Leading epidemiologists are warning that Australians will not be fully vaccinated by Christmas, based on the current speed of the sluggish rollout, as Victorians were on Sunday turned away from getting the jab. The state’s struggling vaccination program was blasted ...
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Every other week, two types of articles about online exams seem to come out: either students are being caught cheating remotely, or students (and some teachers) fear that the online vigilance of remote exams has the potential to be taken ...
More »New mental health clinical trial network to connect researchers
A new five-year, $12 million clinical trial network has been announced to improve mental health research and treatment in Australia. The Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network, known as MAGNET, will connect over one hundred researchers, advocates and stakeholders, ...
More »EU students consider vaccination rollouts most important in choosing study destination
New data from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has concluded that improved vaccination rollouts across the European Union could provide a shot in the arm for international student recruitment. This is in stark contrast to Australia's international student sector, which remains beleaguered ...
More »HEDx Podcast – Beating the odds with Professor Marcia Devlin – Episode 28
CampusReview · HEDx Podcast - Beating the odds with Marcia Devlin - Episode 28 Professor Marcia Devlin joins Martin and Karl to discuss her new book, Beating the Odds, on sexism in Australian universities. Marcia outlines the inequity as well as the ...
More »Spike in sexually transmitted infections could be caused by online dating, health experts warn
A rise in popularity of online dating apps could be contributing to a sudden surge of sexually transmitted infections across Melbourne, epidemiologists warn. It comes as Alfred Health experts reported an increase in syphilis across Melbourne’s outer suburbs, with a ...
More »How could micro-credentials affect traditional tertiary study?
Yesterday I came across an interesting piece of content on LinkedIn: a post by an individual who had completed a micro-credential course in digital journalism. The short course was free, online and awarded by Reuters, one of the largest (and ...
More »Agents warn Chinese students to bypass Australia and New Zealand
A resurgence in Chinese students studying in Australia and New Zealand is unlikely in the near future, with education agents in the world’s most populous country reportedly closing their Australia-only desks. Agents are telling prospective Chinese students to “hedge their ...
More »Qld based team develop antiviral treatment that could reduce virus by 99.99 per cent
A team of Queensland scientists has co-developed a “gene-silencing” antiviral treatment that could effectively kill COVID-19 in what’s been dubbed an “important missing piece” in the arsenal against the virus. Nigel McMillan and his team from the Menzies Health Institute ...
More »How do we become a hybrid university? Opinion
There is a tension and dynamic playing out in the sector in many of our institutions of what comes next. Another budget has come and gone. It leaves us in no doubt that public funding relief for either our research, or ...
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