Forty of the world’s leading climate research universities have formed the International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA) to fight climate change. The IUCA’s united goal is to ensure that governments, the public, media and industry have "better access to research-based facts ...
More »Six key humanities grant applications extended until June
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has extended the deadline for several prestigious humanities research grants, as COVID-19 continues to cause significant disruptions to work and personal life. Australia’s peak humanities body has now extended the deadline for the grants below ...
More »ANU research to help ‘close the gap’ on Indigenous heart disease
New national recommendations have stated that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should have their heart checked by age 18 at the latest. These recommendations, which appeared in the Medical Journal of Australia in an article entitled ‘Cardiovascular disease risk ...
More »NTEU hopes for ‘widespread ramifications’ after UTS academic is reinstated and compensated
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is hopeful benchmarking trends will change after the Fair Work Commission ordered that a UTS academic be reinstated immediately and compensated. The Fair Work Commission this week overturned the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) ...
More »New project uses games technology and video simulation to tackle suicide
Curtin University is utilising games technology to create web-based video simulations aimed at helping mental health experts identify and better communicate with people contemplating suicide. As the World Health Organization points out, suicide is the second leading cause of death ...
More »‘This is a joke’: Senator asks tough questions of Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council’s practices and guidelines were scrutinised heavily last week during a senate estimates hearing chaired by Senator Kim Carr. The committee was told that no ARC-funded research projects had breached the Defence Control Act, despite the ARC ...
More »Tolerant, but kinda ignorant: study concludes Gen Z’s faith literacy needs national curriculum response
Tolerant, but still pretty ignorant. This is the assessment of a recent, comprehensive paper into Gen Z’s faith literacy – and one which the researchers find concerning, particularly for a society which is one of the world’s most super-diverse in ...
More »Higher education’s response to megafire series 2020 – Part 3 – Land management practices
In part three of our podcast series on the megafires that brought destruction to Australia this summer, Campus Review spoke to Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania, a world authority in land management practices. This episode focuses on the ...
More »Hearing aids may be key to slowing cognitive decline: research
Delaying cognitive decline and improving brain function in older adults with the use of hearing aids has been the focus of new research. Cognitive decline is associated with hearing loss, which affects about 32 per cent of people aged over ...
More »Investigating a period of change, instability and disruption – Professor Zlatko Skbris – Podcast
Professor Zlatko Skrbis, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Innovation) and Professor of Sociology at Australian Catholic University, is the chief principal investigator of an Australian Research Council-funded social futures project entitled, Our Lives. With the support of various experts and research assistants, the project ...
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