The University of Melbourne (UniMelb) launched a nanosatellite into space last Saturday, in partnership with the Italian Space Agency, which is carrying an X-ray detector that will search for gamma rays among the stars. The Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal ...
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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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Collaborating with Aussie schools through artificial intelligence (AI) is high on the Belgian Economic Mission's agenda. Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium arrived in Australia with 350 delegates, some of whom are teachers and educational technology (Ed Tech) experts ...
More »AI best practice, the Accord, and HED
Since last November, the two focuses of higher education practitioners, leaders and commentators, have been the sector review of the interim report of the Australian Universities Accord, and the potential effects of artificial intelligence (AI). Both have also been a ...
More »HEDx Podcast: How will AI and technology change what universities need to do? Episode 82
Dr Nora Koslowski, chief learning innovation officer at Melbourne Business School (MBS), joins the HEDx podcast to share her insights. She discusses how emerging AI technologies, coupled with the changing world of work and future skills-needs of employers, are providing ...
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The education and training sector reported the fifth highest number of cyber security incidents - andthe most ransomware incidents - of any industry sector in the 2021-22 financial year. It is particularly challenged by having a dynamic, highly distributed and ...
More »UTS experts develop ‘mind-control’ robot tech
Australian researchers have developed a new type of AI-enabled interface that allows the use of mind control to operate robots. Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) said the technology, still in its early stages, has “vast potential” to ...
More »‘Gamechanger’: OpenAI launches ChatGPT4
OpenAI has released a powerful new version of artificial intelligence program ChatGPT, capable of passing the US bar exam and coding entire video games within minutes. GPT-4, launched March 17, is similar to its predecessor in that it uses generative ...
More »Monash ends physical staff and student ID
Monash University has ditched its physical student and staff ID cards for a "more convenient and secure" digital pass. The new pass which accessible on mobile phones and connected watches, will replace university identification and allow staff and students to ...
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Amazing new AI bots are now able to convincingly write cogent academic essays and assist in penning other student assignment tasks. The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has caused consternation in a higher education environment already struggling to sustain its own ...
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