With the frequency and threat of cyber attacks skyrocketing over the past decade, effective cyber security has grown beyond the resources of individual organisations and in-house IT teams. Australian organisations reported a cyber attack every 8 minutes in the 2021 ...
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Flinders study says schools could do more to break cycle of disadvantage
Poverty and disadvantage put young Australians on the road to a less fulfilling life and schools could play a critical role in breaking the cycle, a new study led by Flinders University says. However, the study of more than 3500 ...
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Australia's largest non-profit medical research donor has suspended funding to Melbourne University over a lack of gender equity and diversity in their honorary doctorates. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which grants three $8 million dollar scholarships each year, said Melbourne ...
More »The brain, multimovement therapy, neuroscience, pedagogy and education: part 6
The following covers the treatment, using Multimovement Therapy (MMT), of former world champion boxer John Famechon who had an acquired brain injury from a serious motor vehicle accident in 1991. During the entire four-year period, where John experienced what would ...
More »Sexual misconduct remains a big issue for Australia’s universities
Five years after The Australian Human Rights Commission filed a damning report on sexual violence in universities high rates of incidents continue to reported, but experts say awareness is improving. The Australian National University has published a long-awaited report which ...
More »How much further from gender equity in higher education did the pandemic take us? Opinion
As we reflect on the state of the world on another International Women’s Day, we will soon be hearing the latest update on the size of the gender gap index. The World Economic Forum index is reported on at the ...
More »Stuck in the middle: study investigates how unis can support students beyond the first year
New research from the University of South Australia looks at the level of support universities give to students after they've made the initial transition to higher education by posing the question: 'What happens when early support tapers off in latter ...
More »Research in the 21st Century: legacy forms, ‘new’ media and ERA
As Australian universities prepare their submissions for the 2023 round of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA), the national research evaluation framework, it is a good moment to reflect and review this thing we call ‘research’. Indeed the ERA exercise, which ...
More »Times Higher Education Young Universities Ranking: another look – opinion
The recently released 2022 Times Higher Education Young Institution Rankings shows some interesting results. This ranking captures those institutions under the age of 50 years. Globally, there are 539 young institutions ranked in 2022 compared to 475 in 2021. This ...
More »HEDx podcast: Speaking out for the sector – Catriona Jackson, episode 45
Catriona Jackson the CEO of Universities Australia joins the HEDx podcast in the aftermath of the ministerial non-approval of six ARC Discovery grants, the tightrope-walking around foreign interference and research partnerships, and as campuses reopen with staff and students, particularly ...
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