Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian results of the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook which ranks ...

A Deakin University researcher has launched a fundraising campaign for a study into how therapy dogs can raise literacy levels among young children. Dr Tony Chalkley began the campaign after witnessing previously reluctant readers, happily reading to a therapy dog ...

Challenges linked to student engagement exist in most types of learning environments but can be more difficult when it comes to online delivery. In an exclusive interview Campus Review spoke to Dr Shane Magee, senior lecturer at the Macquarie Applied ...

Industry experts, people living with dementia, carers and researchers recently gathered to share their expertise and stories at a forum on dementia at the University of Sydney. With more than 1,800 new cases in Australia each week, dementia is predicted ...

A University of New England researcher is taking a school vegetable garden program global to help encourage healthy eating and combat obesity. UNE’s professor Neil Taylor is working with professor Abdullah Ambusaidi and Dr Rashid Al-Yahya of the Sultan Qaboos ...