There are concerns toilets could spread COVID-19 because flushing could generate aerosols that linger in the air. A report published in the Medical Journal of Australia highlighted several examples of how coronavirus was spreading via airborne transmission including by “faecal ...

The Morrison government will provide than $50 million of targeted support for international student providers that have been worst affected by the pandemic border closures.  The new measures wIll assist thousands of both domestic and international students, as well as ...

Wednesday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work, a time when many might think about the importance of safe work procedures and life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE). But according to research from UniSA, the most significant risks for ...

With policy, purpose and program in place, organisational leaders and trainers may believe they have mastered their workplace training implementation. However, there is one final step in the training lifecycle to ensure employee development keeps pace with business needs. In ...

CampusReview · HEDx - Australia's most awarded data scientist on higher education - Episode 26 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) chief data scientist Matt Kuperholz joins Karl and Martin to discuss the evolution of the industry and the role of data in shaping ...

The urgent need for human poo donations to treat chronic gut infections could soon be eased, with innovative research to develop an artificial super stool. New research aims to create a new generation of microbial therapies that can replace donor-derived ...

Informal words for other people we don’t identify with come and go, but wonk is unusual in having recently resurfaced after several previous appearances in Australia with different meanings each time. It’s recorded from the 1930s as a derogatory word ...

Now officially in its second year, following a pilot, the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings is garnering more attention among institutions than before. This year, 1115 institutions are globally ranked, compared to 768 last year.  The Impact Rankings measure ...

Victorian scientists say they are "incredibly concerned" about the long-term defects COVID-19 may cause within the human body as researchers scramble to keep tabs on evolving mutant strains. Contemporary research has pointed to fatigue development, a loss of smell and taste, and heart, ...

A new study led by University of Southern Queensland Professor Stuart Biddle has concluded that long hours spent sitting might increase your chances of developing depression and living a poorer quality of life. The study, titled ‘Device-assessed total and prolonged ...