The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University will receive a $5.5 million grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation to begin a community research program to improve the health and educational opportunities of young people and children in Brimbank, Melbourne. The grant ...
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The novel coronavirus outbreak has created chaos in all aspects of our conventional life. Though this is primarily a health crisis, it has severely affected all forms of businesses worldwide. Unemployment rates have been rising steeply, and it has created ...
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The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has outlined how its members are tackling COVID-19 in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region while calling on the government for more research funding. The IRU group (comprising seven universities) is focusing on three ...
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The creation of 58 short online courses has been welcomed by the Independent Tertiary Council of Australia (ITECA), the peak body for independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector. The new undergraduate certificate courses (spanning ...
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Experts say immediate attention is needed to protect children from the harms of rising racism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The call comes after a series of recommendations to counter racism and improve child wellbeing were published by several ...
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The head of Universities Australia (UA) has urged the government to prioritise investment in university research, arguing it is critical to Australia’s economic and social development in the future. As sobering new modelling estimates “up to 38 per cent of ...
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A leaked report from UNSW shows that academic misconduct continues to threaten academic integrity in Australia. The leaked University of NSW’s 2019 Student Conduct and Complaints Report, marked confidential, was recently obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald. It was published ...
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A new report released by the Knight Foundation and Gallup shows that US college students generally support free speech, but a more nuanced analysis highlights a divide based on ethnicity and gender, as well as the insidious effect social media ...
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CampusReview · How COVID-19 may have changed business models forever - Dr Sarah Bankins While some employees may have been able to access work from home (WFH) policies in the past, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that almost everyone who ...
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