UPDATED STORY: A Sydney-based Chinese academic remains in limbo in China while awaiting another round of questioning by secret police who have stopped him flying home to Australia. Associate professor Chongyi Feng, who has previously spoken out against China's ruling ...
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TAFE Directors Australia has appointed former government education bureaucrat, Craig Robertson, as its new chief executive. Prior to this appointment, Robertson was deputy secretary, higher education and skills, at the Victorian Department of Education. Robertson replaces Martin Riordan, who led ...
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This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Lisa Fletcher is a champion of the written word. Inspired by her favourite book, Possession by AS Byatt, ...
More »Maritime tech school to open in 2018
A national maritime technical college will be ready for enrolments next year as the federal government moves to ensure there are enough skilled workers for a naval shipbuilding boom. The college will have an initial investment of $25 million. A tender ...
More »UniSA crowdfunding research into suicide prevention, stroke recovery and feral cats
The University of South Australia is pitching its research to the people via a newly announced crowdfunding project. The research that people can contribute funding to includes a project on preventing asylum seeker suicide, a study on helping stroke survivors ...
More »One-third of suspected predatory journals appoint ‘Dr Anna, a fraud’ as editor
One-third of predatory academic journals, targeted in a sting operation, appointed an editor named Dr Anna O Szust, whose name, when translated from Polish to English, means ‘Dr Anna, a fraud'. The journals, of which 120 were suspected of being ...
More »Monash researchers identify ‘love drug’ as potential childbirth lifesaver
Researchers from Monash University say a nasal spray based on the "love drug" oxytocin has the potential to reduce the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth. The Monash team say the results from a small study using an inhalable ...
More »Sinodinos rehashes government agenda on science and innovation
The federal government has repackaged and reiterated the National Innovation and Science Agenda that was announced in November 2015, with a National Science Statement delivered by Arthur Sinodinos in a keynote speech today. In his address to the National Press ...
More »Profile: From Illinois to Antarctica with Meredith Nash, champion of women in STEMM
This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Meredith Nash completed her undergrad degree with the Fightin' Illini before stints at ANU and the University ...
More »Seek lifts stake in online education site
Online jobs portal Seek will pay $119 million to increase its ownership of online tertiary education provider Online Education Services (OES). Seek will expand its stake in OES from 50 per cent to 80 per cent by acquiring some of ...
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