Dubai-based company Global Student Accommodation (GSA) is moving ahead with plans for a student accommodation complex in Adelaide’s central North Terrace precinct, bucking trends that have seen a COVID-induced crash in student accommodation demand. The $110 million development will include ...
More »ANU scientists discover why current malaria vaccines are failing
While COVID-19 is at the forefront of everyone’s mind right now, it’s easy to forget that malaria is still a global killer with no effective vaccine. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, in 2018 there were an estimated 228 ...
More »UQ study finds underinvestment is blocking efforts to house ‘rough sleepers’
A University of Queensland partnership between public and not-for-profit agencies has been given the green light to deploy a strategy that hopes to end the scourge of homelessness in Brisbane. However, as two UQ researchers in charge of the project ...
More »Research shows emoji help to both motivate students and soften the blow of feedback
Who would have thought that emojis, conceived over 20 years ago and called emoticons, would become a useful part of helping students accept online feedback and motivate them in these times of remote learning? But RMIT psychology lecturer Robyn Moffitt ...
More »ANU expert predicts there will be no ‘corona’ baby boom
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the more positive predictions was it could provide couples with an opportunity to spend more time together, resulting in a baby boom akin to the post-war years. But according to a piece written for ...
More »Interesting times demand new solutions
After years of technologists advocating for change, COVID-19 has arguably driven more involuntary change in the last six months in businesses and public sector organisations than we’ve seen in the previous ten years. And it’s no secret higher education has ...
More »$20 million support package announced for international students stranded in Australia
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic New South Wales received a lot of flak for seeming unwilling to help international students in the state, many of whom are now stranded. However, the NSW government is now introducing $20 million in concrete ...
More »New research shows natural disasters supplant security issues as top Australian concerns
New research has revealed that, for the first time since 2006, natural disasters have replaced security-related issues such as identity theft and bankcard fraud as Australia’s top security concern. The 2020 Unisys Security Index is the longest running “snapshot” of ...
More »The ‘quiet crisis’: how COVID-19 could be turning away our future researchers
The economic strain of COVID-19 is forcing 45 per cent of Australia’s best and brightest future researchers to consider disengaging from their PhD studies. A new study from The University of Sydney, titled 'The Quiet Crisis of PhDs and COVID-19: ...
More »The challenges involved in getting international students back on campus: opinion
International students are important for most universities worldwide, but the ongoing COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on the number of foreign students on campuses in the next academic year. Many institutions are expressing concerns about the decline in international ...
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