a number of times in 2018 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged cutting migration and earlier in the year Four Corners explored our readiness for a ‘Big Australia’ – so what does the ...
More »Why not a museum of the First Peoples of Australia?
Unlike the African-Americans who have recently received their own museum at the gateway to the prestigious Smithsonian museums in Washington and the American Indians who have their own Museum of the American Indian, we have still to see a standalone ...
More »Budget “horror” as research funding scaled back: the sector reacts
The university sector expected to see cuts to research funding in the Government’s mid-year Budget update, but not at the level unveiled today. Education Minister Dan Tehan earmarked the cuts last month and Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) documents ...
More »Exploring diploma-level apprenticeships and VET student loans
This article examines apprenticeships and traineeships undertaken at a VET diploma level by cross reference to diplomas financed under the VET Student Loans (VSL) Approved Courses list. The purpose is to examine which courses so listed have in the recent ...
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