New analysis from the Australian National University shows resistance and hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccination is growing in Australia. The study is based on a longitudinal survey of 3,500 Australians that tracked individuals’ responses prior to the pandemic taking place, ...

A new study has been published that examines the major factors contributing to Australia’s worst fire season on record, including climate change, severe droughts and insufficient methods to mitigate the disaster.  Climate experts from the ARC Centre of Excellence for ...

Teachers’ risks of getting skin cancer could be reduced by half in the near future simply by changing meal break times new research from the University of Southern of Queensland (USQ) has found.  The research was undertaken by a USQ ...

CampusReview · Soft skills for the careers of tomorrow | Dr Alexia Maddox A new study conducted by Oxford University Press surveyed 1000 recent graduates and found that 88 per cent of them believed “soft skills” were necessary to their ...

A decade’s worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested – strongly in the media – that Australian students’ writing skills are in a sad state of decline. In a ...

Research conducted by both the Australian National University (ANU) and  the University of Melbourne has concluded that using e-cigarettes triples the chances of a non-smoker taking up conventional smoking. The report, which was submitted to the government, also found “insufficient” ...

Despite the myriad health complications linked to tobacco smoking, users often report it's a hard habit to break for several reasons, key among them is the addictive power of the chemical nicotine. According to the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association ...

A controversial strategy that involved moving Indigenous Australian students off country and relocating them at boarding schools to improve their educational opportunities has failed, a new report concludes. The report was led by Dr Marnie O’Bryan and Dr William Fogarty ...

While it may come as a surprise for many people, hallucinogens have been tested in clinical trials since the 20th century as an alternative to other psychotropic medicines commonly used to treat mental illness. However, the stigma associated with individuals ...

Targeted grants from La Trobe, Medibank and Optus will help La Trobe University researchers investigate ways of rapidly improving community health and wellbeing as the spectre of COVID-19 hangs over our health system. Under the “Rapid Response Research” scheme, three ...