In Episode 7 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss an ambitious plan to withhold cash from families whose kids are missing school, an award winning app to detect autism and why ...
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Census night in Australia is coming up – and, quite literally, everyone is invited compelled to participate! On August 9, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will conduct the Census of Population and Housing, a quinquennial tradition dating back to 1828. In the lead-up ...
More »Profile: Nick Braae, musico with a PhD in Queen
In a new series at Campus Review, we visit with academics and researchers to discuss their studies. In this installment, we virtually cross the Tasman to speak with University of Waikato PhD completer Nick Braae, who has a love of ...
More »Profile: Multitalented UniSA drunkorexia researcher Alissa Knight
In a new series at Campus Review, we visit with academics and researchers to discuss their studies. In our first installment, we meet a high-achieving UniSA PhD candidate who recently made headlines for groundbreaking insights into the drunkorexia phenomenon. CR: ...
More »Higher education reform highly unlikely in new Parliament
Don't expect any significant changes to higher-education policy from the incoming Parliament. That's the message from Andrew Norton, tertiary education expert at think tank The Grattan Institute. Because of the unwieldy nature of the new Senate, not to mention the fact ...
More »Macquarie Uni’s HSCStudyLab earns innovation award
Macquarie University's revision module HSCStudyLab has been honoured with a gong at the NSW edition of the 2016 Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAwards for achievement in innovation in the digital economy. HSCStudyLab won its prize in the Community Services category. ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, Episode 6: PPD’s hidden victims, Melbourne’s new MATRIX, seniors on the internet
In Episode 6 of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review discuss post-partum depression (PPD) in new dads, a new maths hub in Melbourne, tech skills in senior citizens and the 2016 federal election. ...
More »Opinion: Nurture seniors’ tech skills for individuals and communities
Many fear our ageing population will place intergenerational stress on the economy. I see a more positive scenario, where a growing cohort of motivated senior citizens remain valued and productive members of society through their creative use of digital technologies. ...
More »Students’ Ursa Major brings experimental theatre to bear
Tiana Buckley is a lover of original, immersive, experimental and applied drama. We've all sat in a theatre watching a play; tense in our seats, funereally quiet, all terrified of observing an actor slip up and having to bear witness ...
More »UniMelb reveals 12 apostles of commercialising research
The University of Melbourne has today revealed a 12-name ledger of luminaries for its inaugural Enterprise Professors slate. This collective, which includes two former Victorian premiers among leaders of business and industry, is intended to strengthen the ties between UniMelb's ...
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