A new study led by University of Southern Queensland Professor Stuart Biddle has concluded that long hours spent sitting might increase your chances of developing depression and living a poorer quality of life. The study, titled ‘Device-assessed total and prolonged ...

Preliminary findings from a University of Sydney study have found that work from home policies have had the greatest impact on transport use in Australia in 70 years.  Researchers concluded that such policies could save employees on average two hours ...

A five-year project between Monash University and the Paul Ramsay Foundation has recently released its first summary report into how research and evidence is being used in Australian schools, highlighting a gulf between school leaders and teachers.  Called the Q ...

A new Centre for Independent Studies report based on the Western Australian Government’s Kimberley Schools Project focuses on the challenges educators face in teaching Indigenous students in remote areas, and the strategies teachers and school leaders can implement to raise ...

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” ...