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Charles Darwin University (CDU) associate professor Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama has been nominated for the 2024 Northern Territory Senior Australian of the Year award for her work in child and newborn health. Ḻäwurrpa is a Warramiri woman from Yolŋu Country and ...

The University of Sydney Association of Professors (USAP) has strongly backed its president, Manuel Graeber, who was sacked from the university after a three-person committee reviewed allegations against him and ruled he had committed “serious misconduct”. In a statement on ...

Tech giant Meta requires staff at RMIT University’s fact-checking unit to undergo mandatory training before reinstating its partnership with the troubled division. Last week, Melbourne-based RMIT FactLab cleared one hurdle when the US-based International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announced the restoration ...

The Australian Catholic University has recently announced it will abolish academic positions in history as part of broader cuts in the humanities. Staff are understandably shocked and dismayed by the news. Regrettably, the plight of these academics is part of ...

Victoria University's (VU) master's in community psychology course is due to be cancelled in 2024, marking the end of community-focused psychology studies in a postgrad-degree format in all Australian universities. The Master of Applied Psychology (Community Psychology) course has clinical ...

Retronyms are newly coined words that remake or replace a pre-existing term in order to make room for innovations. For example, what has always been called “mail” (i.e. what comes in stamped envelopes to a street or postbox address), is ...

University students studying a teaching course in 2024 can apply for a $40,000 scholarship if they commit to teaching in a state school or early learning facility. Undergraduates can receive $40,000 over four years and are expected to spend four ...

CampusReview · HEDx Podcast: What is an omni-channel university? - Episode 94 Omnichannel is an operating model that retailers use across sales, marketing and customer experience. It integrates all delivery channels, such as in-store, online, or in-app, to create a ...

A senior University of Sydney professor who was sacked last Friday has vowed to fight back and says he will set up an academic defence union to defend whistleblowers. Manuel Graeber, a neuropathologist with a highly regarded research record who ...

More than 100,000 students and staff at Monash University will have access to free mental health and wellbeing support through a new smartphone app. The Thrive smartphone app was rolled out to the Monash community – providing mental health support ...