Gene-based medicine centre to open at ANU
A centre dedicated to using a person’s own genes to cure their illness will soon be set up at the Australian National University. ANU has received $7.3 million from Australian Capital Territory Health to set up Canberra Clinical Genomics. This centre will work ...
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Drive education towards technology: Pearson boss
The chief executive of the Australian branch of multinational private education firm Pearson will warn an audience of educators that they risk becoming irrelevant in the hot-topic education debate. In his speech to next week’s EduTECH conference in Brisbane, David Barnett, chief ...
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Google, Apple, Amazon will steal uni ‘customers’: IBM official
An education technologist has argued that the biggest threat to any university isn’t its rival down the road, nor even the one in the neighbouring state or country; it’s the ones that universities don't actually consider competitors. Simon Eassom, global manager of the ...
More »Blubbing good for bubs’ sleep: study
Having a literal ‘cry baby’ may be favourable when it comes to sleep, Flinders University research has found. The study, published in the American journal Pediatrics, showed that infants who wailed themselves to sleep generally slept better than those who ...
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Deakin opens AFL training ground for Geelong Cats
The AFL’s Geelong Cats are coming off a loss at the MCG, but they hope to have an edge there next time. Deakin University has built an $8.4 million sports precinct that includes a Melbourne Cricket Ground-sized oval specifically built for the Cats' training. ...
More »Australian Academy of Science releases STEM education wish list
STEM education is the Australian Academy of Science’s number one election priority, as per a policy statement released yesterday. Unveiled by academy president professor Andrew Holmes during a speech in Canberra, the group of distinguished scientists' objectives include getting Australian schools' students into the ...
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