Kent Anderson, deputy vice-chancellor at Newcastle university, joins us soon after a two-year spell in ministers' Tehan and Tudge's office guiding recent policy changes. He comments on the divide between chancelleries and ministry that has developed in recent years, and ...
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Fresh challenge to NSW vaccine mandates ‘very different’ to those dismissed last week, court told
A fresh legal challenge to Covid-19 vaccination mandates for health workers in NSW is “very different” to the two lawsuits knocked back last week, a court has been told. John Edward Larter, a paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, ...
More »New study shows how injuries, illnesses interrupt education and can lead to long-term consequences
A Macquarie University study has discovered that children who are affected by injury are more likely to have worse educational outcomes than their peers and less likely to complete high school and tertiary study. The study was led by Associate ...
More »Why we stress more at 3am
Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...
More »Lower blood pressure could be the key to slowing brain ageing
Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure – albeit within the safe recommended range – could hasten brain ageing. Normal blood pressure is defined by pressure below 120/80, whereas an optimal and healthier blood pressure ...
More »How can we address men’s domination of the science Nobel Prize?
Previous Nobel Prize winners, including Albert Einstein and Hermann Muller, are acknowledged for making some of the most historic contributions in their respective scientific fields, be that physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology. There have been female Nobel winners too, such ...
More »How JCU improved student engagement with online learning materials – podcast
When the pandemic hit Australian university campuses in March 2020, institutions were scrambling to transition to online learning. However, as luck would have it, in the first months of 2020, educational designer Frances Cochrane was in the early stages of ...
More »Opportunities for Australian universities with the Brisbane Olympic Games – opinion
The succession of restriction-easing announcements from our most affected states, and the case-free landscape in others, adds to the sense that this might be the end of lockdowns. Talk in universities is of fuller returns to campus, and returning international ...
More »UQ: Labor pain could soon be treated by water injections
Women in Labor could soon have another alternative for pain relief — water. Researchers at the University of Queensland are conducting research into whether labor pain could be reduced by water injections thanks to a new round of federal funding. ...
More »Heavily redacted documents reveal the ‘disturbing’ details of a NSW animal experiment
An experiment in NSW where dogs and cats were forced to endure being bitten by up to 50 paralysis ticks led to fears of a “disturbing” biosecurity breach, NCA NewsWire can reveal. The experiment, which involved putting the animals into ...
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