A professor from the university of Melbourne and one from the University of Tasmania have been appointed to the board of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation . Dr Adi Paterson, chief executive of ANSTO, announced that UniMelb provost Margaret Sheil ...
More »Test of time: UC conference explores best use of principals’ hours
School leaders and academics have descended upon the University of Canberra to explore how exactly principals use their time. Cross-national Exploration of Principals’ Time use: Patterns, causes, and effects is funded by the American Educational Research Association, a network of academics ...
More »Check it: incorrect referencing is a common problem
There are often fine lines between accidental borrowing, paying homage, witty allusions, coincidental reproductions and downright plagiarism – just ask Melania Trump – but one step that can help students, researchers and academics avoid having their heart-in-the-right-place negligence lumped in ...
More »Universities receive Alzheimer’s disease research funding
A team comprising researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington and the United Kingdom's University of Liverpool have been awarded grants totaling almost AU $815,000 to explore a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Just over half of the grant ...
More »Talking Eds, Episode 9: Special presentation on the future of innovation in Australia
Firstly some housekeeping: we missed last week’s episode of Talking Eds because two-thirds of the team was on annual leave but we are back this week with a special presentation. The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce today curated a fascinating roundtable discussion ...
More »USYD sports psychologist smashes five specious sporting cliches
As Australia's team of 419 athletes head over to Rio de Janeiro to compete in 26 sports at the 2016 Summer Olympics, University of Sydney senior lecturer in skill acquisition and sports psychology, Dr Steve Cobley, has poured some cold ...
More »‘We entered in good faith’ responds UNSW to failed art colleges merger
University of New South Wales vice-chancellor professor Ian Jacobs has responded to his University of Sydney counterpart Michael Spence's comments yesterday regarding USYD's decision to unilaterally back out of a decision to merge the two universities' premier art colleges. UNSW ...
More »Profile: Anna Nowak mixes cancer research and clinical care
This is Campus Review's Profile series, where we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Today, it's Anna Nowak's turn to tell us about her important work researching cancer treatment, her love of ...
More »USYD cans College of Arts deal, chides UNSW for vision differences
University of Sydney vice-chancellor Michael Spence has today written to students declaring that he is cancelling USYD's agreement with the University of New South Wales regarding the future of the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA). USYD had planned on ...
More »Beat unhealthy food cravings with targeted tapping
Dr Peta Stapleton, a clinical psychologist at Bond University, has been researching whether Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can help people overcome unhealthy food cravings. EFT involves a series a taps on certain points of the face, head and upper body, ...
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