The University of New England is sharing lessons from its approach to online exams as institutions work to maintain schedules in a pandemic. Nearly two-thirds of UNE's subjects are already eligible for online examinations, and the university was moving to ...

Students at two of Australia’s highest-ranking universities are urging their peers to sign a petition to change the grading system this semester to either a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’. As universities across Australia and the world turn to online learning amid ...

Antarctica has experienced its first heatwave, with scientists fearing the long-term damage it could have on plants, animals and ecosystems. Extreme maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded over January 23 to 26 at Casey research station in Antarctica's east, ticking ...

The federal government JobKeeper wage subsidy announced on Monday to help businesses retain workers during the COVID-19 economic downturn must be extended to the tertiary sector, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The union warns tens of thousands of ...

The University of Tasmania’s vice-chancellor Professor Rufus Black said in the face of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic he would prioritise keeping staff, despite expecting to lose thousands of students both this year and next. Instead, UTAS intends on staying afloat ...

Lot of sex kills conornavirus. A factory in Footscray is hoarding grocery items. A Stanford University breath test will tell you if you have COVID-19. These are the types of stories about COVID-19 that RMIT ABC Fact Check’s new coronavirus ...

The COVID-19 travel restrictions on China, which started in Australia on February 1, have put a lot of pressure on Australia’s university system, which relies heavily on Chinese students to sustain both world-class teaching and research. With Chinese students away, ...

Australia’s peak body for independent providers in the higher education, vocational education, training and skills sector has put a number of measures to government amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Independent Education Council of Australia (ITECA) said it’s “facing a challenge” ...

A pandemic drone that monitors temperature, heart and respiratory rates is being developed to detect the COVID-19. Fitted with specialised sensors and a computer vision system, the drone can also detect people sneezing or coughing in crowds or indoor places ...

Australian infectious disease researchers are trialling a vaccine against COVID-19 on healthcare workers. Professor Kathryn North, director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), today announced the multi-centre randomised controlled clinical trial of a tuberculosis vaccine to test whether it ...