Education editor Wade Zaglas here, focusing on the top stories of the week. You can either listen to the podcast or read the summary below. One story that struck me as particularly impressive was Australia being ranked fifth in the ...
More »Thinking in silos and ignoring the practical skills gap gets us nowhere: opinion
In days long ago in our home in the caves, we created objects and devices, and then constructed places to live, work, worship and play in. An object hewn out of bone or stone could equally be a technology that ...
More »Australian unis well represented in THE science and psychology rankings
The last of the latest Times Higher Education (THE) subject rankings have been released, with Australian universities being well represented in psychology; physical sciences; life sciences; and clinical, pre-clinical and health. Three Australian universities scored top 50 rankings in psychology, ...
More »USQ law students preparing for a changing legal sector: Opinion
Third-year law students at the University of Southern Queensland are gaining valuable insights into the evolution of the Australian legal sector courtesy of legal tech entrepreneur Adrian Cartland and his Artificially Intelligent Legal Information Resource Assistant (AILIRA). The goal of ...
More »Australia punches above its weight in science and social sciences research
Australia is now ranked fifth in the world according to the number of highly cited researchers in the science and social sciences fields. Published by analytics company The Web of Science Group, the list of Highly Cited Researchers identifies the number ...
More »Griffith launches billion-dollar strategic plan in lead-up to 50th anniversary
Griffith University will build a new campus in Brisbane’s CBD, develop and renovate infrastructure across its existing campuses and set ambitious goals across multiple areas as it nears its 50th anniversary in 2025. The ‘Creating a Future for All: Strategic Plan ...
More »Approaching Industry 4.0: What must Australians do to keep their jobs?
Australians don’t see the benefit of lifelong learning and seem cavalier about safeguarding their occupations in the future, a new study has found. This is in spite of dramatic work changes already affecting the country and likely to gain even ...
More »Latest ARC research grants
Funding is the lifeblood of academic research and the Australian Research Council (ARC) late last week announced the Linkage Project grants, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards and the Future Fellowship grants. Monash University and the University of Melbourne were awarded ...
More »Australian climate change initiatives stalling amid growing health fears: Report
A new report is calling for urgent action to tackle the risks to human health posed by climate change. The report, written by Australian researchers and partner institutions of the 2019 MJA–Lancet Countdown report, was published today in the Medical Journal ...
More »Regulators must serve interests of both agriculture and environment: Podcast
A new study led by Dr Jon Brodie from the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University is deeply concerned that harmful insecticides, including Imidacloprid, are damaging some of Australia's most pristine and biodiverse waterways. ...
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