Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a patient suffered a serious side effect or if the illness had nothing to do with the shot. Australia has ordered 33 million doses ...

A concerning situation is quickly developing for more than 100,000 independent tertiary education students in Victoria due to the state’s COVID-19 shutdown. The fear is that many of these students will be unable to complete their studies this year and ...

Despite fears that financial insecurity and border closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could destroy the international education sector, the situation may not be as dire as one might assume – as long as Australia takes the right steps. ...

Dubai-based company Global Student Accommodation (GSA) is moving ahead with plans for a student accommodation complex in Adelaide’s central North Terrace precinct, bucking trends that have seen a COVID-induced crash in student accommodation demand. The $110 million development will include ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the more positive predictions was it could provide couples with an opportunity to spend more time together, resulting in a baby boom akin to the post-war years. But according to a piece written for ...

A report released today from ANU has shown that roughly one in two Australians, or 47 per cent, are more stressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from the survey of more than 3,200 people – led by ...

A survey conducted at the zenith of COVID-19 reported that teachers were routinely working extra hours, with nearly half of the 1200 respondents working almost an extra day during the pandemic and others working in excess of 20 extra hours ...

New analysis from the Australian National University estimates the global economy could slump by more than $US21 trillion due to the economic effects of COVID-19. Led by Professor Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando, their study, titled ‘Global macroeconomic scenarios of ...

School leavers who are hoping to study humanities will either have to foot a bill double that of their predecessors or pick different subjects under a new scheme announced by Education Minister Dan Tehan. Under the plan, the government will ...

It’s low-cost and widely available and yet dexamethasone is the drug that has researchers' tongues wagging after a UK trial showed it reduced deaths among COVID-19 patients. In trial results that scientists called a “major breakthrough”, a low dose of ...