The novel coronavirus outbreak has created chaos in all aspects of our conventional life. Though this is primarily a health crisis, it has severely affected all forms of businesses worldwide. Unemployment rates have been rising steeply, and it has created ...

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has outlined how its members are tackling COVID-19 in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region while calling on the government for more research funding. The IRU group (comprising seven universities) is focusing on three ...

CampusReview · How COVID-19 may have changed business models forever - Dr Sarah Bankins While some employees may have been able to access work from home (WFH) policies in the past, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that almost everyone who ...

The University of Oxford has ticked a crucial box in the race to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the university announced it struck an agreement with biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca – a strategic partner of the University of Cambridge ...

A white paper has been released that provides insights into how the global education sector has been impacted since COVID-19 spread throughout the world. Produced by Quacquarelli Symond (QS), the paper – entitled The Impact of The Coronavirus on Global ...

The vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney provided colleagues with a grim update yesterday on the university’s financial position following plunging student enrolments due to COVID-19. After referring to an earlier letter that projected a budget shortfall of $200 million ...

Universities Australia has welcomed recent moves by Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia to support international students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This support builds on initiatives already rolled out by Tasmania, the Northern Territory and South Australia. However, conspicuously absent ...

Perhaps one of the only ‘benefits’ of a pandemic like COVID-19 is that it can trigger countries to reassess other dangers to humanity and how they can be mitigated - possibly even eliminated - in the future. A new report, entitled ...

COVID-19 has compelled higher education institutions in many countries to suspend classroom teaching. In Hong Kong, the transfer to online tuition commenced after the spring term had started (in February of this year), and from then on, on-screen instruction has ...

Education Minister Dan Tehan has made an assurance that all Australian students will graduate with an ATAR this year, despite the multitude of disruptions and uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the decision to not entertain a Year ...