Research for a COVID-19 vaccine is happening worldwide and is a vital factor in helping combat the coronavirus pandemic. Concerning reports are emerging from intelligence agencies in the UK, USA and Canada saying they have identified hacking attempts and cyber ...
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In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, I thought the global lockdown would be a chance for academics to kick back and to lie down and think of England. I was wrong. The lockdown, instead, has unleashed a torrent of ...
More »The ‘new normal’ for universities
The global pandemic we speak of as coronavirus has been declared a "force majeure’’. It overrides previous considerations and requires the cancellation of what we know and have accepted as ‘normal’. It comes in the footsteps of Australian environmental catastrophes ...
More »Strictly speaking | Infocalypse
This obscure and tongue-challenging word captures what some regard as the most destructive threat to 21st century society. It’s not COVID-19 but the information apocalypse, with fake news and falsified facts flooding through social media, fostering overcredulity in some people ...
More »Innovation matters now more than ever for our higher ed sector: opinion
Australia’s higher education sector is experiencing ‘interesting times’ as the country’s education export industry – valued at $37.6 billion, according to the federal government’s most recent figures – comes under unprecedented and ongoing threat. Across the country, higher education providers ...
More »Experts piece together Homo erectus skull
The earliest known skull of the first human-like ancestors has been pieced together after researchers realised it wasn't a baboon. A team of international experts unearthed more than 150 pieces of the Homo erectus skull in the fossil-rich Drimolen cave ...
More »Time to put the ‘Woke Oxbridge’ to sleep? Opinion
You can always tell an Oxbridge graduate. How? They tell us, of course. This is not a mere ancient educational establishment. It may be the 21st century, but Oxbridge is still considered a class bastion of white, privately educated, wealthy ...
More »Tertiary sector in danger of ‘falling through the cracks’ and missing out on JobKeeper subsidy: NTEU
The federal government JobKeeper wage subsidy announced on Monday to help businesses retain workers during the COVID-19 economic downturn must be extended to the tertiary sector, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The union warns tens of thousands of ...
More »Researchers cannot remain ‘blind’ to effects of climate change on their work
While awareness of the far-reaching impact of climate change is rapidly increasing, the extent of the possible negative effects is still being discovered. A new study has prompted Australian experts to warn the higher education sector to prepare for climate ...
More »Uni research reveals opioid prescriptions doubled over the last 24 years
New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain has doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney, the University of Warwick (UK), the University of Notre Dame, the University of New South Wales and Monash ...
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