While COVID-19 is at the forefront of everyone’s mind right now, it’s easy to forget that malaria is still a global killer with no effective vaccine. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, in 2018 there were an estimated 228 ...
More »UQ study finds underinvestment is blocking efforts to house ‘rough sleepers’
A University of Queensland partnership between public and not-for-profit agencies has been given the green light to deploy a strategy that hopes to end the scourge of homelessness in Brisbane. However, as two UQ researchers in charge of the project ...
More »Research shows emoji help to both motivate students and soften the blow of feedback
Who would have thought that emojis, conceived over 20 years ago and called emoticons, would become a useful part of helping students accept online feedback and motivate them in these times of remote learning? But RMIT psychology lecturer Robyn Moffitt ...
More »New research shows natural disasters supplant security issues as top Australian concerns
New research has revealed that, for the first time since 2006, natural disasters have replaced security-related issues such as identity theft and bankcard fraud as Australia’s top security concern. The 2020 Unisys Security Index is the longest running “snapshot” of ...
More »The ‘quiet crisis’: how COVID-19 could be turning away our future researchers
The economic strain of COVID-19 is forcing 45 per cent of Australia’s best and brightest future researchers to consider disengaging from their PhD studies. A new study from The University of Sydney, titled 'The Quiet Crisis of PhDs and COVID-19: ...
More »The ‘new normal’ for universities
The global pandemic we speak of as coronavirus has been declared a "force majeure’’. It overrides previous considerations and requires the cancellation of what we know and have accepted as ‘normal’. It comes in the footsteps of Australian environmental catastrophes ...
More »Researchers call for a ‘national response’ to harmful sexual behaviours among children
A newly released book by Dr Lesley-Ann Ey and Professor Elspeth McInnes of UniSA is pushing for a national, coordinated response to growing rates of children’s harmful sexual behaviours, or HSB. However, a key problem they’ve identified in addressing the ...
More »New study reveals COVID-19’s effect on relationships and mental health
A report released today from ANU has shown that roughly one in two Australians, or 47 per cent, are more stressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from the survey of more than 3,200 people – led by ...
More »USQ scientists helping to save valuable coffee crops in South East Asia: Podcast
CampusReview · How scientists are investigating and fighting climate change in South East Asia: Podcast Dr Jarrod Kath from USQ’s Centre for Applied Climate Sciences is investigating a variety of coffee that supplies roughly 20-40 per cent of the world’s ...
More »Nationwide survey reveals how the education sector coped at the height of COVID-19
A survey conducted at the zenith of COVID-19 reported that teachers were routinely working extra hours, with nearly half of the 1200 respondents working almost an extra day during the pandemic and others working in excess of 20 extra hours ...
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