As the race to make a COVID-19 vaccine safe and commercially available gathers steam, new research has revealed University of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s potential jab produced promising results in older adults. Full trial results are expected by Christmas but late-stage ...
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Australia no longer sits among the top five in a ranking of the world’s best countries for graduate employability – but it’s still seen as an attractive option for students. The 2020 Global University Employability Rankings, designed by French HR ...
More »Winning the right race: HEDx Podcast, Episode 10
CampusReview · Winning the Right Race: HEDx Podcast, Episode 10 Pascale Quester of Swinburne University of Technology joins the HEDx podcast at the end of her first 100 days as Vice Chancellor. She reflects on how all universities have the ...
More »USyd medical science academics protest ‘unnecessary and unfair’ job plan
University of Sydney academics have launched a campaign against their employer’s decision to cut jobs in medical science fields. The cohort believes USyd is making almost two dozen of its medical science academics redundant “under false pretences”. The Defend Medical ...
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The latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) report shows an unsurprising decline in employment for higher education graduates over the last 12 months, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, which was released on ...
More »Uni campus, school close amid COVID outbreak
A high school in Adelaide’s northern suburbs and a Flinders University campus will be closed for deep cleaning after students at both facilities tested positive to COVID-19. It was announced on Tuesday that a student from the Roma Mitchell Secondary College ...
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The Danish word hygge, meaning ‘a sense of comfort that engenders contentment’ has had various waves of popularity in the English-speaking world. It was first recorded in the US in the 1960s to describe a general feeling of wellbeing. ‘Mindfulness’ might be a ...
More »What the international student exodus really means for education
Much has been said of the significant impact COVID-19 has had on international student recruitment, and the reliance of universities in particular on foreign students. But what happens next for the tertiary education sector? With border closures and a lack ...
More »Australia running out of time to meet Paris Accord
Australia has just nine years before exceeding its Paris Accord commitments at current emission rates, a leading climate expert has warned. Professor Mark Howden, director of the Australian National University’s Climate Change Institute, said although thinking on climate change had “turned a corner” in the past ...
More »Monash set to become first overseas university to crack Indonesian market after 60 years of partnerships
Next year Monash University aims to become the first overseas university to break into the Indonesian market, with a new campus delivering both postgraduate and doctoral qualifications. The campus will help to foster more collaboration between Australia and its close ...
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