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Tech giant Meta requires staff at RMIT University’s fact-checking unit to undergo mandatory training before reinstating its partnership with the troubled division. Last week, Melbourne-based RMIT FactLab cleared one hurdle when the US-based International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announced the restoration ...
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The Australian Catholic University has recently announced it will abolish academic positions in history as part of broader cuts in the humanities. Staff are understandably shocked and dismayed by the news. Regrettably, the plight of these academics is part of ...
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More than 100,000 students and staff at Monash University will have access to free mental health and wellbeing support through a new smartphone app. The Thrive smartphone app was rolled out to the Monash community – providing mental health support ...
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The University of Sydney has acted to shut down an event promoting a “global intifada” after local Jewish leaders raised the alarm over posters using a picture of a bulldozer crashing through an Israeli security fence to promote the meeting. The event, ...
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The University of Melbourne has committed to a radical shift in the profile of its student body, aiming to lift the proportion of undergraduates from key disadvantaged groups from 10 per cent to 25 per cent by 2030. Provost Nicola ...
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The body representing Australian university staff has petitioned to save the job of a Sydney University (USYD) lecturer facing termination of his contract because he has asked to continue to teach remotely due to ill health. Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, senior ...
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